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!
![__02/25/13__ Marimba
Tonight I stayed after work to see Knock on Wood: Music for Marimbas, by the UCLA Percussion Ensemble. It was fun! The pieces were quite varied, including a mesmerizing 15-minute Reich piece, but ending with a generous handful of ragtime songs. I grabbed this quick shot of one of the instruments afterwards.
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year5/i-Cj7F3kK/0/Ti/2013-02-25%20Marimba-Ti.jpg "__02/25/13__ Marimba
Tonight I stayed after work to see Knock on Wood: Music for Marimbas, by the UCLA Percussion Ensemble. It was fun! The pieces were quite varied, including a mesmerizing 15-minute Reich piece, but ending with a generous handful of ragtime songs. I grabbed this quick shot of one of the instruments afterwards.
[last year]")
![_04/25/12_ Master
This is my awesome brother as he warmed up before his master recital. He played great, there were a lot of people there, and we're all very proud.
He ended his recital with Steve Reich's Electric Counterpoint, which was pretty mind-blowing. I have since bought a recording and listened to it about 5 times. I highly recommend it, although it was much cooler to see it performed live. All of his pieces were really neat and covered a huge variety of styles.
I enjoyed taking photos beforehand, and it was reminiscent of his undergraduate recital, which happened back in Year 1 in the same place.
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year5/i-nX2PfPD/1/Ti/2012-04-25%20Master-Ti.jpg "_04/25/12_ Master
This is my awesome brother as he warmed up before his master recital. He played great, there were a lot of people there, and we're all very proud.
He ended his recital with Steve Reich's Electric Counterpoint, which was pretty mind-blowing. I have since bought a recording and listened to it about 5 times. I highly recommend it, although it was much cooler to see it performed live. All of his pieces were really neat and covered a huge variety of styles.
I enjoyed taking photos beforehand, and it was reminiscent of his undergraduate recital, which happened back in Year 1 in the same place.
[last year]")
![_12/27/11_ Theorbo
My brother is usually a guitarist, but tonight he was a theorboist while I took this picture. Never heard of it? It's a medieval double-necked string instrument that's about 6 feet tall. Take a look - Theorbo on Wikipedia.
[last year] no oranges this year :( ...](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year4/i-9RGssZp/1/Ti/2011-12-27%20Theorbo-Ti.jpg "_12/27/11_ Theorbo
My brother is usually a guitarist, but tonight he was a theorboist while I took this picture. Never heard of it? It's a medieval double-necked string instrument that's about 6 feet tall. Take a look - Theorbo on Wikipedia.
[last year] no oranges this year :( ...")
![_03/08/10_ Drum Man
I didn't notice the figure painted on the drum until I started photographing it. Looks kind of like the Pearl Jam stick figure, no?
Anyways, this is a drum we have at our house - it's fun. I set my aperture to f/1.4 to get the super-shallow depth of field so the blue man was in focus and the rear drum was fuzzy. I used a black cloth for the background and bounced my flash off the ceiling. I did some pretty extreme editing in Lightroom, but I think it still looks pretty organic. The main adjustments were moving the blacks slider way up and the vibrance way down to counteract the contrast.
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year3/i-t65fjqW/2/Ti/2010-03-08%20Blue%20Painted%20Drum-Ti.jpg "_03/08/10_ Drum Man
I didn't notice the figure painted on the drum until I started photographing it. Looks kind of like the Pearl Jam stick figure, no?
Anyways, this is a drum we have at our house - it's fun. I set my aperture to f/1.4 to get the super-shallow depth of field so the blue man was in focus and the rear drum was fuzzy. I used a black cloth for the background and bounced my flash off the ceiling. I did some pretty extreme editing in Lightroom, but I think it still looks pretty organic. The main adjustments were moving the blacks slider way up and the vibrance way down to counteract the contrast.
[last year]")
![_06/24/09_ Snake Guiro
Another instrument from Bolivia - I also took a photo of a flute a while back.
Here's a link to Wikipedia if you want to know all about guiros.
I held the guiro in front of a black background, trying to get the best angle on the open mouth. Played with various angles of bounce flash for the lighting. Touched up and converted to B&W in Lightroom, which is up to v2.4. Just released today! Go update.
[last year] mmm, raspberries](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year2/i-L9Vqftn/3/Ti/2009-06-24%20Snake%20Guiro-Ti.jpg "_06/24/09_ Snake Guiro
Another instrument from Bolivia - I also took a photo of a flute a while back.
Here's a link to Wikipedia if you want to know all about guiros.
I held the guiro in front of a black background, trying to get the best angle on the open mouth. Played with various angles of bounce flash for the lighting. Touched up and converted to B&W in Lightroom, which is up to v2.4. Just released today! Go update.
[last year] mmm, raspberries")
__02/25/13__ Marimba
Tonight I stayed after work to see Knock on Wood: Music for Marimbas, by the UCLA Percussion Ensemble. It was fun! The pieces were quite varied, including a mesmerizing 15-minute Reich piece, but ending with a generous handful of ragtime songs. I grabbed this quick shot of one of the instruments afterwards.
[last year]
Tonight I stayed after work to see Knock on Wood: Music for Marimbas, by the UCLA Percussion Ensemble. It was fun! The pieces were quite varied, including a mesmerizing 15-minute Reich piece, but ending with a generous handful of ragtime songs. I grabbed this quick shot of one of the instruments afterwards.
[last year]
__02/25/13__ Marimba
Tonight I stayed after work to see Knock on Wood: Music for Marimbas, by the UCLA Percussion Ensemble. It was fun! The pieces were quite varied, including a mesmerizing 15-minute Reich piece, but ending with a generous handful of ragtime songs. I grabbed this quick shot of one of the instruments afterwards.
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Tonight I stayed after work to see Knock on Wood: Music for Marimbas, by the UCLA Percussion Ensemble. It was fun! The pieces were quite varied, including a mesmerizing 15-minute Reich piece, but ending with a generous handful of ragtime songs. I grabbed this quick shot of one of the instruments afterwards.
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year5/i-Cj7F3kK/0/L/2013-02-25%20Marimba-L.jpg "__02/25/13__ Marimba
Tonight I stayed after work to see Knock on Wood: Music for Marimbas, by the UCLA Percussion Ensemble. It was fun! The pieces were quite varied, including a mesmerizing 15-minute Reich piece, but ending with a generous handful of ragtime songs. I grabbed this quick shot of one of the instruments afterwards.
[last year]")
__02/25/13__ Marimba
Tonight I stayed after work to see Knock on Wood: Music for Marimbas, by the UCLA Percussion Ensemble. It was fun! The pieces were quite varied, including a mesmerizing 15-minute Reich piece, but ending with a generous handful of ragtime songs. I grabbed this quick shot of one of the instruments afterwards.
[last year]
Tonight I stayed after work to see Knock on Wood: Music for Marimbas, by the UCLA Percussion Ensemble. It was fun! The pieces were quite varied, including a mesmerizing 15-minute Reich piece, but ending with a generous handful of ragtime songs. I grabbed this quick shot of one of the instruments afterwards.
[last year]
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All photographs © Jonathan Wilson