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.
![__02/10/11__ Slave Cabin
New Orleans, Day 2
This afternoon my wife and I took a plantation tour. Back in the day there were hundreds of sugarcane plantations lining the Mississippi river North of New Orleans. We took guided tours of Laura and Oak Alley. Laura had quite an interesting history, but Oak Alley was much more impressive. Stay tuned for more photos of that. Also stay tuned for photos I took this morning walking around downtown, including an abandoned power plant.
This shot is a slave cabin with a garden at the Laura plantation. Despite the terrible injustices and inequalities of the time, it was really interesting to learn how the plantations were run. It was also really neat to drive through the cypress swamp and over part of Lake Ponchartrain.
See a better, higher-res photo of this scene in my New Orleans gallery.
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year3/i-SVkMWzn/3/Ti/2011-02-10%20Slave%20Cabin-Ti.jpg "__02/10/11__ Slave Cabin
New Orleans, Day 2
This afternoon my wife and I took a plantation tour. Back in the day there were hundreds of sugarcane plantations lining the Mississippi river North of New Orleans. We took guided tours of Laura and Oak Alley. Laura had quite an interesting history, but Oak Alley was much more impressive. Stay tuned for more photos of that. Also stay tuned for photos I took this morning walking around downtown, including an abandoned power plant.
This shot is a slave cabin with a garden at the Laura plantation. Despite the terrible injustices and inequalities of the time, it was really interesting to learn how the plantations were run. It was also really neat to drive through the cypress swamp and over part of Lake Ponchartrain.
See a better, higher-res photo of this scene in my New Orleans gallery.
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![__02/09/11__ Blanca Peak
New Orleans, Day 1
Day zero, really, since we spent all of the daylight hours traveling, thanks to a plane malfunction that left us in St. Louis for 4 hours instead of 1.
The highlight of the day was flying over the Western US at sunrise. I like the rugged scenery at midday, so seeing the early morning light was a special treat. This shot was taken later in the morning, but I think it still looks pretty cool. Somewhere in Colorado, I believe.
Update: The tallest mountain in the foreground is Blanca Peak, and the range is the Sangre de Christo mountains - a subrange of the Rockies. The grayish-brown spot nestled in the curve of the range is Great Sand Dunes National Park.
See a cooler closeup of the peak in my New Orleans gallery.
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year3/i-XMsnxsf/3/Ti/2011-02-09%20Blanca%20Peak-Ti.jpg "__02/09/11__ Blanca Peak
New Orleans, Day 1
Day zero, really, since we spent all of the daylight hours traveling, thanks to a plane malfunction that left us in St. Louis for 4 hours instead of 1.
The highlight of the day was flying over the Western US at sunrise. I like the rugged scenery at midday, so seeing the early morning light was a special treat. This shot was taken later in the morning, but I think it still looks pretty cool. Somewhere in Colorado, I believe.
Update: The tallest mountain in the foreground is Blanca Peak, and the range is the Sangre de Christo mountains - a subrange of the Rockies. The grayish-brown spot nestled in the curve of the range is Great Sand Dunes National Park.
See a cooler closeup of the peak in my New Orleans gallery.
[last year]")
![__02/08/11__ Dragon Ball
Here's another shot from the botanical gardens - the fruit of the Dragon Tree (Dracaena draco). Only a few fruits on the entire tree were orange.
I'll be doing iPhone daily photos for a few days while I'm in New Orleans. Woohoo! A non-iPhone gallery will follow shortly after.
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year3/i-XWwvpRQ/1/Ti/2011-02-08%20Dragon%20Ball-Ti.jpg "__02/08/11__ Dragon Ball
Here's another shot from the botanical gardens - the fruit of the Dragon Tree (Dracaena draco). Only a few fruits on the entire tree were orange.
I'll be doing iPhone daily photos for a few days while I'm in New Orleans. Woohoo! A non-iPhone gallery will follow shortly after.
[last year]")
![__02/07/11__ Chinese Hollygrape
Mahonia lomariifolia
This plant caught my eye last Friday when I only had my compact. Because the plant was in the shade, I just couldn't get a decent shutter speed to get a sharp exposure, so today I brought my SLR. I had trouble capturing what I wanted, but I do like this shot. What caught my eye were the soft blue and green colors on the 'grapes' or whatever they are. The plant leaves look like holly (hence the name) and they're very sharp. I got poked a lot for this photo.
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year3/i-LzZm7Zj/1/Ti/2011-02-07%20Chinese%20Hollygrape-Ti.jpg "__02/07/11__ Chinese Hollygrape
Mahonia lomariifolia
This plant caught my eye last Friday when I only had my compact. Because the plant was in the shade, I just couldn't get a decent shutter speed to get a sharp exposure, so today I brought my SLR. I had trouble capturing what I wanted, but I do like this shot. What caught my eye were the soft blue and green colors on the 'grapes' or whatever they are. The plant leaves look like holly (hence the name) and they're very sharp. I got poked a lot for this photo.
[last year]")
![__02/06/11__ Almond Ball
While pondering what sort of desperation shot to take on this Sunday of Super Bowls, it hit me that if I cut two almonds in half and put the pointy ends back to back, it'd look like a football! So... uh... yeah. Here's the amazing result of that eureka moment...
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year3/i-zhnhg2T/1/Ti/2011-02-06%20Almond%20Ball-Ti.jpg "__02/06/11__ Almond Ball
While pondering what sort of desperation shot to take on this Sunday of Super Bowls, it hit me that if I cut two almonds in half and put the pointy ends back to back, it'd look like a football! So... uh... yeah. Here's the amazing result of that eureka moment...
[last year]")
![__02/05/11__ Sunglasses Shadow
I took this shot earlier today when the sun was coming in through our bay window and onto our wood dining table. I like how the shadow really exaggerates the shape of the lenses. I purposely focused on the wood surface and not the glasses themselves.
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year3/i-ZKcHRvm/1/Ti/2011-02-05%20Sunglasses%20Shadow-Ti.jpg "__02/05/11__ Sunglasses Shadow
I took this shot earlier today when the sun was coming in through our bay window and onto our wood dining table. I like how the shadow really exaggerates the shape of the lenses. I purposely focused on the wood surface and not the glasses themselves.
[last year]")
![__02/04/11__ Backlit Spines
Some prickly pear in the botanical gardens, some other cactus in the background. I found some other really great subjects today, but I was unhappy with how the S95 photos came out. I'm hoping to take my SLR and macro lens to work next week so I can try again.
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year3/i-w2RnLgt/1/Ti/2011-02-04%20Backlit%20Spines-Ti.jpg "__02/04/11__ Backlit Spines
Some prickly pear in the botanical gardens, some other cactus in the background. I found some other really great subjects today, but I was unhappy with how the S95 photos came out. I'm hoping to take my SLR and macro lens to work next week so I can try again.
[last year]")
![__02/03/11__ Pots and Pans
Desperation shot of two pots and two pans hanging on our new-ish pot rack. I experimented with holding the flash so that the shadows didn't overlap at all. Black and white was an obvious choice since the scene was lacking in color to begin with.
Thanks to Donna for the New Orleans tips! I definitely will visit the French Quarter and I hope to make it to a cemetery, but we won't have a car, so... it'll have to be close. Anyone else have ideas for me? I'll be there next week. :)
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year3/i-bd3T9Xw/1/Ti/2011-02-03%20Pots%20and%20Pans-Ti.jpg "__02/03/11__ Pots and Pans
Desperation shot of two pots and two pans hanging on our new-ish pot rack. I experimented with holding the flash so that the shadows didn't overlap at all. Black and white was an obvious choice since the scene was lacking in color to begin with.
Thanks to Donna for the New Orleans tips! I definitely will visit the French Quarter and I hope to make it to a cemetery, but we won't have a car, so... it'll have to be close. Anyone else have ideas for me? I'll be there next week. :)
[last year]")
![__02/02/11__ Tentacle
I try to stay modest, but damn, I made a good dinner tonight. It involved frying a seafood mix we got from the farmer's (fisherman's?) market last weekend. I'm not sure if this tentacle is a squid or octopus, but the mix had smaller whole squids, mussels, and shrimp, too. Put it over rice with a lemon-rosemary sauce and roasted romanesco and garlic bread on the side. Wash it down with some delicious white wine.
Yum.
While you sit and ponder my weeknight culinary awesomeness, why not glance at my water droplet photography blog post?
In other news, I'll be in New Orleans a week from today. Any photography or touristy suggestions?
[last year] hazel, yo...](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year3/i-MmmzCjS/1/Ti/2011-02-02%20Tentacle-Ti.jpg "__02/02/11__ Tentacle
I try to stay modest, but damn, I made a good dinner tonight. It involved frying a seafood mix we got from the farmer's (fisherman's?) market last weekend. I'm not sure if this tentacle is a squid or octopus, but the mix had smaller whole squids, mussels, and shrimp, too. Put it over rice with a lemon-rosemary sauce and roasted romanesco and garlic bread on the side. Wash it down with some delicious white wine.
Yum.
While you sit and ponder my weeknight culinary awesomeness, why not glance at my water droplet photography blog post?
In other news, I'll be in New Orleans a week from today. Any photography or touristy suggestions?
[last year] hazel, yo...")
__02/06/11__ Almond Ball
While pondering what sort of desperation shot to take on this Sunday of Super Bowls, it hit me that if I cut two almonds in half and put the pointy ends back to back, it'd look like a football! So... uh... yeah. Here's the amazing result of that eureka moment...
[last year]
While pondering what sort of desperation shot to take on this Sunday of Super Bowls, it hit me that if I cut two almonds in half and put the pointy ends back to back, it'd look like a football! So... uh... yeah. Here's the amazing result of that eureka moment...
[last year]
__02/06/11__ Almond Ball
While pondering what sort of desperation shot to take on this Sunday of Super Bowls, it hit me that if I cut two almonds in half and put the pointy ends back to back, it'd look like a football! So... uh... yeah. Here's the amazing result of that eureka moment...
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While pondering what sort of desperation shot to take on this Sunday of Super Bowls, it hit me that if I cut two almonds in half and put the pointy ends back to back, it'd look like a football! So... uh... yeah. Here's the amazing result of that eureka moment...
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year3/i-zhnhg2T/1/L/2011-02-06%20Almond%20Ball-L.jpg "__02/06/11__ Almond Ball
While pondering what sort of desperation shot to take on this Sunday of Super Bowls, it hit me that if I cut two almonds in half and put the pointy ends back to back, it'd look like a football! So... uh... yeah. Here's the amazing result of that eureka moment...
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__02/06/11__ Almond Ball
While pondering what sort of desperation shot to take on this Sunday of Super Bowls, it hit me that if I cut two almonds in half and put the pointy ends back to back, it'd look like a football! So... uh... yeah. Here's the amazing result of that eureka moment...
[last year]
While pondering what sort of desperation shot to take on this Sunday of Super Bowls, it hit me that if I cut two almonds in half and put the pointy ends back to back, it'd look like a football! So... uh... yeah. Here's the amazing result of that eureka moment...
[last year]
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