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!
![__01/06/13__ American Coaster
This is the roller coaster on the Santa Monica pier. I composed so you could only see the top part of the track and nothing else, and then I went nuts in Lightroom to make it more dramatic in a very Instagrammy sort of way. It's not the greatest photo for sure, but it's because my main focus was on this:
http://youtu.be/v57S-IQUU1A
That's right, I'm working on time lapse stuff! I finally have all the equipment I need to do a decent job. My Nikon D7000 has an intervalometer built in, I have a battery grip so it can stay powered for hours, I have an excellent tripod that won't move, and I have a computer with QT7 and significant processing power and disk space. I'm hoping to piece together a nice little video of the pier with multiple time lapseses.
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year5/i-V5RgpKq/0/Ti/2013-01-06%20American%20Coaster-Ti.jpg "__01/06/13__ American Coaster
This is the roller coaster on the Santa Monica pier. I composed so you could only see the top part of the track and nothing else, and then I went nuts in Lightroom to make it more dramatic in a very Instagrammy sort of way. It's not the greatest photo for sure, but it's because my main focus was on this:
http://youtu.be/v57S-IQUU1A
That's right, I'm working on time lapse stuff! I finally have all the equipment I need to do a decent job. My Nikon D7000 has an intervalometer built in, I have a battery grip so it can stay powered for hours, I have an excellent tripod that won't move, and I have a computer with QT7 and significant processing power and disk space. I'm hoping to piece together a nice little video of the pier with multiple time lapseses.
[last year]")
![_09/16/12_ Lifeguard Tower
I started taking a Lynda.com course over the weekend - Foundations of Photography: Composition, taught by the outstanding Ben Long. My plan is to watch no more than one chapter per day, and actually go out and do the exercise he lays out at the end of each lesson. Today I did just that, although this photo does not reflect the exercise we were supposed to do.
But that's OK, because I'm not here to prove to you that I did the exercise. I'm here to share my favorite photo of the day, and it's this one.
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year5/i-vGG27SJ/1/Ti/2012-09-16%20Lifeguard%20Tower-Ti.jpg "_09/16/12_ Lifeguard Tower
I started taking a Lynda.com course over the weekend - Foundations of Photography: Composition, taught by the outstanding Ben Long. My plan is to watch no more than one chapter per day, and actually go out and do the exercise he lays out at the end of each lesson. Today I did just that, although this photo does not reflect the exercise we were supposed to do.
But that's OK, because I'm not here to prove to you that I did the exercise. I'm here to share my favorite photo of the day, and it's this one.
[last year]")
![_07/04/09_ Red, White and Tasty
Happy 4th of July! We got our grill on and had some people over. Our friends Yassi and her sister Nazzi brought this delicious American Flag cake. I tried to focus in on one blueberry and one strawberry while still showing the "stripes" in the background. Part of me wanted to spend more time on it and get the perfect composition, but a bigger part of me wanted to eat it right away. More importantly, so did everyone else. It ended up being very delicious - I ate 3 pieces.
[last year] Americafest!](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year2/i-PK3br7H/2/Ti/2009-07-04%20Flag%20Cake-Ti.jpg "_07/04/09_ Red, White and Tasty
Happy 4th of July! We got our grill on and had some people over. Our friends Yassi and her sister Nazzi brought this delicious American Flag cake. I tried to focus in on one blueberry and one strawberry while still showing the \"stripes\" in the background. Part of me wanted to spend more time on it and get the perfect composition, but a bigger part of me wanted to eat it right away. More importantly, so did everyone else. It ended up being very delicious - I ate 3 pieces.
[last year] Americafest!")
God Bless Floatplanes
This one was probably giving aerial tours. We opted for the boat tour - the American flag you may have noticed in this photo was on our tour boat.
This one was probably giving aerial tours. We opted for the boat tour - the American flag you may have noticed in this photo was on our tour boat.
God Bless Floatplanes
This one was probably giving aerial tours. We opted for the boat tour - the American flag you may have noticed in this photo was on our tour boat.
This one was probably giving aerial tours. We opted for the boat tour - the American flag you may have noticed in this photo was on our tour boat.
See photo in original gallery.
All photographs © Jonathan Wilson