I tend to work in different media to the saturation point. I have not be doing much else besides web design lately, and before that, I was doing nothing but photography. I am really getting an itch to paint in oils, so today, in order to prevent web design burnout, I took a little time out to look through my photo files to try to find something worth painting. I have tons of images taken through windows on bus and cab rides. They are not great photos, but some of them might make reasonably good paintings.  This particular shot was taken during a taxi ride in Barcelona in 2005. The original image had ...

In my photography composition lecture I teach a section on golden-ratio proportions and its relationship to the 3:2 viewfinder aspect ratio found in the 35mm camera. I also talk about how these relationships are found throughout the plant and animal kingdoms and how they were incorporated into the design of classical architecture. In the picture at right I have overlaid a golden section spiral over one of my photographs illustrating the connection with the 35mm viewfinder. If you measure a 35mm negative you will find that it is actually 36mm x 24 mm, which is a 3:2 aspect ratio. Notice also that the...