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 Thursday, 3/1, 2012 through Thursday, 2/28, 2013.
![__02/10/13__ Sandpipers in Sync
There were hundreds upon hundreds of sandpipers at the beach today, and I got this in-motion photo of a small fraction of them as they ran away from an incoming wave. The group behavior was mesmerizing.
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year5/i-ZXzZBpz/0/Ti/2013-02-10%20Sandpipers%20in%20Sync-Ti.jpg "__02/10/13__ Sandpipers in Sync
There were hundreds upon hundreds of sandpipers at the beach today, and I got this in-motion photo of a small fraction of them as they ran away from an incoming wave. The group behavior was mesmerizing.
[last year]")
![__02/09/13__ Engagement
Our friends Alex and Binh are engaged! Fun stuff. Alex called all sorts of family and friends and had us show up at this restaurant, where he brought Binh after proposing. Apparently she had no idea, it was kind of fun.
Oh, and of course I didn't have my fancy new camera with me... oh well.
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year5/i-M223Rjm/0/Ti/2013-02-09%20Engagement-Ti.jpg "__02/09/13__ Engagement
Our friends Alex and Binh are engaged! Fun stuff. Alex called all sorts of family and friends and had us show up at this restaurant, where he brought Binh after proposing. Apparently she had no idea, it was kind of fun.
Oh, and of course I didn't have my fancy new camera with me... oh well.
[last year]")
![__02/08/13__ Fountain
A very odd water fountain I came across while desperately taking some photos before I left work and before it got dark. This is my 3rd D600 photo! Tomorrow I'll be playing with it more deliberately and comparing it with my D7000. Should be fun!
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year5/i-FMjSWfm/1/Ti/2013-02-08%20Fountain-Ti.jpg "__02/08/13__ Fountain
A very odd water fountain I came across while desperately taking some photos before I left work and before it got dark. This is my 3rd D600 photo! Tomorrow I'll be playing with it more deliberately and comparing it with my D7000. Should be fun!
[last year]")
![__02/07/13__ Corner Steps
Here's my second daily photo with my new D600. Not quite as compelling as the first... downright boring, in fact. But hey, if you ever need a photo of diagonal brick steps with concrete squares on the corner, I got you covered.
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year5/i-TcCZZW6/0/Ti/2013-02-07%20Corner%20Steps-Ti.jpg "__02/07/13__ Corner Steps
Here's my second daily photo with my new D600. Not quite as compelling as the first... downright boring, in fact. But hey, if you ever need a photo of diagonal brick steps with concrete squares on the corner, I got you covered.
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![__02/06/13__ Hand Eye
My first daily photo with my new D600! The .nef file is 27mb. Yikes.
Anyways, this is Sam, who I noticed wearing a fun ring with an eyeball and I thought of taking this photo. After work she obliged to be my subject and luckily the sun hadn't quite gone down yet. I like how the sunlight is catching her but the background is already in the shade. It's a subtle difference, I think it worked out well. Just a few minutes later the sun was gone.
I had thought this photo would either be funny or creepy but looking at it now, it doesn't seem either. But I like it.
Here's a blog post: http://blog.jawsnap.net/2013/02/self-interview-regarding-recent-d600-purchase/
[last year] grand opening soon...](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year5/i-TScTmk9/1/Ti/2013-02-06%20Hand%20Eye-Ti.jpg "__02/06/13__ Hand Eye
My first daily photo with my new D600! The .nef file is 27mb. Yikes.
Anyways, this is Sam, who I noticed wearing a fun ring with an eyeball and I thought of taking this photo. After work she obliged to be my subject and luckily the sun hadn't quite gone down yet. I like how the sunlight is catching her but the background is already in the shade. It's a subtle difference, I think it worked out well. Just a few minutes later the sun was gone.
I had thought this photo would either be funny or creepy but looking at it now, it doesn't seem either. But I like it.
Here's a blog post: http://blog.jawsnap.net/2013/02/self-interview-regarding-recent-d600-purchase/
[last year] grand opening soon...")
![__02/05/13__ ¡New Toy Alert!
This lens flare is coming out of (yes, out) my new 28-300mm lens that I just got in the mail. It also came with a D600. That's right, folks: I'm going full frame.
I set up for a much more involved photo where my 'old' D7000 was back to back with the new D600 with their 28-300 and 18-200 lenses. I shined a flashlight into the D7000 and because the eye pieces were lined up, the light traveled through one camera, into the other and out the D600's lens, and then I was going to take a photo from above, showing both cameras. Make sense? Well no matter, it didn't really work how I originally envisioned. Way too dim. Maybe I'll try a laser next time. If only I had a laser...
But enough of my rambling, I got a new camera! Yay!
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year5/i-w7CMWWW/0/Ti/2013-02-05%20New%20Toy%20Alert-Ti.jpg "__02/05/13__ ¡New Toy Alert!
This lens flare is coming out of (yes, out) my new 28-300mm lens that I just got in the mail. It also came with a D600. That's right, folks: I'm going full frame.
I set up for a much more involved photo where my 'old' D7000 was back to back with the new D600 with their 28-300 and 18-200 lenses. I shined a flashlight into the D7000 and because the eye pieces were lined up, the light traveled through one camera, into the other and out the D600's lens, and then I was going to take a photo from above, showing both cameras. Make sense? Well no matter, it didn't really work how I originally envisioned. Way too dim. Maybe I'll try a laser next time. If only I had a laser...
But enough of my rambling, I got a new camera! Yay!
[last year]")
![__02/04/13__ Torqued Shadows
This shadow of a tree is being cast on Torqued Ellipse, a massive metal sculpture by Richard Serra that's at UCLA. It's actually called T.E.U.C.L.A., because there are multiple other Torqued Ellipses around the world. I may have done a teensy bit of editing in Lightroom. Just a tad.
I was hoping to receive and exciting delivery today, which would have probably been my photo of the day, but alas, the UPS guy decided to deliver before 4pm when I was at work. Hopefully tomorrow!
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year5/i-NHWPLZT/0/Ti/2013-02-04%20Torqued%20Shadows-Ti.jpg "__02/04/13__ Torqued Shadows
This shadow of a tree is being cast on Torqued Ellipse, a massive metal sculpture by Richard Serra that's at UCLA. It's actually called T.E.U.C.L.A., because there are multiple other Torqued Ellipses around the world. I may have done a teensy bit of editing in Lightroom. Just a tad.
I was hoping to receive and exciting delivery today, which would have probably been my photo of the day, but alas, the UPS guy decided to deliver before 4pm when I was at work. Hopefully tomorrow!
[last year]")
![__02/03/13__ Lone Tree
This tree is perched on a bluff overlooking the Pacific. It's not really as serene as you might think, as it's in the middle of Palisades Park in Santa Monica, with lots of people and cars and buildings and roads and sand before you actually get to the ocean. I knelt down low to cut out everything but the flowers, tree and sky. Because I was forced to get close to the tree because of a fence, I used the iPhone's panorama function to get the wide shot. I wish I could have gotten a horizontal view, but the dynamic range with the setting sun was too much.
I'm expecting something fun tomorrow. Some major photography equipment that will bring some major changes for me. I'm very much looking forward to it. Stay tuned.
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year5/i-nJ8Bgqj/0/Ti/2013-02-03%20Lone%20Tree-Ti.jpg "__02/03/13__ Lone Tree
This tree is perched on a bluff overlooking the Pacific. It's not really as serene as you might think, as it's in the middle of Palisades Park in Santa Monica, with lots of people and cars and buildings and roads and sand before you actually get to the ocean. I knelt down low to cut out everything but the flowers, tree and sky. Because I was forced to get close to the tree because of a fence, I used the iPhone's panorama function to get the wide shot. I wish I could have gotten a horizontal view, but the dynamic range with the setting sun was too much.
I'm expecting something fun tomorrow. Some major photography equipment that will bring some major changes for me. I'm very much looking forward to it. Stay tuned.
[last year]")
![__02/02/13__ Concrete Sky
This was taken from a parking lot under a freeway. I like how clearly you can see the wood pattern in the concrete.
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year5/i-vWMK4wS/0/Ti/2013-02-02%20Concrete%20Sky-Ti.jpg "__02/02/13__ Concrete Sky
This was taken from a parking lot under a freeway. I like how clearly you can see the wood pattern in the concrete.
[last year]")
__02/09/13__ Engagement
Our friends Alex and Binh are engaged! Fun stuff. Alex called all sorts of family and friends and had us show up at this restaurant, where he brought Binh after proposing. Apparently she had no idea, it was kind of fun.
Oh, and of course I didn't have my fancy new camera with me... oh well.
[last year]
Our friends Alex and Binh are engaged! Fun stuff. Alex called all sorts of family and friends and had us show up at this restaurant, where he brought Binh after proposing. Apparently she had no idea, it was kind of fun.
Oh, and of course I didn't have my fancy new camera with me... oh well.
[last year]
__02/09/13__ Engagement
Our friends Alex and Binh are engaged! Fun stuff. Alex called all sorts of family and friends and had us show up at this restaurant, where he brought Binh after proposing. Apparently she had no idea, it was kind of fun.
Oh, and of course I didn't have my fancy new camera with me... oh well.
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Our friends Alex and Binh are engaged! Fun stuff. Alex called all sorts of family and friends and had us show up at this restaurant, where he brought Binh after proposing. Apparently she had no idea, it was kind of fun.
Oh, and of course I didn't have my fancy new camera with me... oh well.
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year5/i-M223Rjm/0/L/2013-02-09%20Engagement-L.jpg "__02/09/13__ Engagement
Our friends Alex and Binh are engaged! Fun stuff. Alex called all sorts of family and friends and had us show up at this restaurant, where he brought Binh after proposing. Apparently she had no idea, it was kind of fun.
Oh, and of course I didn't have my fancy new camera with me... oh well.
[last year]")
__02/09/13__ Engagement
Our friends Alex and Binh are engaged! Fun stuff. Alex called all sorts of family and friends and had us show up at this restaurant, where he brought Binh after proposing. Apparently she had no idea, it was kind of fun.
Oh, and of course I didn't have my fancy new camera with me... oh well.
[last year]
Our friends Alex and Binh are engaged! Fun stuff. Alex called all sorts of family and friends and had us show up at this restaurant, where he brought Binh after proposing. Apparently she had no idea, it was kind of fun.
Oh, and of course I didn't have my fancy new camera with me... oh well.
[last year]
All photographs © Jonathan Wilson