Magazine Editing 101 - aligning pix with headlines

[charleville]

One of the sheer delights of growing older is the right to become a "grumpy old man". #;D ;D ;D #Dammit! #It feels really good - as good as letting off a tirade of four lettered words somewhere where no one can hear you - and by now the family knows that it is not a serious affliction, nor directed at them. # :) #They do, however, #increasingly hear the word "boofhead" directed at anyone even slightly qualified for the title though. #;D ;D ;D

...and one of the downfalls of taking 13 months of long service leave is that you have plenty of time to notice the stupidity, faults and petty silliness that surrounds us.

Like last month, I took great delight in these pages of pointing out that the article in Bush & Beach on Baitrunners had pictures of fishing reels but alas not a single one of them was a Baitrunner. #;D ;D

Well, the postman has just brought my July copy of Queensland Fishing Monthly and what do I find?

1. #On page 28, there is an article with the big headline in bold capitals, "Big Knobbies Hit Shallows" #but the two pictures illustrating this article are of a coral trout and a couple of grunter. #;D ;D ;D #No snapper to be seen. #;D ;D ;D

2. #Then on page #37, the is an article again with a big bold headline "Nippy Starts, Zippy Bream" and illustrated with two pictures, one of which is a pearl perch and the other of a kingie. # ;D ;D ;D #No bream to be seen. #;D ;D ;D

Yeah yeah yeah, I know, I don't have enough to do with my time #;D ;D ;D #but it is too breezy to go out on the Bay today.

However, it is a shame that in the rush to cobble together a fishing magazine, editors are letting such inattention to detail lower the standards of their publications. #(Boofheads! #;D ;D ;D)

Oh well, it must be time for my afternoon snooze. # ;D ;D ;D

[StevenM]

If it fill in the time then well and good

Cheers

Steven

[charleville]

Yep - just a bit of fun making these observations. :)

But just imagine if someone put a report on this site talking about catching a particular species and then showing a picture of something else. The thread would go on for pages with funny comments ;D ;D

[Jeremy]

don't agree completely with you. The article "Big Knobbies Hit Shallows" has two pictures of a coral trout and a couple of grunter, so maybe that was illustrating another point further on in the article? They need catch headlines, but there is usually other info in the articles also.

Anyway, what would I know? I didn't read the article myself.

Jeremy

[gogecko]

Your lucky, the last fishing mag I bought is still unread after 4 weeks. Ive been that busy at work, grr.....

[theoldlegend]

Aaah Charlie,

I love it!! ;D As one GOM to another GOM (by your own admission) I know where you're coming from and I share your daily growing frustration!! At least you've only taken 12 months LSL, whereas I've been retired for the past 7 years, 4 months and 18 days!

I take great delight in picking up on editorial mistakes in the local paper in addition to pointing out issues in cooking recipes to my wife such as "add one egg". Nowhere does it say to break the egg first, but wife maintains it should be known that one should break one's egg first. You have no idea how close I've come to just "adding one egg" exactly as the recipe says, but the repercussions would be brutal.

You and I could pass an awful lot of time reminiscing about the good times and how the world would be a better place if things were left to people like you and me to correct the mistakes of the past.

Hang in there Charlie, it's not all that bad. ;)

TOL

[charleville]

Hang in there Charlie, it's not all that bad. #;)


Ah - it is not bad at all. I am having a ball! I am keen to go back to work for at least another 8 1/2 years when I finish my LSL - although I am just starting to wonder if I really want to go back to work. ;D ;D ;D I really love it that the only structure in my life now is that one night a week, I have remember to put out the rubbish bin.

I love your story about the egg. ;D ;D ;D

I also have always been a literalist. eg when I go to the doctor and she tells me to strip to the waist, I take off my trousers. ;D ;D ;D

[mcsalty]

Charleville AND The Old Legend. I don't think I'd be game enough to go out fishing in a boat with you blokes. Reckon I'd laugh so much that I'd either *1ss my pants or fall overboard and drown (probably both). Grumpy and Grumpier?

As soon as I started reading this post bloody fish hooks came to mind and bladder control became an issue. Then I got to TOL's post and the issue became a dead set fight.


Looking forward to more of your posts.


For Legend. Hope your wife is getting better. Pls pass on best wishes.


Cheers, Bruce McD.

[rando]

You two GOM remind me of the two old blokes in the TV add for those snacks for people who are "TOO BUSY TO EAT"!!!!
Remember boys your VERY,,VERY,BUSY ;D ;D ;D

[theoldlegend]

Charlie,

Just a further aside to the main thrust of your post about captions not lining up with the picture. Just got the July edition of Bush'n'Beach from the mail distribution service delivery contractor, and on page 51 and saw the pic of the "jew" caught at South West Rocks.

Even with my (extremely) limited knowledge of things piscatorial, I reckon it's a snapper. However, my dismay was tempered when I saw the pic on page 48 of landing a mackeral on Frenzy Charters!

That's the charter for you and me Charlie!! We should even ask Choppa to come along!! I can just picture it now:

"That's it dear!! Just lean a bit further over when you're trying to get the gaff in!! No, you don't need our help!! You're doing fine!! No need to hurry, just take your time" as the digitals run down the batteries at an alarming rate.


TOL

[theoldlegend]

Forgot to mention Charlie, are you bringing the Valium sandwiches for lunch on the charter or do you want me to?

TOL

[theoldlegend]

Here's another one Charlie, similar to the egg thingo, while I'm all fired up about bad grammar:

On one of my packets of tablets, it says

"Take ONE tablet TWICE a day". (Exactly as per the packet).

I mean, how can I do that? After I've taken one in the morning, do I regurgitate the bloody thing at night so I can take it twice, or what? Have threatened to take the packet back to the Chemist for further clarification. Gwenda thinks I'm getting a bit carried away on things like this.

TOL

[charleville]

Hey TOL - #I see that you are a few years older than me but we can both remember the boofhead TV advertisements, like do you remember:-

1. #the TV advert in Brisbane in late 1973 with Lennox Walker, the long range weather forecasting expert, saying that it was going to be the driest summer on record and advertising that we should all go out and buy water sprinklers (cannot remember the brand - maybe it was pope-gardenia). #That was the summer that the 1974 floods hit. #We had the biggest floods in something like 93 years. #Hahahaha! #Boofheads!!!!!! # #;D ;D ;D ;D ;D


2. #Then there were the Ted Trent Kellogg's Special K adverts in the seventies. #They used to show a big barrel chested "Chesty Bond" super fit looking bloke, 42 years of age, named Ted Trent out jogging and the voice-over used to say, "Here is Ted Trent running for his life on Kellogg's Special K", Not all that long after they went to air, Ted Trent had a heart attack and died(at 42) #and they had to take the adverts off air. #Hahahaha! # Boofheads!!!!!! # ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D


BTW, not sure what valium does #exactly but I keep getting these emails in my mailbox telling me where to get cheap Viagra. #Does that do the same job. # They both start with V. # ;D ;D

[theoldlegend]

No Charlie,

Valiums have the opposite effect to Viagra!! They're a relaxant. If you saw the pic of one of the people on the boat, you'd understand what I mean!!

TOL

[Dignity]

gees, can't wait till I become a GOM. Imagine, decisions, decisions, decisions - do I take a valium or a viagra tonight dear? ::) ::) ::)

[webby]

Boy you two need some time on the water, or you start The Grumpy Old Farts Club ;), where you sit under a shaddy tree and tell tale of bye gone years :-?
Charlie you needed some valium last sat/nite when we did that mid ocean transfer ;D
regards

[charleville]

Boy you two need some time on the water, or you start The Grumpy Old Farts Club ;), where you sit under a shaddy tree and tell tale of bye gone years :-?
Charlie you needed some valium last sat/nite when we did that mid ocean transfer ;D
regards


;D ;D ;D

Actually, as defined by the TV show of the same name, neither TOL nor I qualify to be called Grumpy Old Men. #We are too old. # ;D ;D ;D

[charleville]

Boy you two need some time on the water,


You are dead set right, Webby. # ;D ;D

Think I shall go tomorrow. I have not done any daytime fishing for quite a while...

[mcsalty]

Charlie. Viagra stops ya rollin' outta bed. :-/ :-/

[charleville]

Viagra stops ya rollin' outta bed. :-/ :-/ #


Then this guy must have not wanted to roll out of bed...

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/cabin-mate-gave-her-the-drug-says-silvestri/2006/07/01/1151174401664.html?page=2