Comments on: How Sports Illustrated Creates An Edgy Cover Photograph

By: Rory Gallagher

Rory Gallagher — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 19:56:00 +0000

Not a big fan of this type of composite image. To me it looks fake and over produced. I’d be much more excited to see an image that was created on the spot.

By: qcu89

qcu89 — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 13:44:00 +0000

yea! first photgrapher here with no MAC :D go IBM go!

By: Alberto Oscarelli

Alberto Oscarelli — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:53:00 +0000

I think the problem comes from the fact that the background image is focused on the background…and the foreground is out of focus, while the player’s feet are in focus and it makes the job more noticeable. I think they should’ve chosen a better field photo to put the players onto.

By: Jon Dize/DIZEMAN

Jon Dize/DIZEMAN — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:09:00 +0000

I spoke with a VP at Chevrolet back in 1982 and he told me the most successful ad Chevrolet ever ran was a full page of WHITE with the small half inch by 1 inch rectangle that said USA-1 in the center of the page. Nothing said about the company, the cars, just USA-1. Perhaps Sports Illustrated should run a FULL BLEED WHITE cover with nothing on it except the words, “ALABAMA… It’s Time!”

By: Jon Dize/DIZEMAN

Jon Dize/DIZEMAN — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:02:00 +0000

Pretty bad indeed. Should have avoided the fake grass in the studio and just cloned from the grass in the background image in post if needed, at least it would match. Yeah and shadows are horrible also… wrong direction, wrong transparency, wrong edge feather, the shadows should match the light that created them. Perhaps there was a deadline that did not allow a lot of thinking? lol!

By: Jon Dize/DIZEMAN

Jon Dize/DIZEMAN — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 22:54:00 +0000

Well, if we don’t learn anything, we can learn this. THERE IS NEVER AN “S” ON THE END OF FEET. Feet itself is PLURAL. Lol! and No Filip… you’re not the only one with FEETS. And yes… it matters.

By: Mike M

Mike M — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 07:40:00 +0000

Haters gonna hate.

By: Dave Persaud

Dave Persaud — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 14:43:00 +0000

I understand if this was a high end
fashion shoot then more PP is to be expected but it’s just a bunch of guys on
the field, for SI.. Who cares?! Most people that buy SI don’t buy it because of
the cover art anyway, they buy it because of the articles and analysis of
sports. I see a lot of people here feel that they could do better and
my advise to them would be just go out and do it! Lets see your work posted
here on FS!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 12:31:00 +0000

The biggest surprise is not that the PP is poor (which it is) but that it got past the SI Art Director/Editor. That’s the scary bit.

By: Be Stuntin

Be Stuntin — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 22:50:00 +0000

Guys, it’s Sports Illustrated… most of their readers probably don’t even know how to use the internets.

Must be an intern that did the work….

But indeed, they need to hire someone in fStoppers to get things right.