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!
![2013-05-15 Frond Shadows
Not as desperation-y as yesterday, but I'm still pretty sick. I took this photo out on a walk around the block. It's a cycad plant, which looks like a little palm tree. But it's not a palm tree. It's a cycad.
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year6/i-mXh4m2F/0/Ti/2013-05-15%20Frond%20Shadows-Ti.jpg "2013-05-15 Frond Shadows
Not as desperation-y as yesterday, but I'm still pretty sick. I took this photo out on a walk around the block. It's a cycad plant, which looks like a little palm tree. But it's not a palm tree. It's a cycad.
[last year]")
![_06/07/12_ New Growth
These are two of the numerous new fronds growing out of the top of the cycad in the front yard. They grow fast, and were just little nubs a week ago; now the longest ones are well over a foot long. They kind of look like little snakes. FYI, cycads are 'living fossils' and have been around for a long, long time. They look little palm trees and you see them all over Southern California landscaping, although I'm told they're actually quite rare.
I like the shallow depth of field with these two, and they kind of look like they're interacting somehow. Parent and child, maybe? I also like the blue cast on the fronds, so I exaggerated that through white balance and color adjustments.
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year5/i-xn53rKs/2/Ti/2012-06-07%20New%20Growth-Ti.jpg "_06/07/12_ New Growth
These are two of the numerous new fronds growing out of the top of the cycad in the front yard. They grow fast, and were just little nubs a week ago; now the longest ones are well over a foot long. They kind of look like little snakes. FYI, cycads are 'living fossils' and have been around for a long, long time. They look little palm trees and you see them all over Southern California landscaping, although I'm told they're actually quite rare.
I like the shallow depth of field with these two, and they kind of look like they're interacting somehow. Parent and child, maybe? I also like the blue cast on the fronds, so I exaggerated that through white balance and color adjustments.
[last year]")
![__02/28/12__ Expansion
Today would be the end of Year 4 of my One/Day Project, except that it's leap year, so it will end tomorrow. That was the point from the beginning, though - leap day to leap day. Can you believe it? Four years. I do have something planned, but it might get rained out... stay tuned.
Today's photo was supposed to be a honey bee on a cherry blossom. It was my first daily photo ever, and I paid tribute to that by taking a similar bee-on-flower photo on 2/27/09, 2/26/10 and 2/24/11. This year was a bust - there were no bees! Very sad.
But I walked around the botanical gardens anyways, and I got this photo of a cycad frond. I actually took a photo of the same plant last year, but I like this one better.
[last year] one of my best, for sure...](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year4/i-LnPgjpD/0/Ti/2012-02-28%20Expansion-Ti.jpg "__02/28/12__ Expansion
Today would be the end of Year 4 of my One/Day Project, except that it's leap year, so it will end tomorrow. That was the point from the beginning, though - leap day to leap day. Can you believe it? Four years. I do have something planned, but it might get rained out... stay tuned.
Today's photo was supposed to be a honey bee on a cherry blossom. It was my first daily photo ever, and I paid tribute to that by taking a similar bee-on-flower photo on 2/27/09, 2/26/10 and 2/24/11. This year was a bust - there were no bees! Very sad.
But I walked around the botanical gardens anyways, and I got this photo of a cycad frond. I actually took a photo of the same plant last year, but I like this one better.
[last year] one of my best, for sure...")
![_06/16/11_ Cycad
This is a f/1.4 shot of one of the cycads growing in our front yard. I love this fuzzy middle part, it's neat. I'm glad it was just in our front yard, because I ended up going back three times to tweak the composition after seeing the photos on my computer screen.
In other news, I posted a gallery of cool/fun/cute animal photos from my trip to the zoo on Sunday! CHECK IT OUT.
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year4/i-wrrBjWW/0/Ti/2011-06-16%20Cycad-Ti.jpg "_06/16/11_ Cycad
This is a f/1.4 shot of one of the cycads growing in our front yard. I love this fuzzy middle part, it's neat. I'm glad it was just in our front yard, because I ended up going back three times to tweak the composition after seeing the photos on my computer screen.
In other news, I posted a gallery of cool/fun/cute animal photos from my trip to the zoo on Sunday! CHECK IT OUT.
[last year]")
![_08/18/10_ Red Leaf
A leaf, resting on a cycad plant.
[last year] happy 1 year anniversary, condo...](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year3/i-zHfqL8t/2/Ti/2010-08-18%20Red%20Leaf-Ti.jpg "_08/18/10_ Red Leaf
A leaf, resting on a cycad plant.
[last year] happy 1 year anniversary, condo...")
![_03/23/10_ Unfurling
Not sure what plant this is, but it's very cycad-like and was near other cycads, so let's call it a cycad. The part I photographed looks more like a fern, though. Ideas? It bugs me when cool plants aren't labeled. Oh well.
In color, the background was pretty distracting, so I went B&W and added a sepia-ish tone. I also did some work with curves, vignettes and the adjustment brush to get the background more to my liking.
Did you hear about the Lightroom 3 beta? I'm not trying it out yet but I looked at the new features, it's going to be great!
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year3/i-5hH5zTk/2/Ti/2010-03-23%20Unfurling-Ti.jpg "_03/23/10_ Unfurling
Not sure what plant this is, but it's very cycad-like and was near other cycads, so let's call it a cycad. The part I photographed looks more like a fern, though. Ideas? It bugs me when cool plants aren't labeled. Oh well.
In color, the background was pretty distracting, so I went B&W and added a sepia-ish tone. I also did some work with curves, vignettes and the adjustment brush to get the background more to my liking.
Did you hear about the Lightroom 3 beta? I'm not trying it out yet but I looked at the new features, it's going to be great!
[last year]")
2013-05-15 Frond Shadows
Not as desperation-y as yesterday, but I'm still pretty sick. I took this photo out on a walk around the block. It's a cycad plant, which looks like a little palm tree. But it's not a palm tree. It's a cycad.
[last year]
Not as desperation-y as yesterday, but I'm still pretty sick. I took this photo out on a walk around the block. It's a cycad plant, which looks like a little palm tree. But it's not a palm tree. It's a cycad.
[last year]
2013-05-15 Frond Shadows
Not as desperation-y as yesterday, but I'm still pretty sick. I took this photo out on a walk around the block. It's a cycad plant, which looks like a little palm tree. But it's not a palm tree. It's a cycad.
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Not as desperation-y as yesterday, but I'm still pretty sick. I took this photo out on a walk around the block. It's a cycad plant, which looks like a little palm tree. But it's not a palm tree. It's a cycad.
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year6/i-mXh4m2F/0/L/2013-05-15%20Frond%20Shadows-L.jpg "2013-05-15 Frond Shadows
Not as desperation-y as yesterday, but I'm still pretty sick. I took this photo out on a walk around the block. It's a cycad plant, which looks like a little palm tree. But it's not a palm tree. It's a cycad.
[last year]")
2013-05-15 Frond Shadows
Not as desperation-y as yesterday, but I'm still pretty sick. I took this photo out on a walk around the block. It's a cycad plant, which looks like a little palm tree. But it's not a palm tree. It's a cycad.
[last year]
Not as desperation-y as yesterday, but I'm still pretty sick. I took this photo out on a walk around the block. It's a cycad plant, which looks like a little palm tree. But it's not a palm tree. It's a cycad.
[last year]
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All photographs © Jonathan Wilson