http://www.angelahillmathdetective.com/blog Math Detective Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:02:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ...and I'm sure we're not done with it. This time I decided to shoot from the inside, though. http://www.angelahillmathdetective.com/blog/2010-07-29-again-with-the-skate-park/ Looking up at St. Giles's Cathedral in Edinburgh--I love the contrast in this shot. Not HDR, by the way. A lock called "Union"? You can see all of me and half of Vivi in Kandra's eye! Everyone seems to be posing for me in this one. I think they were just ... http://www.angelahillmathdetective.com/blog/2010-07-29-a-few-more-shots-from-scotland/ Got away unscathed - but this is the danger of wide angle lenses: I didn't realize how close, or how BIG, this swan was until it was about 6 inches from me and ready to defend its little...uh...swanlings? http://www.angelahillmathdetective.com/blog/2010-07-27-i-was-attacked-by-a-swan-in-scotland/ We stayed at a great riad--the rooms were beautiful and we really made use of the plunge pool over the course of the trip. When it's 111 degrees, a pool seems to just suck the heat right out of one's body. The first morning I woke up, I headed out ... http://www.angelahillmathdetective.com/blog/2010-07-21-first-morning-in-marrakech/ Marrakech was astounding, outstanding, overwhelming...and it will certainly take a little while to get through the photos, mostly because it's just going to take a little while to recover and unwind. But this is my very favorite so far--and one of the first that I really want to get ... http://www.angelahillmathdetective.com/blog/2010-07-19-a-photo-from-the-souks/ I know I just posted the whole album, but after having a few days to sit on it, there are a couple of shots I wanted to put here...to get them out of my system before I go to Marrakesh (tonight!) and to make them available if you don't feel ... http://www.angelahillmathdetective.com/blog/2010-07-14-favorites-from-zadar/ Less than 48 hours, more than 2,000 photos, edited down to under 60. I am a little bit in love with each of these. That last shot, by the way, is literally everyone in the tiny Zadar airport watching the first half of the World Cup game before 90% of ... http://www.angelahillmathdetective.com/blog/2010-07-12-shots-from-zadar/ The narrative of my weekend would include the following sentences: My sunglasses offered little protection against the sun and none against the wind as I crossed the airstrip to board my flight to Zadar. My seat companion, a beautiful lingerie designer from Australia, introduced me to her Italian boyfriend when we landed. I've ... http://www.angelahillmathdetective.com/blog/2010-07-12-what-i-did-with-my-press-pass-to-san-fermin/ ...from one of my photos! I took this on Portobello Road a week or so ago. I loved the subject matter but I wasn't at all happy with the angle or composition of the photo--it was crowded and there were buildings and basically it just wasn't possible to get the ... http://www.angelahillmathdetective.com/blog/2010-07-08-hey-look-another-sketch-from-nidhi/ It wasn't such a great day for them, obviously. But we still had a great barbecue complete with potato salad, bubbles, sparklers, and even roasting marshmallows over the grill to make s'mores. The kids were beyond cute with the bubbles. Here's why it pays to use a fast shutter ... http://www.angelahillmathdetective.com/blog/2010-07-04-4th-of-july-in-london-means-the-opposite-thing/