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Due to the color of the background, the addition of a solid dark yellow bar at the bottom of the age made the black text visible. The headline had to be shifted up so that it was more noticeable against the brown bark. I changed the headline yellow to make it pop against the other colors of the cover photo. The magazine name font changed for stylistic preferences. The photo was chosen because of the attractive color scheme. The red plant is directly centered drawing the gaze to the cover of the magazine.  I made little changes to the layout of the contents page. The only changes made were in font choices and the color of the border. I mainly focus on picking photos from the various location visited to place in the contents section. I choose photos that contrasted each other and added color to the page. I also added an arrow next to the word “contents”, so that the word stood out more. I also change the color of the border so that it complements the yellow th...

One of my articles will contain an interview with a volunteer of Florida’s local preserves. The question would mainly ask the benefits of volunteering at local parks and preserves, and how others can volunteer. My magazine is aimed towards older adults and recreational organizations. Since my mother's company is connected to various national parks, my interview will be with Mrs. Barry. Due to her work, she often volunteers for local preserves and parks. The interview would occur December 18 th due to correlating schedules.  Questions: 1.       “How do you believe people can stay connected to their community?” 2.       “Do you think more mangroves should be placed along Florida’s coast?” 3.       “Why does your company volunteer their time towards Florida’s preserves?” 4.       “Should more companies get involved in their community's parks and preserves?” 5.   ...

I decided for the shooting location, I would travel to three different Florida preserves: Lido Shores, Red Bug Slough Preserve, and Oscar Scherer State Park. The sceneries at each park is beautiful in the late afternoon and the natural lighting from the sun provides a peaceful atmosphere to photograph. I called multiple preserves in Sarasota, but some were either too far or too expensive for admissions. The preserves chosen were near each other and easily accessible. Only one of the preserves required an entry fee of $5, while the rest were free admissions. The preserves allowed me to take tracks close to the vegetation and river allowing for closer photos of the objects. The scenery of the preserves was changing along the tracks, so this provided a variety of backgrounds to photograph. Due to the variety of photos capable, I found the three preserves perfect for my photo shoot.  Lido Shores Red Bug Slough Preserve  Oscar Scherer State Park

The title page has gone through changes throughout the edits of the cover. The focus of my magazine will be on Florida’s natural environment and the various ecosystems located across the state. The title of my magazine reflects the focus of the articles within. Florida’s Terrain is simple and memorable, which will help with the possible retail of the magazine. My inspiration of design template of the cover magazine primarily came from national wildlife and Australian geographic magazine template. Both magazines incorporated a large simple-to-read font at the top of the page. The Bookman Old Style is a large and basic font that I will be centering at the top of the cover page. The headline of the magazine will be located half-way down the page with a bold font in Bodoni MT Black to draw attention to the cover. Three featured articles will be places on the bottom of the cover page with short summaries of the articles directly below the title. The font of the title and summary will be in...

Most of the pictures are located on the top half of the page. The pictures will be slightly mis-aligned for creative interest of the page and the table of contents will have three photographs from different locations chosen from the photo shoots. Each picture will be from Lido Shores, Red Bug Slough Preserve, and Oscar Scherer State Park. This gives the viewers insight on the contents of the articles inside the magazine. The articles listed at the bottom half of the page will be the main articles for the magazine. The listed articles contain the page number in Britannic Bold and the name of the articles in Bodoni MT, allowing for a clean display of the contents on the page. Above the photos, on the top left corner, is the magazines name, Florida’s Terrain. Directly below the magazine title will be “contents” in large fonts. The fonts used are linear and simple to read due to the professional atmosphere of the magazine.

The structure of my flat plan came from other nature and environmental magazines such as National Geographic and National Wildlife. I drew inspiration from the long article segments separated by advertisements in-between. Most of the magazines I researched had featured articles describing different habitats across the world. Additional pages in these articles were filled with continuous pages of photographs relative to the articles. The photographs length were 3-4 pages long and were then followed by a couple pages of advertisements. Due to this I added Photos of Native Wildlife in Sarasota, Full Page: Photos of Florida Marine Life , and Photos of Gators and Crocodiles . I saw that the magazines had independent sections on reefs, so I included an article called “The Dying Reefs”. This article would engage the audience in Florida because the state has reefs off the coast. The increasing awareness of Florida’s dying reefs increases the sales of my magazine. Another pattern I noticed in...

I wanted to have different locations for the photoshoot of Sarasota's ecosystems. National preserves an d parks a llow for the easy access to the plant life in Sarasota. Since most of the photos were taken in the late afternoon, I had to stay aware of the sun reflection on the camera. adjustment had to be made with angles of the photos and the amount of time needed to locate areas to photograph. I visited Lido Shore frequently due to its close location and had prior knowledge of the sandy beach, rocky shore, and mangroves located adjacent to each other. Since the locations of the preserves were close to where I live, scheduling my photoshoot wasn’t difficult, I only had to finish taking photos before sundown because the parks close at that time. Lido Shores Red Bug Slough Preserve * photo was edited to black and white so the picture is not over saturated with light Oscar Scherer State Park