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 Tuesday, 3/1, 2011 through Wednesday, 2/29, 2012.

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__02/20/12__ Sandstone Column
Desperation shot tonight - some sandstone coasters. I stacked them so there would be a continuous-looking line throughout all four.

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__02/19/12__ Natural Habitat
Today we went whale watching in Long Beach. We saw none. NONE! We did see a lot of dolphins, however, and this trio of sea lions basking on a buoy. Back on shore, the announcer kept telling the next group that they might "see California sea lions in their natural habitat!". Not exactly.
I was pretty unimpressed with the crew's way of dealing with no sightings - they just played it off like it was a wonderful trip because "we saw a lot of dolphins, which are actually a type of whale!" The hell with that - I didn't pay $60 to see common dolphins. At the very least, a discount on a future trip would have been nice.
It was fun, though, and we had a nice relaxing lunch afterwards. And then we went to IKEA, for no reason at all. We'd never been before, and it was crazy!!! We have not planned a return trip at this time...

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__02/18/12__ Infinity Cars
I might use this shot for the dgrin challenge for "vanishing point". It's the parking garage at the Westfield Century City mall. It's a pretty crazy garage - only two levels, but practically an entire city block under the mall.

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__02/17/12__ Debris Mirror
This shot is from a little photo walk around the neighborhood. There is an abandoned lot and house where I found this mirror next to a pile of junk. We've lived nearby for three years and I don't think the run-down house or overgrown lot has changed much. Maybe they're waiting to flip it when the housing market comes back to 2007 levels. Or... lazy?

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__02/16/12__ Dirty Orange Curve
Here's another UCLA sculpture, but in a completely different spot from yesterday's. This one called Anthropomorphic Echoes by Miki Benoff in 1984 in honor of Max Benoff. Her husband?
Basically, it's a pair of giant resin shapes that look quite a bit like ears. This is a shot from the backside while the sun was shining on them. It made them glow in a cool way, but also shows how dirty they are. Gotta wash behind the ears...

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__02/15/12__ Stephanie
This is Stephanie, who is one half of the sculpture titled Stephanie and Shy. The other half a horse, which I'm assuming is the one named Shy. Neither are wearing clothes. The sculpture was created by Robert Graham in 1980-81.
I do realize this would be a highly inappropriate photo if it were of a real person. I thought the reflection was cool, though, made possible by today's rain.

By the way, are you on Twitter? I am, and I tweet occasionally. Follow me: @jawsnap.

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__02/14/12__ Heart-shaped Box
Happy Arizona statehood centennial! Despite its recent legislative horribleness, it's still home.
But wait. What's that? I actually took a totally cheesy and cliche photo for Valentine's Day? And then made it pink?? What's going on?!? I guess I'm just feeling the love.

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__02/13/12__ Back o' Bunche
This is the back of Bunche Hall at UCLA. It's neat to see a building from this vantage point in general, but it helped that I like the shape the trees created. The reflections in the tan part of the building are interesting, too.

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__02/12/12__ Katie
This is our friend Katie, who agreed to be a model for me, since I needed some more shots for my Environmental Portraiture class on Monday. It worked out great - she was a wonderful model and the light was quite lovely. This shot is on the bridge over PCH that we walked over to get down to the beach. I got some good beach photos, too, but I liked this one because of the shapes and patterns and crazy backlight.
There is a large reflector (piece of white foam core) just to my left that my assistant/wife held to illuminate her face.

[last year] beautiful engineering...

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