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!

2013-04-12 Colorfork
This is my 4th Photojojo University assignment, although it's not exactly what Professor Pancake asked for. The challenge was to illuminate a scene with two different colors of light, using some sort of slow shutter speed app on the iPhone. Well I did that but didn't like the results. But as I was looking at the photo on my computer screen, I noticed it reflected on the fork in a cool way - so this is a photo of that reflection. I like it and I hope Professor Pancake is OK with it. 

[last year]
2013-04-08 Red Over Yellow
At the end of a extraordinarily exciting and entertaining NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, Louisville (red) defeated Michigan (yellow) 82-76. It just happened about an hour ago! 
This is my tribute photo. 

[last year]
_12/20/12_ Christmas Lights
This is one of those light-up ceramic Christmas trees with the little colored plastic lights that were apparently popular with a generation that is now very old. This one belonged to my wife's grandmother, but my own grandmother has one very similar. 
This is another iPhone shot - I spent a lot of time twisting and turning and using AE/AF lock to get an interesting result. I considered giving in and getting a camera with manual settings, but the challenge was fun.

[last year]
_11/20/12_ Progression
Desperation shot of some fun fall colors at UCLA. I wasn't inspired working in Lightroom, so I went back to my phone and edited in Snapseed. It's a bit cheesy, but it does show off the colors, which was what grabbed my attention.

[last year]
Bubbles!
The Museum of Science and Industry blew my mind. It was such a cool place, particularly the severe weather stuff. It was so cool (...how cool was it?) that I barely took any photos of the interior. Also, it was pretty terrible lighting.
This photo is of a bunch of bubbles where they talked about petroleum and all the wonderful and horrible things we do with it.
2012-03-04 Bright Colors
I picked out the five brightest, pastel-est pencils we had for this photo. I did take the time to set up my softbox, but otherwise it's pretty much a desperation shot. I really am running out of things to photograph around the house... consequences of making it to Year 5, I suppose. Think of the happy life I'd have if that were my biggest problem.

[last year]
Artists Palette
Artists Drive
This is one of the most naturally colorful areas I've ever seen. See all the greens and pinks? This photo doesn't really do it justice - it's really impressive.
This area is pull-off from Artists Drive, which features many other colorful rocks and impressive features.
Colorful Hill
Dante's View
I really like the subtle hues in the dirt. Taken from Dante's View.
_11/28/11_ Woven
Desperation shot of a colorful and oh-so-soft blanket. I almost forgot to take a photo today - I spent a large portion of the day going through Death Valley photos, which I will share with you shortly. I made sure to get the bulk of the editing done today, because I am leaving on another (!) trip tomorrow morning. It'll be a short visit to San Francisco for a conference, but I hope to see at least a few sights while I'm there.

[last year]
2013-04-12 Colorfork
This is my 4th Photojojo University assignment, although it's not exactly what Professor Pancake asked for. The challenge was to illuminate a scene with two different colors of light, using some sort of slow shutter speed app on the iPhone. Well I did that but didn't like the results. But as I was looking at the photo on my computer screen, I noticed it reflected on the fork in a cool way - so this is a photo of that reflection. I like it and I hope Professor Pancake is OK with it.

[last year]
2013-04-12 Colorfork This is my 4th Photojojo University assignment, although it's not exactly what Professor Pancake asked for. The challenge was to illuminate a scene with two different colors of light, using some sort of slow shutter speed app on the iPhone. Well I did that but didn't like the results. But as I was looking at the photo on my computer screen, I noticed it reflected on the fork in a cool way - so this is a photo of that reflection. I like it and I hope Professor Pancake is OK with it. [last year]" href="javascript:openLB(2454389105,'',XLarge,'',1024,768);">2013-04-12 Colorfork
This is my 4th Photojojo University assignment, although it's not exactly what Professor Pancake asked for. The challenge was to illuminate a scene with two different colors of light, using some sort of slow shutter speed app on the iPhone. Well I did that but didn't like the results. But as I was looking at the photo on my computer screen, I noticed it reflected on the fork in a cool way - so this is a photo of that reflection. I like it and I hope Professor Pancake is OK with it. 

[last year]
2013-04-12 Colorfork
This is my 4th Photojojo University assignment, although it's not exactly what Professor Pancake asked for. The challenge was to illuminate a scene with two different colors of light, using some sort of slow shutter speed app on the iPhone. Well I did that but didn't like the results. But as I was looking at the photo on my computer screen, I noticed it reflected on the fork in a cool way - so this is a photo of that reflection. I like it and I hope Professor Pancake is OK with it.

[last year]
See photo in original gallery.
All photographs © Jonathan Wilson