This is Austin College magazine which seems like it is mainly targeted at the students parents. The main picture on this cover shows the foreground of the college and the main building itself. It represents itself as a very pleasant college with water fountains and flowers, which goes against the conventions of schools that are plain and boring, the caption at the bottom also helps to put this message across. The text on the cover is mostly bright to catch the readers eye, it is also in a very formal font to seem very grand. The only disadvantage of this magazine is that it does not show its students, which might present the school in a negative way to the parents by seeming very detached from the students.

This is Gallery magazine which is targeted mainly at the younger generation of the public that have interests in fashion, nightlife, sports etc. The main picture draws the reader in due to it being a very close up image and due to the model having gold foil on her face. The cover also gives the reader a small insight into what the magazine will feature. This is very useful for advertising reasons because it means that readers will not have to open the magazine to the contents page for the main articles. The masthead at the top of the cover is black on a white background which means that it stands out well and doesn't interfere with the picture below.

This is Surfer magazine and is targeted at people who surf or take an interest in surfing. We can see that the main subject of this particular issue is Kelly Slater and his legacy. The colours used implies that his legacy has been around for a while, due to the fact that there are only two main colours used which gives it an old feeling. The gold shading over the cover also implies that he has and is at the top of his game. His name doesn't need to be very big which is because he is easily one of the most well known surfers of this generation, there is evidence of this because the word 'his' is even bigger than his name.