Welcome to the One/Day Project
Here you will find hundreds of photos that I've taken every day since 2/29/2008. I reached my initial goal of making it to leap day 2012 (after 1462 photos), but I'm still going - the new goal is to make it to Monday, 2/29/2016.
Every photo in these galleries is a unique creation from that day. My intent is to create art, and I've taken great care to create most of these photographs. In addition to not uploading simple snapshots, I try incredibly hard not to repeat myself.
Please enjoy, and feel free to comment. Like the shot? Give it a thumbs up. Really like it? Buy a print or digital download.
Thanks for looking!
Photographs from Monday, 3/1, 2010 through Monday, 2/28, 2011.
![_08/05/10_ Roosterfish
Day 4 of the rooster theme!
Roosterfish is billed as one of the oldest gay bars in the country, located on Abbot Kinney Blvd. in Venice, CA. I'll bet this place was pretty crazy last night after Prop 8 was struck down.
Anyways, it seemed like an obvious place to get a photo of a rooster - this particular one was painted on a fence in the back. I'm not sure where I'll find a rooster for tomorrow's photo, but I have a few ideas - stay tuned!
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year3/i-QLNmVdc/2/Ti/2010-08-05%20Roosterfish-2-Ti.jpg "_08/05/10_ Roosterfish
Day 4 of the rooster theme!
Roosterfish is billed as one of the oldest gay bars in the country, located on Abbot Kinney Blvd. in Venice, CA. I'll bet this place was pretty crazy last night after Prop 8 was struck down.
Anyways, it seemed like an obvious place to get a photo of a rooster - this particular one was painted on a fence in the back. I'm not sure where I'll find a rooster for tomorrow's photo, but I have a few ideas - stay tuned!
[last year]")
![_08/04/10_ Publisher's Seal
Day 3 of my rooster theme. Can you see it? It's very small, but it's in focus...
This is an Italian book about medicine, written in Latin and published in 1589. That's right, it's 421 years old. My librarian friend Russell found it when I asked about neat rooster books that I might be able to photograph. The image is of the printer's device or woodcut seal showing two roosters pecking at a cornstalk. Thanks to f/2, the second one is out of focus.
So, can I keep this up? Where am I going to keep finding roosters?!? Please comment if you have any ideas.
[last year] hipcooks! coolest chandelier ever...](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year3/i-wLs2b4c/2/Ti/2010-08-04%20Rooster%20Seal-Ti.jpg "_08/04/10_ Publisher's Seal
Day 3 of my rooster theme. Can you see it? It's very small, but it's in focus...
This is an Italian book about medicine, written in Latin and published in 1589. That's right, it's 421 years old. My librarian friend Russell found it when I asked about neat rooster books that I might be able to photograph. The image is of the printer's device or woodcut seal showing two roosters pecking at a cornstalk. Thanks to f/2, the second one is out of focus.
So, can I keep this up? Where am I going to keep finding roosters?!? Please comment if you have any ideas.
[last year] hipcooks! coolest chandelier ever...")
![_08/03/10_ Cock 'n Bull
This is the ginger beer I drank with my Rajas fries lunch from the Frysmith food truck. Delicious.
I've decided to start a rooster theme, apparently.
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year3/i-fJZ6rw5/2/Ti/2010-08-03%20Cock%20n%20Bull-Ti.jpg "_08/03/10_ Cock 'n Bull
This is the ginger beer I drank with my Rajas fries lunch from the Frysmith food truck. Delicious.
I've decided to start a rooster theme, apparently.
[last year]")
![_08/02/10_ Cone Hat Rooster Car
So, there's this car near my neighborhood that's shaped like a giant yellow rooster. This is his head, which comes out of the car's roof. For some reason, he has a traffic cone hat.
Maybe I'll take a photo of the entire car someday, but today it was more of a desperation shot.
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year3/i-QWjkp9b/2/Ti/2010-08-02%20Conehead%20Rooster-Ti.jpg "_08/02/10_ Cone Hat Rooster Car
So, there's this car near my neighborhood that's shaped like a giant yellow rooster. This is his head, which comes out of the car's roof. For some reason, he has a traffic cone hat.
Maybe I'll take a photo of the entire car someday, but today it was more of a desperation shot.
[last year]")
![_08/01/10_ Beach Bench
After great results on Thursday, I decided to give the beach at sunset another try. Didn't get quite the same results, but I thought this was pretty interesting. It's a bench near a beach-side cafe. I stuck the camera inside and took a few shots, hoping one would come out. If I had paid more attention, I would have focused a bit closer. Oh well, the effect is still the same and you could argue that it draws the eye out towards the beach.
[last year] happy anniversary tim and jackie! ...](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year3/i-RQTg3JV/2/Ti/2010-08-01%20Beach%20Bench-Ti.jpg "_08/01/10_ Beach Bench
After great results on Thursday, I decided to give the beach at sunset another try. Didn't get quite the same results, but I thought this was pretty interesting. It's a bench near a beach-side cafe. I stuck the camera inside and took a few shots, hoping one would come out. If I had paid more attention, I would have focused a bit closer. Oh well, the effect is still the same and you could argue that it draws the eye out towards the beach.
[last year] happy anniversary tim and jackie! ...")
![_07/31/10_ iPhones
This photo was shot for a reason. I just finished a rather in-depth blog post on the difference between the latest 3 iPhone models, and this is the banner image for it. Please check it out! Tell your iPhone-toting friends!
For this photo, I set all 3 phones so they were hanging off the edge of my desk. I used a paperweight to make sure they didn't fall off or slide around. This photo is actually rotated 180 degrees so I could shoot without leaning way over the desk. I used an off-camera flash on the side of the phones. Even though I cleaned them, there were still a lot of tiny dust particles that lit up - I took care of them in Lightroom.
[last year] ah, to travel by train...](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year3/i-CHBPv5V/2/Ti/_DSC1968-Ti.jpg "_07/31/10_ iPhones
This photo was shot for a reason. I just finished a rather in-depth blog post on the difference between the latest 3 iPhone models, and this is the banner image for it. Please check it out! Tell your iPhone-toting friends!
For this photo, I set all 3 phones so they were hanging off the edge of my desk. I used a paperweight to make sure they didn't fall off or slide around. This photo is actually rotated 180 degrees so I could shoot without leaning way over the desk. I used an off-camera flash on the side of the phones. Even though I cleaned them, there were still a lot of tiny dust particles that lit up - I took care of them in Lightroom.
[last year] ah, to travel by train...")
![_07/30/10_ Fridge Magnets
Sort of a desperation shot. The in-focus reflection is off a hard drive platter that I JB-Weld-ed a hard drive magnet to, making one heck of a fridge magnet. It's surrounded by about 2 dozen smaller, colorful magnets.
The kitchen lights weren't nearly enough for a reasonable ISO, so I ended up spending a bit of time getting the lighting right. In the end I used a bounced on-camera flash. I upped the saturation a tad in LR since the image is a bit flat. I suppose that's the price you pay when 95% of your shot is way out of focus.
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year3/i-CP5SDs9/2/Ti/2010-07-30%20Fridge%20Magnets-Ti.jpg "_07/30/10_ Fridge Magnets
Sort of a desperation shot. The in-focus reflection is off a hard drive platter that I JB-Weld-ed a hard drive magnet to, making one heck of a fridge magnet. It's surrounded by about 2 dozen smaller, colorful magnets.
The kitchen lights weren't nearly enough for a reasonable ISO, so I ended up spending a bit of time getting the lighting right. In the end I used a bounced on-camera flash. I upped the saturation a tad in LR since the image is a bit flat. I suppose that's the price you pay when 95% of your shot is way out of focus.
[last year]")
![_07/29/10_ Ultimate Sunset
I drove down to the beach this evening to get some sunset shots. This ultimate-playing group caught my eye from a long way off because of the way the low sun backlit the sand that they were kicking up as they ran. I got low to the sand by leaning up against a volleyball net pole and shot away as they played. I chose this shot because it had the best action in it - almost everyone is running one way or another. Good times, good times...
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year3/i-f59MCS8/2/Ti/2010-07-29%20Ultimate%20Sunset-Ti.jpg "_07/29/10_ Ultimate Sunset
I drove down to the beach this evening to get some sunset shots. This ultimate-playing group caught my eye from a long way off because of the way the low sun backlit the sand that they were kicking up as they ran. I got low to the sand by leaning up against a volleyball net pole and shot away as they played. I chose this shot because it had the best action in it - almost everyone is running one way or another. Good times, good times...
[last year]")
![_07/28/10_ Nut Grinder
When my wife and I inherited this very old piece of metal kitchen equipment, we both thought it was a meat grinder. Turns out, it's actually a nut grinder to make your own nut butters. Boy, we were way off.
Although it has a bit of an oxidation problem, we fully intend on using this at least once. There's a big screw-type piece that inserts into the main body pictured here, and there are a variety of filter-things that you attach based on your desired level chunkiness. Maybe I'll post a photo of it in action when we get around to using it.
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year3/i-4tjDdC4/2/Ti/2010-07-28%20Nut%20Grinder-Ti.jpg "_07/28/10_ Nut Grinder
When my wife and I inherited this very old piece of metal kitchen equipment, we both thought it was a meat grinder. Turns out, it's actually a nut grinder to make your own nut butters. Boy, we were way off.
Although it has a bit of an oxidation problem, we fully intend on using this at least once. There's a big screw-type piece that inserts into the main body pictured here, and there are a variety of filter-things that you attach based on your desired level chunkiness. Maybe I'll post a photo of it in action when we get around to using it.
[last year]")
_08/05/10_ Roosterfish
Day 4 of the rooster theme!
Roosterfish is billed as one of the oldest gay bars in the country, located on Abbot Kinney Blvd. in Venice, CA. I'll bet this place was pretty crazy last night after Prop 8 was struck down.
Anyways, it seemed like an obvious place to get a photo of a rooster - this particular one was painted on a fence in the back. I'm not sure where I'll find a rooster for tomorrow's photo, but I have a few ideas - stay tuned!
[last year]
Day 4 of the rooster theme!
Roosterfish is billed as one of the oldest gay bars in the country, located on Abbot Kinney Blvd. in Venice, CA. I'll bet this place was pretty crazy last night after Prop 8 was struck down.
Anyways, it seemed like an obvious place to get a photo of a rooster - this particular one was painted on a fence in the back. I'm not sure where I'll find a rooster for tomorrow's photo, but I have a few ideas - stay tuned!
[last year]
_08/05/10_ Roosterfish
Day 4 of the rooster theme!
Roosterfish is billed as one of the oldest gay bars in the country, located on Abbot Kinney Blvd. in Venice, CA. I'll bet this place was pretty crazy last night after Prop 8 was struck down.
Anyways, it seemed like an obvious place to get a photo of a rooster - this particular one was painted on a fence in the back. I'm not sure where I'll find a rooster for tomorrow's photo, but I have a few ideas - stay tuned!
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Day 4 of the rooster theme!
Roosterfish is billed as one of the oldest gay bars in the country, located on Abbot Kinney Blvd. in Venice, CA. I'll bet this place was pretty crazy last night after Prop 8 was struck down.
Anyways, it seemed like an obvious place to get a photo of a rooster - this particular one was painted on a fence in the back. I'm not sure where I'll find a rooster for tomorrow's photo, but I have a few ideas - stay tuned!
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year3/i-QLNmVdc/2/L/2010-08-05%20Roosterfish-2-L.jpg "_08/05/10_ Roosterfish
Day 4 of the rooster theme!
Roosterfish is billed as one of the oldest gay bars in the country, located on Abbot Kinney Blvd. in Venice, CA. I'll bet this place was pretty crazy last night after Prop 8 was struck down.
Anyways, it seemed like an obvious place to get a photo of a rooster - this particular one was painted on a fence in the back. I'm not sure where I'll find a rooster for tomorrow's photo, but I have a few ideas - stay tuned!
[last year]")
_08/05/10_ Roosterfish
Day 4 of the rooster theme!
Roosterfish is billed as one of the oldest gay bars in the country, located on Abbot Kinney Blvd. in Venice, CA. I'll bet this place was pretty crazy last night after Prop 8 was struck down.
Anyways, it seemed like an obvious place to get a photo of a rooster - this particular one was painted on a fence in the back. I'm not sure where I'll find a rooster for tomorrow's photo, but I have a few ideas - stay tuned!
[last year]
Day 4 of the rooster theme!
Roosterfish is billed as one of the oldest gay bars in the country, located on Abbot Kinney Blvd. in Venice, CA. I'll bet this place was pretty crazy last night after Prop 8 was struck down.
Anyways, it seemed like an obvious place to get a photo of a rooster - this particular one was painted on a fence in the back. I'm not sure where I'll find a rooster for tomorrow's photo, but I have a few ideas - stay tuned!
[last year]
All photographs © Jonathan Wilson