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!
![__02/01/13__ Shaky TV
A composite image created in my new favorite app - Average Camera Pro. It's fun to play with because you can get some interesting effects. This image was created from 32 shots of our TV, while the phone was mirroring to it and I was moving the phone back and forth.
Make sense? Too bad.
But hey, happy February! The end of this month will mark my 5th year of the One/Day Project. Plans for Year 6? Here's a clue: FF. That can stand for a lot of things, but what might it mean in photography terms?
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year5/i-TmMCS2g/0/Ti/2013-02-01%20Shaky%20TV-Ti.jpg "__02/01/13__ Shaky TV
A composite image created in my new favorite app - Average Camera Pro. It's fun to play with because you can get some interesting effects. This image was created from 32 shots of our TV, while the phone was mirroring to it and I was moving the phone back and forth.
Make sense? Too bad.
But hey, happy February! The end of this month will mark my 5th year of the One/Day Project. Plans for Year 6? Here's a clue: FF. That can stand for a lot of things, but what might it mean in photography terms?
[last year]")
![_08/27/12_ Hole in the Mesh
The symmetry theme continues...
This is the mesh part of a french press. I use it to make coffee, but perhaps not for long. I ordered a Chemex last week and will be giving it a try once it arrives. It should be fun. I'm excited. A little too excited, perhaps.
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year5/i-BxLKqQn/1/Ti/2012-08-27%20Hole%20in%20the%20Mesh-Ti.jpg "_08/27/12_ Hole in the Mesh
The symmetry theme continues...
This is the mesh part of a french press. I use it to make coffee, but perhaps not for long. I ordered a Chemex last week and will be giving it a try once it arrives. It should be fun. I'm excited. A little too excited, perhaps.
[last year]")
![_06/01/12_ Camera Appppppp
I would have spent a bit more time on this photo if I'd known it would end up being the photo of the day. But if that's the price I pay for having a lovely time at happy hour with folks from work, I'm OK with it.
What you're seeing here is my iPhone hooked up to a big display with the camera app open. As you can see, it creates a video loop so that the camera app screen goes off into infinity. It's fun stuff, let me tell you.
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year5/i-hL3QZ3X/1/Ti/2012-06-01%20Camera%20Appppppp-Ti.jpg "_06/01/12_ Camera Appppppp
I would have spent a bit more time on this photo if I'd known it would end up being the photo of the day. But if that's the price I pay for having a lovely time at happy hour with folks from work, I'm OK with it.
What you're seeing here is my iPhone hooked up to a big display with the camera app open. As you can see, it creates a video loop so that the camera app screen goes off into infinity. It's fun stuff, let me tell you.
[last year]")
![_05/14/12_ MacBack
My 4 year old iMac stopped working a week ago. The video card died, which was thankfully inexpensive to fix. I just got it back today, and made this photo creation to celebrate.
Yes, it really is a photo - two actually. I did some... stuff... in Photoshop to get this result, but the two source photos were of the 'flurry' screensaver in OS X. I did a bunch of 15 second exposures to capture a neat, colorful, and somewhat blurry pattern, then picked the best ones.
[last year] super classy...](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year5/i-F2bSzjb/1/Ti/2012-05-14%20MacBack-Ti.jpg "_05/14/12_ MacBack
My 4 year old iMac stopped working a week ago. The video card died, which was thankfully inexpensive to fix. I just got it back today, and made this photo creation to celebrate.
Yes, it really is a photo - two actually. I did some... stuff... in Photoshop to get this result, but the two source photos were of the 'flurry' screensaver in OS X. I did a bunch of 15 second exposures to capture a neat, colorful, and somewhat blurry pattern, then picked the best ones.
[last year] super classy...")
![__02/17/12__ Debris Mirror
This shot is from a little photo walk around the neighborhood. There is an abandoned lot and house where I found this mirror next to a pile of junk. We've lived nearby for three years and I don't think the run-down house or overgrown lot has changed much. Maybe they're waiting to flip it when the housing market comes back to 2007 levels. Or... lazy?
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year4/i-LnGWDr7/0/Ti/2012-02-17%20Debris%20Mirror-Ti.jpg "__02/17/12__ Debris Mirror
This shot is from a little photo walk around the neighborhood. There is an abandoned lot and house where I found this mirror next to a pile of junk. We've lived nearby for three years and I don't think the run-down house or overgrown lot has changed much. Maybe they're waiting to flip it when the housing market comes back to 2007 levels. Or... lazy?
[last year]")
![_07/25/11_ Leaf
Any idea what this is? I'll tell you. Right..... now - it's my frosted sliding glass door that has this leaf design on it. There's a screen on the the other side. The gradient is blue sky, white(ish) roof and building in shadow, from top to bottom.
This was a pretty lazy shot - I took it from the couch where I was playing with my new 19" Domke wrap. I'm using it instead of a traditional camera case when I travel to Africa. So far I like it a lot, I think it will work well. My favorite thing is that I can easily store the neck strap.
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year4/i-Mfv3nSb/0/Ti/2011-07-25%20Leaf-Ti.jpg "_07/25/11_ Leaf
Any idea what this is? I'll tell you. Right..... now - it's my frosted sliding glass door that has this leaf design on it. There's a screen on the the other side. The gradient is blue sky, white(ish) roof and building in shadow, from top to bottom.
This was a pretty lazy shot - I took it from the couch where I was playing with my new 19\" Domke wrap. I'm using it instead of a traditional camera case when I travel to Africa. So far I like it a lot, I think it will work well. My favorite thing is that I can easily store the neck strap.
[last year]")
![_03/20/11_ Bubble
Today was the LA Marathon - the men's winner ran the fastest marathon in Los Angeles ever, and it was his first time! He also won by a lot, the women's race was much closer. I had hoped to go check it out and take photos, but the rain kept me away. I know I sound lame, but it wasn't just a little rain - it's been raining all freaking day and pretty hard. We have a window that started leaking from half a dozen spots and we had to go outside and nail in a tarp to protect it.
Long story short, I just took a desperation shot outside a window. I did a lot of processing, including adding some blue-ish highlights.
[last year] make a wish...](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year4/i-8hC9XD2/0/Ti/2011-03-20%20Wet%20Window-Ti.jpg "_03/20/11_ Bubble
Today was the LA Marathon - the men's winner ran the fastest marathon in Los Angeles ever, and it was his first time! He also won by a lot, the women's race was much closer. I had hoped to go check it out and take photos, but the rain kept me away. I know I sound lame, but it wasn't just a little rain - it's been raining all freaking day and pretty hard. We have a window that started leaking from half a dozen spots and we had to go outside and nail in a tarp to protect it.
Long story short, I just took a desperation shot outside a window. I did a lot of processing, including adding some blue-ish highlights.
[last year] make a wish...")
![_07/26/10_ Wide Bug
I noticed this piece of dead grass on our front gate as I went to get the mail. Upon closer inspection, it appeared to be an insect, and a weird one at that. I grabbed the camera and fired off quite a few shots, hoping at least a few would have the head in focus, since it was such a small depth of field. I think I got most of the important stuff here, although I wish the right wing-thing was in focus like the left one. I asked the bug to bring it up a little, but it didn't listen.
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year3/i-DTBbxt6/2/Ti/2010-07-26%20Insect%20on%20Screen-Ti.jpg "_07/26/10_ Wide Bug
I noticed this piece of dead grass on our front gate as I went to get the mail. Upon closer inspection, it appeared to be an insect, and a weird one at that. I grabbed the camera and fired off quite a few shots, hoping at least a few would have the head in focus, since it was such a small depth of field. I think I got most of the important stuff here, although I wish the right wing-thing was in focus like the left one. I asked the bug to bring it up a little, but it didn't listen.
[last year]")
![_05/16/10_ Tethering!
I just found out about this! Mr. R Cooper over at Mountainstorm has written a tethering program with a Lightroom plug-in and is giving it away! You should donate if you use it, of course, although as of press time I don't see the "collection plate" he mentions. I'm pretty excited to find this, especially after hearing that Lightroom 3 will not support tethering on the D80, although it will for many newer cameras.
To show my appreciation for this new ability, but lacking a good subject, I photographed my computer screen with StudioTether running. Because of the LightroomTether plugin, each image I took automatically popped up on the screen, allowing me to take another photo with an extra StudioTether window. As you can see, these built up quickly, and the quality of the first shots is pretty degraded. This particular shot had 12 other shots before it.
Hope that makes sense - try it out yourself!
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year3/i-BWdJCKC/3/Ti/2010-05-16%20Tethering-Ti.jpg "_05/16/10_ Tethering!
I just found out about this! Mr. R Cooper over at Mountainstorm has written a tethering program with a Lightroom plug-in and is giving it away! You should donate if you use it, of course, although as of press time I don't see the \"collection plate\" he mentions. I'm pretty excited to find this, especially after hearing that Lightroom 3 will not support tethering on the D80, although it will for many newer cameras.
To show my appreciation for this new ability, but lacking a good subject, I photographed my computer screen with StudioTether running. Because of the LightroomTether plugin, each image I took automatically popped up on the screen, allowing me to take another photo with an extra StudioTether window. As you can see, these built up quickly, and the quality of the first shots is pretty degraded. This particular shot had 12 other shots before it.
Hope that makes sense - try it out yourself!
[last year]")
__02/01/13__ Shaky TV
A composite image created in my new favorite app - Average Camera Pro. It's fun to play with because you can get some interesting effects. This image was created from 32 shots of our TV, while the phone was mirroring to it and I was moving the phone back and forth.
Make sense? Too bad.
But hey, happy February! The end of this month will mark my 5th year of the One/Day Project. Plans for Year 6? Here's a clue: FF. That can stand for a lot of things, but what might it mean in photography terms?
[last year]
A composite image created in my new favorite app - Average Camera Pro. It's fun to play with because you can get some interesting effects. This image was created from 32 shots of our TV, while the phone was mirroring to it and I was moving the phone back and forth.
Make sense? Too bad.
But hey, happy February! The end of this month will mark my 5th year of the One/Day Project. Plans for Year 6? Here's a clue: FF. That can stand for a lot of things, but what might it mean in photography terms?
[last year]
__02/01/13__ Shaky TV
A composite image created in my new favorite app - Average Camera Pro. It's fun to play with because you can get some interesting effects. This image was created from 32 shots of our TV, while the phone was mirroring to it and I was moving the phone back and forth.
Make sense? Too bad.
But hey, happy February! The end of this month will mark my 5th year of the One/Day Project. Plans for Year 6? Here's a clue: FF. That can stand for a lot of things, but what might it mean in photography terms?
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A composite image created in my new favorite app - Average Camera Pro. It's fun to play with because you can get some interesting effects. This image was created from 32 shots of our TV, while the phone was mirroring to it and I was moving the phone back and forth.
Make sense? Too bad.
But hey, happy February! The end of this month will mark my 5th year of the One/Day Project. Plans for Year 6? Here's a clue: FF. That can stand for a lot of things, but what might it mean in photography terms?
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year5/i-TmMCS2g/0/L/2013-02-01%20Shaky%20TV-L.jpg "__02/01/13__ Shaky TV
A composite image created in my new favorite app - Average Camera Pro. It's fun to play with because you can get some interesting effects. This image was created from 32 shots of our TV, while the phone was mirroring to it and I was moving the phone back and forth.
Make sense? Too bad.
But hey, happy February! The end of this month will mark my 5th year of the One/Day Project. Plans for Year 6? Here's a clue: FF. That can stand for a lot of things, but what might it mean in photography terms?
[last year]")
__02/01/13__ Shaky TV
A composite image created in my new favorite app - Average Camera Pro. It's fun to play with because you can get some interesting effects. This image was created from 32 shots of our TV, while the phone was mirroring to it and I was moving the phone back and forth.
Make sense? Too bad.
But hey, happy February! The end of this month will mark my 5th year of the One/Day Project. Plans for Year 6? Here's a clue: FF. That can stand for a lot of things, but what might it mean in photography terms?
[last year]
A composite image created in my new favorite app - Average Camera Pro. It's fun to play with because you can get some interesting effects. This image was created from 32 shots of our TV, while the phone was mirroring to it and I was moving the phone back and forth.
Make sense? Too bad.
But hey, happy February! The end of this month will mark my 5th year of the One/Day Project. Plans for Year 6? Here's a clue: FF. That can stand for a lot of things, but what might it mean in photography terms?
[last year]
See photo in original gallery.
All photographs © Jonathan Wilson