Pi(e) Day of the Century

For math geeky families like mine, yesterday was a day to celebrate, even more so if you love pie.  According to the pi day wiki page, in 2009 the U. S. House of Representatives declared March 14th to be National Pi Day and now geeks around the country and likely around the world celebrated yesterday, March 14, 2015, or better written as 3/14/15 (3.1415) and, if we pay close attention, in the morning at 9:26:53 (as our awesome t-shirts show) you get pi to 9 decimal places (3.141592653).

I took our group shot in my makeshift basement studio without a lot of prep work for lighting.  I enjoy the look of a white backdrop shot but to do it well you need to have the subjects far enough from the backdrop to prevent the light used to wash out the back from falling on the subject.  My basement ceiling isn't high enough to allow this so I do my best with makeshift shields to prevent the light from spilling on the subject.  As it was this shot needed some cleanup in photoshop to help separate the lovely models from the background.  Of course, had I had more willing models I may have been able to tweak things more while taking the shot but as it was Amy quipped, "Gee, at the rate we're going, it will be tau day by the time you get this picture taken".

Of course, as wonderful a number as pi is, it only gets better when you enjoy it with some homemade fruit pie and that only gets better with a scoop or two of vanilla bean ice cream on top.  Amy made a wonderful wild berry pie that we enjoyed as we celebrated the extra special pi day of 2015.

For some interesting facts about pi, checkout this link.