Comments on: Photographing Cate Blanchett and Andrew Upton

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 04:19:57 +0000

Great shots, and thanks for being honest about how nervous you were. It does reassure the rest of us!

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:38:34 +0000

Thanks for the feedback all.
@Erik and @Matt – i’m pragmatic when it comes to the design of the cover. It’s just a fact that magazines need coverlines to sell the magazine on the news stand. If you don’t care for Cate Blanchett, then another coverline might grab your interest.
People don’t necessarily know what sort of magazine Time Out is here in Sydney, so it needs the lines to explain.
That said, i’m not a fan of the black column on the right.
@Jeremy and @ww – i don’t know if there’s any standard practice, but i’d think flipping an image would be fairly commonplace.

By: ww

ww — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:29:03 +0000

i was just going to say the same thing as jeremy. do your editors write a disclaimer that the picture was reversed for design/layout purposes when describing the cover on the contents page?
cheers!

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:11:13 +0000

Great Shots there! Is it fairly common that a mag would flip the pic for the cover? I work in music marketing and most of the people I work with (mostly record labels, managers and publicists) get all freaked out if I flip a picture to fit the design better.

By: Cheryl Gledhill

Cheryl Gledhill — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 01:21:32 +0000

They all look amazing, they both look relaxed and comfortable in every shot – my favourite is the one where they are looking at each other.
Nice job!

By: Joel

Joel — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:12:43 +0000

Congrats mate. Can only imagine how the “must not fuck it up” feeling must have been!
Needless to say it all went swimingly

By: Annie

Annie — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 22:46:50 +0000

Gorgeous shots as always bro, I particularly like the one where they’re looking into each others eyes.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 22:14:18 +0000

Agree about the cover, most publications can’t design a good cover to save themselves these days.
There is a reason publications like national geographic and TIME (although slightly less so these days) slap crap all over their cover, and it’s because they still value the power of the picture.

By: Simon A

Simon A — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:55:21 +0000

I liked the story behind it. Cheers.

By: declan

declan — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:00:27 +0000

great stuff Dan, looked like quite a demanding shoot with those big group shots, and big shot (small) groups
btw, sucks it’s gone down to fortnightly publication. I guess advert budgets are always the first to get whacked in times like these.