Grid ideas

Grid ideas
For my layout of my spreadsheet i want to keep a simple grid layout due to my spreadsheet being a very simplified idea. I wanted my text next to my images in each spread, each peice of text that is next to an image is talking about that image or that area this makes the article easy on the eyes and easy to read.
This is a good layout for an article but i will be using less images and less text so i can acheive attention from my target audience.

i like the black background but i dont think my images would work with a black background because they are photographs not images like these on this article. Layout is an important factor in designing an article because peoples attention is drawn towards imagery more than text but if the text is next to the image but in a more understandable context than its not too hard to read (easy on the eyes).

This is my basic layout for my doublepage spreadsheet on the left will be the article for the Northern quarter and on the right will be the article for biking round Greater Manchester.