The Golden Section Ruler was the last activity I completed. The steps for this were much different than Horizon One and Two. The idea behind this I believe was to create this ruler for the purpose for it to be used in future projects that we do. "You are more likely to use the Golden Section in your designs if you are able to conveniently access its measurements."(P 35) The first step was to change the size of the overall canvas in PhotoShop. Once that was done I made it have a background color and the length at 13 inches. Then I put another layer over top of the first layer and changed the color so you can see the differences in the two sizes and made that one 8 inches. Like Krause explains in the readings, it can be a very helpful and useful tool with compositions that I use in the future.
I uploaded this image from Google, which is very similar to the photo presented in the book on page 34. This spiral is often used to measure composition and makes graphics and designs more pleasing to view. "The Golden Section is an aesthetically pleasing division of space that is often used by artists as the basis for measurements within their compositions."(P 34) This graph basically shows and represents that most of the image should either be to one side or the other, by the divider that is presented in the photo. Images should never be directly in the center creating good composition and overall design.
Kelly, you can use this ruler to look for the "golden section" in imagery. You can print it or move it to a digital layer over another image and see whether or not the composition follows the desired layout. For more background about the golden section, see the Krause book. You might also like to take a look at Dr. Ruthie's blog where she goes beyond the ruler in examining imagery composition.
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