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EDITOR'S
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Lady Bird, on a shoot for this issue.Artistic License
T he devil may be in the details, but in magazine
publishing, that's also where the magic lies. Our
resident magician, Art Director Ashley Burch, is
passionate about the details. Whether it's styling
dishes for a food story, baking multiple pies to create the
perfect scene for a cover photo, or finding the ideal font to
reflect the emotion of a piece of writing, her keen eye en-
sures every element is precise and contributes to a more
beautiful whole.
For this month's cover story, Ashley wrangled her Ger-
man shorthaired pointer, Lady Bird, for a pet product photo
shoot (see Page 42). "I'm always looking for ways to be on
set and get out from behind my computer screen," she says.
"And I think with anything we do, the more people you get
involved-editor, photographer, art director-better ideas
and better photos happen."
Ashley spends the bulk of her time laying out stories in
the magazine. With 12 years of experience in graphic de-
sign-10 at magazines-she says she mainly relies on in-
stinct when it comes to conceptualizing pages. "I really
love to read-my college minor was in English and creativewriting, and I have done some writing myself-so I get a lot
of tone and perspective from the actual copy," she says. "It's
not an exact science. It's more of an emotion that translates
into fonts, colors, how we edit and filter the photos, and
what the photos need to look like."
When she's not designing and detailing, Ashley loves to
explore the state with her husband and two young sons.
She especially enjoys visiting the restaurants we cover in
the magazine. Before the pandemic, she traveled to Palo
Duro Canyon for the first time with her then-nearly 1-year-
old son and extended family to check out one of the can-
yon-rim lodgings we'd recently featured. "We had the best
time exploring Canyon, going to the TEXAS Outdoor Mu-
sical, and just hanging out and playing board games," she
recalls. "It's gorgeous there, and you can't beat the view."
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EDITOR IN CHIEFPhoto: Brandon lakobeit k
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