Week 12 - Studio A

the first step to designing a newsletter is designing a layout.
here is an example of a nice layout that i like:

photos are also really important! there are three basic shapes for photos: 

1. the portrait:

2. the landscape: 

3. the square: (which is not that popular)

a newsletter also shouldn't have pictures of all the same shapes or else it will look too rigid. it should have different shapes and sizes.

photo guidelines: 

- clear centre of interest

- natural 

- cutline (the picture is cropped in a way that does not interfere with an object/person in the picture)

- bordered, especially for pictures with a white background

- should have some sort of important and relevance to the story

- face should be at least size of a 10 cent coin

a picture should tell a story.

cropping is also really important to set the mood of the photo. a photo should be cropped in a way that it will still be able to tell the whole story

there are also some other things to add that will spice up the newsletter and make it less boring!

- graphs 

- maps

- fats facts

- quotes

- ratings

- timeline

- step by step guides

- infographics