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!

Sunrise on the Bay
Lakeside Homes
Taken just after sunrise.
Erosion
Zabriskie Point
Another detail view of the badlands. It really is remarkable how there are simply no plants at all in this area.
Lines in the Dirt
Zabriskie Point
A detail view of the badlands near Zabriskie Point.
Manly Beacon
Zabriskie Point
This is the more typical view of Zabriskie Point. The promotory is called Manly Beacon. It's named for a guy whose last name was Manly, not because of its masculine features.
I took this photo a minute or two after the 'peak colorfulness' that occurs during sunrise.
_11/26/11_ Devil's Golf Course
Death Valley, Day 4
To celebrate our 3 year anniversary, my wife and I drove around Death Valley - the actual valley, not just the national park in general. We took Badwater Road all the way down to the Ashford Mill ruins, and then came back up the other side of the valley on West Side Road. Our first stop of the day was the Devil's Golf Course, which was a huge surprise - it was awesome. We weren't sure what to expect, but basically it's these crazy salt formations that grow and change with the heat and moisture. It's adjacent, but completely different than the Badwater salt flats. It's hard to walk on - you have to carefully plan every step - and it goes on as far as you can see.
I was lucky with this photo - right as I was setting up, the sun peeked over the Amargosa mountains and gave me some lovely lighting. Being in that crazy landscape and seeing the shadow of the mountain move over us was a pretty great experience.

More Death Valley Photos

[last year] molten...
_11/24/11_ Zabriskie Sunrise
Death Valley, Day 2
Happy Thanksgiving! We had a lovely dinner at the posh Furnace Creek Inn in Death Valley.
Earlier in the day, we got up for the sunrise at Zabriskie Point, which was full of photographers. This isn't the typical view, but I felt like pointing my camera in a different direction than everyone else - I'm glad for it, as the clouds weren't nearly as neat in the other direction. Zabriskie Point is famous for the way it glows at sunrise, as well as being an awesome view of the colorful badlands in general.

More Death Valley Photos

[last year] another other-worldly place...
Little Nyala
Marc's Treehouse Lodge
Cute, huh?
Morning Stroll
Marc's Treehouse Lodge
Two Australian guys, our guide and my wife, walking down the road back to the camp after our sunrise bush walk.
Sunrise on the Bay
Sunrise on the Bay
See photo in original gallery.
All photographs © Jonathan Wilson