Blind Fold Magazine

Hello, You might have already heard, but I am in the process of
getting a magazine published. Now before you think, hmmm..., another
magazine, this is not a usual magazine you would see when it comes to
portrait photography. You see, I am publishing a magazine called
"Blind Fold." All photographs will be black and white. On every page
to the left the magazine will have a photograph of a portrait with a
specific lighting style and on the right page there will be a little
history about the artist and how they lit their subject. The
difference in this magazine is that there will be no nude models.
They will all be fully clothed. There will be no hint of sexual
content. What I want to know from you is would you buy my magazine
knowing that there will be a portrait on every other page that teaches
others how to light their subject in a different way but there is no
nudity in it. Do you think this magazine will sell?
Thank you,
Sincerely,
Suzzie.

 

RE: (suzzie) wrote

This NG is rec.photo.darkroom. Now, what do you think? Dan

 

Personally, I would put the portraits on the right, but otherwise it sounds
like a good idea, even if it is not one that will make you rich. If the
captions are truly informative and teach how you made the portraits, I know
I would subscribe.

Evan Parker

 

The images should be on the Right and the text on the left because
traditionally, we are accustomed to seeing substance (the article, art) on
the right and crap like advertising on the left. If you don't know how
that simple transposition can sink a publication, look at the deep
pockets, Rockefeller funded Chicago (yes, Chicago) magazine of the early
Seventies that sunk after three years while more modest publications
thrived. They were so F*uped up.