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....

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...