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!
![2013-04-26 Library Books
Today I went on a tour of our library's preservation/conversation areas - these old books are all awaiting some sort of repair. It's a behind-the-scenes part of libraries that I hadn't given a lot of thought to before today. It was really neat to learn about the process and see the tools they use to make repairs.
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year6/i-qP5Z3GW/0/Ti/2013-04-26%20Library%20Books-Ti.jpg "2013-04-26 Library Books
Today I went on a tour of our library's preservation/conversation areas - these old books are all awaiting some sort of repair. It's a behind-the-scenes part of libraries that I hadn't given a lot of thought to before today. It was really neat to learn about the process and see the tools they use to make repairs.
[last year]")
![2013-03-27 Arches & Clock
I took some photos of the gorgeous Powell Library this afternoon, and this is my favorite, probably because I'm a sucker for symmetry. The clock was originally much higher on the wall, so I moved it down for a more pleasing composition. Cheating? Yeah... pretty much.
jawsnap trivia: this clock also made an appearance on 2009-03-23.
Yesterday's photo was of a baluster! What a strange word!
[last year] imagine all the peeople...](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year6/i-2NvjFxC/0/Ti/2013-03-27%20Arches%20and%20Clock-Ti.jpg "2013-03-27 Arches & Clock
I took some photos of the gorgeous Powell Library this afternoon, and this is my favorite, probably because I'm a sucker for symmetry. The clock was originally much higher on the wall, so I moved it down for a more pleasing composition. Cheating? Yeah... pretty much.
jawsnap trivia: this clock also made an appearance on 2009-03-23.
Yesterday's photo was of a baluster! What a strange word!
[last year] imagine all the peeople...")
![__01/25/13__ Mirrored Icons
With my rented ultra-wide and post-rain conditions, I left work and headed over to Royce Hall and Powell Library, both gorgeous buildings.
Being very careful to center the camera with the building, I took a photo of Powell from the steps of Royce, then walked across and took a photo of Royce from the steps of Powell. Not wanting to choose between the two images, I decided to smoosh them together in Photoshop.
Royce looks better as the top image in my opinion. If you'd like to see it the other way, I invite you to stand on your head.
PS - thanks for all the comments on yesterday's lighthouse photo. I have a DSLR shot of the same scene, which I'll include in a gallery of San Diego pics soon.
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year5/i-DNjNp9J/1/Ti/2013-01-25%20Mirrored%20Icons-Ti.jpg "__01/25/13__ Mirrored Icons
With my rented ultra-wide and post-rain conditions, I left work and headed over to Royce Hall and Powell Library, both gorgeous buildings.
Being very careful to center the camera with the building, I took a photo of Powell from the steps of Royce, then walked across and took a photo of Royce from the steps of Powell. Not wanting to choose between the two images, I decided to smoosh them together in Photoshop.
Royce looks better as the top image in my opinion. If you'd like to see it the other way, I invite you to stand on your head.
PS - thanks for all the comments on yesterday's lighthouse photo. I have a DSLR shot of the same scene, which I'll include in a gallery of San Diego pics soon.
[last year]")
![__01/10/13__ Powell LIbrary
Grabbed this shot as I left work today, right around sunset. I'm impressed it turned out so well with the building not being too dark, or the sky overexposed. Edited in Lightroom, but not too much.
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year5/i-hGLW4JJ/0/Ti/2013-01-10%20Powell%20Library-Ti.jpg "__01/10/13__ Powell LIbrary
Grabbed this shot as I left work today, right around sunset. I'm impressed it turned out so well with the building not being too dark, or the sky overexposed. Edited in Lightroom, but not too much.
[last year]")
![_12/05/12_ Subdued Ceiling
This is the ceiling of the Powell Library rotunda, and it's very plain compared to the nearby reading room, which is all sorts of crazy-ornate wood. I edited this on my phone using Snapseed, which I'm a fan of. I'm not usually a fan of those things, but in this case it's definitely a more interesting photo and I think it's still true to the subject.
[last year] haha, clock on a toilet...](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year5/i-g7mb9GG/0/Ti/2012-12-05%20Subdued%20Ceiling-Ti.jpg "_12/05/12_ Subdued Ceiling
This is the ceiling of the Powell Library rotunda, and it's very plain compared to the nearby reading room, which is all sorts of crazy-ornate wood. I edited this on my phone using Snapseed, which I'm a fan of. I'm not usually a fan of those things, but in this case it's definitely a more interesting photo and I think it's still true to the subject.
[last year] haha, clock on a toilet...")
![_11/21/12_ Organic
A tree shadow on a brick building just before sunset.
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year5/i-9k3D8sj/0/Ti/2012-11-21%20Organic-Ti.jpg "_11/21/12_ Organic
A tree shadow on a brick building just before sunset.
[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]")
![_09/20/12_ Banister of Knowledge
Another shot using the new built-in panorama feature in iOS 6. I was more deliberate in my composition than yesterday, and I like how it turned out. There's certainly distortion, but no obvious processing artifacts.
It's grainy, but that's because there wasn't a lot of ambient light. The color was pretty blah, so I made it this sepia-like color.
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year5/i-djg7r4Z/1/Ti/2012-09-20%20Banister%20of%20Knowledge-Ti.jpg "_09/20/12_ Banister of Knowledge
Another shot using the new built-in panorama feature in iOS 6. I was more deliberate in my composition than yesterday, and I like how it turned out. There's certainly distortion, but no obvious processing artifacts.
It's grainy, but that's because there wasn't a lot of ambient light. The color was pretty blah, so I made it this sepia-like color.
[last year]")
![_09/19/12_ Powell from Royce
This panoramic view was taken from inside the breezeway at Royce Hall at UCLA. You can see Powell Library across from it through the columns.
Well my friends, iOS 6 was released today! I upgraded immediately, hoping the panorama feature would be cool. I used it for this photo, obviously.
It's really easy to use, and amazingly fast. I feel really bad for any developer who wrote a panorama app, now that Apple has rendered them useless.
Even though it's fast, the finished product is huge. The photo you see here is edited, including being cropped, and it's still 9990x2378 pixels. Do the math and you'll find that to be nearly 24 megapixels. Pretty ridiculous.
I took dozens of panoramas today, and you better believe I'm doing a blog post on it. I will share more of my valuable thoughts soon.
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year5/i-P5tjWNK/1/Ti/2012-09-19%20Powell%20from%20Royce-Ti.jpg "_09/19/12_ Powell from Royce
This panoramic view was taken from inside the breezeway at Royce Hall at UCLA. You can see Powell Library across from it through the columns.
Well my friends, iOS 6 was released today! I upgraded immediately, hoping the panorama feature would be cool. I used it for this photo, obviously.
It's really easy to use, and amazingly fast. I feel really bad for any developer who wrote a panorama app, now that Apple has rendered them useless.
Even though it's fast, the finished product is huge. The photo you see here is edited, including being cropped, and it's still 9990x2378 pixels. Do the math and you'll find that to be nearly 24 megapixels. Pretty ridiculous.
I took dozens of panoramas today, and you better believe I'm doing a blog post on it. I will share more of my valuable thoughts soon.
[last year]")
2013-04-26 Library Books
Today I went on a tour of our library's preservation/conversation areas - these old books are all awaiting some sort of repair. It's a behind-the-scenes part of libraries that I hadn't given a lot of thought to before today. It was really neat to learn about the process and see the tools they use to make repairs.
[last year]
Today I went on a tour of our library's preservation/conversation areas - these old books are all awaiting some sort of repair. It's a behind-the-scenes part of libraries that I hadn't given a lot of thought to before today. It was really neat to learn about the process and see the tools they use to make repairs.
[last year]
2013-04-26 Library Books
Today I went on a tour of our library's preservation/conversation areas - these old books are all awaiting some sort of repair. It's a behind-the-scenes part of libraries that I hadn't given a lot of thought to before today. It was really neat to learn about the process and see the tools they use to make repairs.
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Today I went on a tour of our library's preservation/conversation areas - these old books are all awaiting some sort of repair. It's a behind-the-scenes part of libraries that I hadn't given a lot of thought to before today. It was really neat to learn about the process and see the tools they use to make repairs.
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year6/i-qP5Z3GW/0/L/2013-04-26%20Library%20Books-L.jpg "2013-04-26 Library Books
Today I went on a tour of our library's preservation/conversation areas - these old books are all awaiting some sort of repair. It's a behind-the-scenes part of libraries that I hadn't given a lot of thought to before today. It was really neat to learn about the process and see the tools they use to make repairs.
[last year]")
2013-04-26 Library Books
Today I went on a tour of our library's preservation/conversation areas - these old books are all awaiting some sort of repair. It's a behind-the-scenes part of libraries that I hadn't given a lot of thought to before today. It was really neat to learn about the process and see the tools they use to make repairs.
[last year]
Today I went on a tour of our library's preservation/conversation areas - these old books are all awaiting some sort of repair. It's a behind-the-scenes part of libraries that I hadn't given a lot of thought to before today. It was really neat to learn about the process and see the tools they use to make repairs.
[last year]
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All photographs © Jonathan Wilson