When the photo shoot is done for each issue, I go through hundreds of photos, and edit out photos that I feel best represent the section. Some of the photos are to run for the inside spread, and then there are others those that are potential cover options. The cover options are a little more difficult to edit out. They have to meet a very specific size constraint that is very narrow, but also keeps the visual requirements of artistic value, composition and content. In the end there are usually between 7-12 photos that make the cut as options for the cover.

From there section designer Suzanne Green takes these options and makes up a few mock cover choices for the team to look over and proof.

As with all committee type input sessions, everyone has different cover options that are their favorite(s). After everyone has their input and offers up critiques, sometimes the cover that is chosen is the one we were hoping for, and other times it is not. Maybe next time right?

So after thinking about it for a while, I thought why can’t the next time be now. Why not provide a little behind the scenes look at some of the hard work that goes into the other cover options, and keep them from being lost in the mix.

To provide for your visual consumption, Each month when the new OKC Nstyle is published I will post the 2-4 cover options that did not make it to the presses. As and added bonus for the first installment there will be cover options from the last few month that differ from those that were actually published.

Hope you enjoy another look.

November 2008 Cover. Photo by Chris Landsberger/Cover Design by Suzanne Green

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December 2008 Cover. Photo by Chris Landsberger/Cover Design by Suzanne Green

February 2009 Cover. Photo by Chris Landsberger/Cover Design by Suzanne Green

March 2009 Cover. Photo by Chris Landsberger/Cover Design by Suzanne Green

NoApril 2009 Cover. Photo by Chris Landsberger/Cover Design by Suzanne Green

Don’t for get to check out the online version of  April issue of OKC Nstyle at okcnstyle.com, and fashion editor Linda Miller’s blog at Fashion Matters.

-Chris Landsberger