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.
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Thanks for looking!
![__01/27/13__ Observing LA
Today was the last day with my rented ultra-wide lens, and I headed up to Griffith Observatory to take advantage. It was kind of a disaster of a trip beginning with horrible traffic and ending with a locked gate at the exit. But despite that and everything in between, I got some good shots. This one shows the big center dome that houses the planetarium along with a glimpse of the amazing view that you get from this spot.
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year5/i-QHHVCdN/0/Ti/2013-01-27%20Observing%20LA-Ti.jpg "__01/27/13__ Observing LA
Today was the last day with my rented ultra-wide lens, and I headed up to Griffith Observatory to take advantage. It was kind of a disaster of a trip beginning with horrible traffic and ending with a locked gate at the exit. But despite that and everything in between, I got some good shots. This one shows the big center dome that houses the planetarium along with a glimpse of the amazing view that you get from this spot.
[last year]")
![_12/26/12_ Baboquivari Sunset
This was taken from the Babad Do'ag lookout along Catalina Highway, which takes you up to Mount Lemmon near Tucson. Baboquivari peak is the prominent peak in the far mountain range, with the city of Tucson in the foreground. All of those names (including Tucson) are originally from the Tohono O'odham language.
Now that my wife is out of the hospital and doing much better, it was nice to go on a little photo excursion. Before yesterday, all my daily photos had been iPhone shots for 1.5 weeks. Not that that's bad... but it's indicative of photography being pushed pretty far down on the priority list.
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year5/i-FLmQ3b4/2/Ti/2012-12-26%20Baboquivari%20Sunset-Ti.jpg "_12/26/12_ Baboquivari Sunset
This was taken from the Babad Do'ag lookout along Catalina Highway, which takes you up to Mount Lemmon near Tucson. Baboquivari peak is the prominent peak in the far mountain range, with the city of Tucson in the foreground. All of those names (including Tucson) are originally from the Tohono O'odham language.
Now that my wife is out of the hospital and doing much better, it was nice to go on a little photo excursion. Before yesterday, all my daily photos had been iPhone shots for 1.5 weeks. Not that that's bad... but it's indicative of photography being pushed pretty far down on the priority list.
[last year]")
![_10/16/12_ San Diego Skyline
I was in San Diego today for a conference, which I enjoyed quite a bit. Before driving back home, my wife and I paid a visit the Hotel del Coronado and got dinner. Then we stopped at Centennial Park so I could take this photo of the beautiful skyline of San Diego. I love the variety of colors of all the buildings.
A few things to note: The prominent pointy buildings in the center are the Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel. The low greenish building on the far right is the convention center. The red/white/blue on the far left is the USS Midway. Click 'Map This' to see where I took the photo from.
I had originally planned to take a photo of the Coronado bridge, but it's actually pretty uninteresting on a clear night. I bet it would be cool in some fog, though.
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year5/i-KZmnJvw/1/Ti/2012-10-16%20San%20Diego%20Skyline-Ti.jpg "_10/16/12_ San Diego Skyline
I was in San Diego today for a conference, which I enjoyed quite a bit. Before driving back home, my wife and I paid a visit the Hotel del Coronado and got dinner. Then we stopped at Centennial Park so I could take this photo of the beautiful skyline of San Diego. I love the variety of colors of all the buildings.
A few things to note: The prominent pointy buildings in the center are the Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel. The low greenish building on the far right is the convention center. The red/white/blue on the far left is the USS Midway. Click 'Map This' to see where I took the photo from.
I had originally planned to take a photo of the Coronado bridge, but it's actually pretty uninteresting on a clear night. I bet it would be cool in some fog, though.
[last year]")
![_09/28/12_ Top of Los Angeles
This photo was taken from the 72nd floor of the US Bank building in downtown Los Angeles, were me and thousands of other stair climbers gathered after making it all the way to the top - 75 stories, 1005 feet, and 1679 steps above the city below. It's the tallest building west of the MIssissippi and I feel very accomplished to get to the top!
The event is a fundraiser for the YMCA - www.ymcastairclimb.org - and my team from work raised over $1k for them, so that's cool.
I'm very happy that I kept a good pace and don't feel particularly worn out, and in general it wasn't as difficult as I had feared. I was a tiny bit disappointed that we weren't allowed on the helipad like the alien-loving hippies in Independence Day that get blown up, but I'll survive. Overall I had a great time and am excited to do it again next year.
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year5/i-C7hP332/1/Ti/2012-09-28%20Top%20of%20Los%20Angeles-Ti.jpg "_09/28/12_ Top of Los Angeles
This photo was taken from the 72nd floor of the US Bank building in downtown Los Angeles, were me and thousands of other stair climbers gathered after making it all the way to the top - 75 stories, 1005 feet, and 1679 steps above the city below. It's the tallest building west of the MIssissippi and I feel very accomplished to get to the top!
The event is a fundraiser for the YMCA - www.ymcastairclimb.org - and my team from work raised over $1k for them, so that's cool.
I'm very happy that I kept a good pace and don't feel particularly worn out, and in general it wasn't as difficult as I had feared. I was a tiny bit disappointed that we weren't allowed on the helipad like the alien-loving hippies in Independence Day that get blown up, but I'll survive. Overall I had a great time and am excited to do it again next year.
[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]")
All photographs © Jonathan Wilson