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.
![_09/27/12_ Loading Dock Leaf
I found this leaf at a loading dock, hence the title. The black part is the buffer that prevents trucks from hitting the concrete.
Processed in Lightroom. Lots of clarity added.
Oh, and I generally try not to over-promise things, but tomorrow's photo is going to be AWESOME.
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year5/i-xZ3sgSp/1/Ti/2012-09-27%20Loading%20Dock%20Leaf-Ti.jpg "_09/27/12_ Loading Dock Leaf
I found this leaf at a loading dock, hence the title. The black part is the buffer that prevents trucks from hitting the concrete.
Processed in Lightroom. Lots of clarity added.
Oh, and I generally try not to over-promise things, but tomorrow's photo is going to be AWESOME.
[last year]")
![_09/26/12_ Up and Down
Another high key photo, but this time it's purposeful, not just inverted to make it more interesting.
These are two glasses we have. Sometimes, we'll fill them with liquid and drink from them. Other times they sit in the cupboard.
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year5/i-z4kPf9x/1/Ti/2012-09-26%20Up%20and%20Down-Ti.jpg "_09/26/12_ Up and Down
Another high key photo, but this time it's purposeful, not just inverted to make it more interesting.
These are two glasses we have. Sometimes, we'll fill them with liquid and drink from them. Other times they sit in the cupboard.
[last year]")
![_09/25/12_ Inverted Branches
Desperation shot of some interestingly lit branches was boring, until I inverted it and did some other stuff. Now it's amazing!
[last year] AotP is coming up again soon...](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year5/i-wvFL4wN/1/Ti/2012-09-25%20Inverted%20Branches-Ti.jpg "_09/25/12_ Inverted Branches
Desperation shot of some interestingly lit branches was boring, until I inverted it and did some other stuff. Now it's amazing!
[last year] AotP is coming up again soon...")
![_09/24/12_ Westwood Reflected
As part of my training for this Friday's Stair Climb for Los Angeles, I climbed 6 different staircases at UCLA this afternoon. This is the view out of the 14th floor of the Factor building. The high-rises are along Wilshire Boulevard. I turned on HDR to see if it would help this high dynamic range situation. It did not. HDR sucks on the iPhone.
But anyways, it was a good workout, and I'm pretty confident I can handle the 75 stories on Friday. Now if you'll excuse me, I have some stretching to do.
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year5/i-tqbQ2hz/1/Ti/2012-09-24%20Westwood%20Reflected-Ti.jpg "_09/24/12_ Westwood Reflected
As part of my training for this Friday's Stair Climb for Los Angeles, I climbed 6 different staircases at UCLA this afternoon. This is the view out of the 14th floor of the Factor building. The high-rises are along Wilshire Boulevard. I turned on HDR to see if it would help this high dynamic range situation. It did not. HDR sucks on the iPhone.
But anyways, it was a good workout, and I'm pretty confident I can handle the 75 stories on Friday. Now if you'll excuse me, I have some stretching to do.
[last year]")
![_09/23/12_ Descending Flowers
Today we left the lovely Miyako Hybrid Hotel in Torrance and made the long journey back to Santa Monica. This feature was in the front of the hotel - the metal flower chain thing extended from the ceiling to the rock bed below. It's not a great photo because the rocks aren't actually in good focus, but oh well.
I'm also happy to report we crossed a restaurant off our bucket list - finally made it to King's Hawaiian, which was a couple miles from the hotel. So, so good.
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year5/i-jNtd6Fr/1/Ti/2012-09-23%20Descending%20Flowers-Ti.jpg "_09/23/12_ Descending Flowers
Today we left the lovely Miyako Hybrid Hotel in Torrance and made the long journey back to Santa Monica. This feature was in the front of the hotel - the metal flower chain thing extended from the ceiling to the rock bed below. It's not a great photo because the rocks aren't actually in good focus, but oh well.
I'm also happy to report we crossed a restaurant off our bucket list - finally made it to King's Hawaiian, which was a couple miles from the hotel. So, so good.
[last year]")
![_09/22/12_ Dusk in Torrance
After the spectacle of seeing space shuttle Endeavour fly over, we headed to Torrance for a little stay-cation in the Miyako Hybrid Hotel, which was a lot of fun. The 'hybrid' part refers to the fact that everything is Japanese-American. It's a taste of Japan for white folks like us, and it's a comfort zone for visiting Japanese. That's my understanding, anyways.
We were on the top floor, so we had a nice view of the sunset, which I captured here using the new built-in panorama feature in iOS 6. There are some unfortunate artifacts on the building, but the sunset and city look pretty good.
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year5/i-Zddjm6J/1/Ti/2012-09-22%20Dusk%20in%20Torrance-Ti.jpg "_09/22/12_ Dusk in Torrance
After the spectacle of seeing space shuttle Endeavour fly over, we headed to Torrance for a little stay-cation in the Miyako Hybrid Hotel, which was a lot of fun. The 'hybrid' part refers to the fact that everything is Japanese-American. It's a taste of Japan for white folks like us, and it's a comfort zone for visiting Japanese. That's my understanding, anyways.
We were on the top floor, so we had a nice view of the sunset, which I captured here using the new built-in panorama feature in iOS 6. There are some unfortunate artifacts on the building, but the sunset and city look pretty good.
[last year]")
![_09/21/12_ Endeavour Arrival
Today's my birthday, and NASA sent me a Space Shuttle! Jealous?
It was a really fun shared experience today, both online and in person. I took the day off for various mostly-birthday reasons, and after a delicious breakfast at Milo & Olive my wife and I headed down to the Santa Monica pier to see the shuttle fly in after it's journey around the Bay Area. This photo was actually taken on the 2nd pass. I like how the clouds look, which is largely thanks to post processing. It was still flying around when we got home, and so we were able to watch it land for the last time ever at LAX. It's been a pretty cool birthday.
[last year] still haven't taken a photo with this...](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year5/i-DzDL65R/1/Ti/2012-09-21%20Endeavour%20Arrival-Ti.jpg "_09/21/12_ Endeavour Arrival
Today's my birthday, and NASA sent me a Space Shuttle! Jealous?
It was a really fun shared experience today, both online and in person. I took the day off for various mostly-birthday reasons, and after a delicious breakfast at Milo & Olive my wife and I headed down to the Santa Monica pier to see the shuttle fly in after it's journey around the Bay Area. This photo was actually taken on the 2nd pass. I like how the clouds look, which is largely thanks to post processing. It was still flying around when we got home, and so we were able to watch it land for the last time ever at LAX. It's been a pretty cool birthday.
[last year] still haven't taken a photo with this...")
![_09/20/12_ Banister of Knowledge
Another shot using the new built-in panorama feature in iOS 6. I was more deliberate in my composition than yesterday, and I like how it turned out. There's certainly distortion, but no obvious processing artifacts.
It's grainy, but that's because there wasn't a lot of ambient light. The color was pretty blah, so I made it this sepia-like color.
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year5/i-djg7r4Z/1/Ti/2012-09-20%20Banister%20of%20Knowledge-Ti.jpg "_09/20/12_ Banister of Knowledge
Another shot using the new built-in panorama feature in iOS 6. I was more deliberate in my composition than yesterday, and I like how it turned out. There's certainly distortion, but no obvious processing artifacts.
It's grainy, but that's because there wasn't a lot of ambient light. The color was pretty blah, so I made it this sepia-like color.
[last year]")
![_09/19/12_ Powell from Royce
This panoramic view was taken from inside the breezeway at Royce Hall at UCLA. You can see Powell Library across from it through the columns.
Well my friends, iOS 6 was released today! I upgraded immediately, hoping the panorama feature would be cool. I used it for this photo, obviously.
It's really easy to use, and amazingly fast. I feel really bad for any developer who wrote a panorama app, now that Apple has rendered them useless.
Even though it's fast, the finished product is huge. The photo you see here is edited, including being cropped, and it's still 9990x2378 pixels. Do the math and you'll find that to be nearly 24 megapixels. Pretty ridiculous.
I took dozens of panoramas today, and you better believe I'm doing a blog post on it. I will share more of my valuable thoughts soon.
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year5/i-P5tjWNK/1/Ti/2012-09-19%20Powell%20from%20Royce-Ti.jpg "_09/19/12_ Powell from Royce
This panoramic view was taken from inside the breezeway at Royce Hall at UCLA. You can see Powell Library across from it through the columns.
Well my friends, iOS 6 was released today! I upgraded immediately, hoping the panorama feature would be cool. I used it for this photo, obviously.
It's really easy to use, and amazingly fast. I feel really bad for any developer who wrote a panorama app, now that Apple has rendered them useless.
Even though it's fast, the finished product is huge. The photo you see here is edited, including being cropped, and it's still 9990x2378 pixels. Do the math and you'll find that to be nearly 24 megapixels. Pretty ridiculous.
I took dozens of panoramas today, and you better believe I'm doing a blog post on it. I will share more of my valuable thoughts soon.
[last year]")
_09/27/12_ Loading Dock Leaf
I found this leaf at a loading dock, hence the title. The black part is the buffer that prevents trucks from hitting the concrete.
Processed in Lightroom. Lots of clarity added.
Oh, and I generally try not to over-promise things, but tomorrow's photo is going to be AWESOME.
[last year]
I found this leaf at a loading dock, hence the title. The black part is the buffer that prevents trucks from hitting the concrete.
Processed in Lightroom. Lots of clarity added.
Oh, and I generally try not to over-promise things, but tomorrow's photo is going to be AWESOME.
[last year]
_09/27/12_ Loading Dock Leaf
I found this leaf at a loading dock, hence the title. The black part is the buffer that prevents trucks from hitting the concrete.
Processed in Lightroom. Lots of clarity added.
Oh, and I generally try not to over-promise things, but tomorrow's photo is going to be AWESOME.
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I found this leaf at a loading dock, hence the title. The black part is the buffer that prevents trucks from hitting the concrete.
Processed in Lightroom. Lots of clarity added.
Oh, and I generally try not to over-promise things, but tomorrow's photo is going to be AWESOME.
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year5/i-xZ3sgSp/1/L/2012-09-27%20Loading%20Dock%20Leaf-L.jpg "_09/27/12_ Loading Dock Leaf
I found this leaf at a loading dock, hence the title. The black part is the buffer that prevents trucks from hitting the concrete.
Processed in Lightroom. Lots of clarity added.
Oh, and I generally try not to over-promise things, but tomorrow's photo is going to be AWESOME.
[last year]")
_09/27/12_ Loading Dock Leaf
I found this leaf at a loading dock, hence the title. The black part is the buffer that prevents trucks from hitting the concrete.
Processed in Lightroom. Lots of clarity added.
Oh, and I generally try not to over-promise things, but tomorrow's photo is going to be AWESOME.
[last year]
I found this leaf at a loading dock, hence the title. The black part is the buffer that prevents trucks from hitting the concrete.
Processed in Lightroom. Lots of clarity added.
Oh, and I generally try not to over-promise things, but tomorrow's photo is going to be AWESOME.
[last year]
All photographs © Jonathan Wilson