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!
![_12/15/11_ Crown of Characters
I liberated this fantastic piece of metal from a typewriter slated for the trash bin. I set in on a hard drive platter that I still had lying around from Tuesday's photo. I like how the characters actually appear correctly in the reflection - right side up and not flipped. I also like how unmistakably metallic it is.
The hardest part about creating this photo was the prep work. I spent a good 15 minutes bent over the sink with a toothbrush to scrub all of the ink out of the numerous and tiny crevices.
Update for RuSu - Indeed! It came from an IBM Correcting Selectric II. What a great name.
2nd update - Apparently it's called a typewheel.
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year4/i-XqmQxkN/0/Ti/2011-12-15%20Crown%20of%20Characters-Ti.jpg "_12/15/11_ Crown of Characters
I liberated this fantastic piece of metal from a typewriter slated for the trash bin. I set in on a hard drive platter that I still had lying around from Tuesday's photo. I like how the characters actually appear correctly in the reflection - right side up and not flipped. I also like how unmistakably metallic it is.
The hardest part about creating this photo was the prep work. I spent a good 15 minutes bent over the sink with a toothbrush to scrub all of the ink out of the numerous and tiny crevices.
Update for RuSu - Indeed! It came from an IBM Correcting Selectric II. What a great name.
2nd update - Apparently it's called a typewheel.
[last year]")
![_04/05/11_ Twenty Eight
My wife's birthday is tomorrow, and then she will no longer be this age. I'm a tad older and will be turning the dreaded 30 this year... any ideas for that photo of the day?
For this photo, I used an old typewriter that I keep lying around to type the numbers on construction paper. I lit it with my flash directly above and right next to the paper to really bring out the details. I got as close as my macro lens would let me - it took several tries to get one with proper focus across the entire image.
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year4/i-gw5v2jw/0/Ti/2011-04-05%20Twenty%20Eight-Ti.jpg "_04/05/11_ Twenty Eight
My wife's birthday is tomorrow, and then she will no longer be this age. I'm a tad older and will be turning the dreaded 30 this year... any ideas for that photo of the day?
For this photo, I used an old typewriter that I keep lying around to type the numbers on construction paper. I lit it with my flash directly above and right next to the paper to really bring out the details. I got as close as my macro lens would let me - it took several tries to get one with proper focus across the entire image.
[last year]")
![_06/27/10_ Typing
As you may have seen from yesterday's photo, my parents came to visit! It was a short visit but we had a good time. They brought me some things that belonged to my grandfather, including a Remington Standard typewriter. It's not super-old, but it is fully manual. For this photo, I used my macro lens and a simple on-camera bounce flash while pressing down some of the keys. It's such a mechanically complex piece of equipment - I'll certainly take some more photos of it in the future.
At the risk of making some of you feel extra old, I'm pretty sure I'd never used a typewriter until yesterday! If I have, I don't remember it. It's fun, though - the main thing that struck me is how much harder you have to press the keys compared to a computer keyboard.
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As you may have seen from yesterday's photo, my parents came to visit! It was a short visit but we had a good time. They brought me some things that belonged to my grandfather, including a Remington Standard typewriter. It's not super-old, but it is fully manual. For this photo, I used my macro lens and a simple on-camera bounce flash while pressing down some of the keys. It's such a mechanically complex piece of equipment - I'll certainly take some more photos of it in the future.
At the risk of making some of you feel extra old, I'm pretty sure I'd never used a typewriter until yesterday! If I have, I don't remember it. It's fun, though - the main thing that struck me is how much harder you have to press the keys compared to a computer keyboard.
[last year] rawr...")
_12/15/11_ Crown of Characters
I liberated this fantastic piece of metal from a typewriter slated for the trash bin. I set in on a hard drive platter that I still had lying around from Tuesday's photo. I like how the characters actually appear correctly in the reflection - right side up and not flipped. I also like how unmistakably metallic it is.
The hardest part about creating this photo was the prep work. I spent a good 15 minutes bent over the sink with a toothbrush to scrub all of the ink out of the numerous and tiny crevices.
Update for RuSu - Indeed! It came from an IBM Correcting Selectric II. What a great name.
2nd update - Apparently it's called a typewheel.
[last year]
I liberated this fantastic piece of metal from a typewriter slated for the trash bin. I set in on a hard drive platter that I still had lying around from Tuesday's photo. I like how the characters actually appear correctly in the reflection - right side up and not flipped. I also like how unmistakably metallic it is.
The hardest part about creating this photo was the prep work. I spent a good 15 minutes bent over the sink with a toothbrush to scrub all of the ink out of the numerous and tiny crevices.
Update for RuSu - Indeed! It came from an IBM Correcting Selectric II. What a great name.
2nd update - Apparently it's called a typewheel.
[last year]
_12/15/11_ Crown of Characters
I liberated this fantastic piece of metal from a typewriter slated for the trash bin. I set in on a hard drive platter that I still had lying around from Tuesday's photo. I like how the characters actually appear correctly in the reflection - right side up and not flipped. I also like how unmistakably metallic it is.
The hardest part about creating this photo was the prep work. I spent a good 15 minutes bent over the sink with a toothbrush to scrub all of the ink out of the numerous and tiny crevices.
Update for RuSu - Indeed! It came from an IBM Correcting Selectric II. What a great name.
2nd update - Apparently it's called a typewheel.
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I liberated this fantastic piece of metal from a typewriter slated for the trash bin. I set in on a hard drive platter that I still had lying around from Tuesday's photo. I like how the characters actually appear correctly in the reflection - right side up and not flipped. I also like how unmistakably metallic it is.
The hardest part about creating this photo was the prep work. I spent a good 15 minutes bent over the sink with a toothbrush to scrub all of the ink out of the numerous and tiny crevices.
Update for RuSu - Indeed! It came from an IBM Correcting Selectric II. What a great name.
2nd update - Apparently it's called a typewheel.
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year4/i-XqmQxkN/0/L/2011-12-15%20Crown%20of%20Characters-L.jpg "_12/15/11_ Crown of Characters
I liberated this fantastic piece of metal from a typewriter slated for the trash bin. I set in on a hard drive platter that I still had lying around from Tuesday's photo. I like how the characters actually appear correctly in the reflection - right side up and not flipped. I also like how unmistakably metallic it is.
The hardest part about creating this photo was the prep work. I spent a good 15 minutes bent over the sink with a toothbrush to scrub all of the ink out of the numerous and tiny crevices.
Update for RuSu - Indeed! It came from an IBM Correcting Selectric II. What a great name.
2nd update - Apparently it's called a typewheel.
[last year]")
_12/15/11_ Crown of Characters
I liberated this fantastic piece of metal from a typewriter slated for the trash bin. I set in on a hard drive platter that I still had lying around from Tuesday's photo. I like how the characters actually appear correctly in the reflection - right side up and not flipped. I also like how unmistakably metallic it is.
The hardest part about creating this photo was the prep work. I spent a good 15 minutes bent over the sink with a toothbrush to scrub all of the ink out of the numerous and tiny crevices.
Update for RuSu - Indeed! It came from an IBM Correcting Selectric II. What a great name.
2nd update - Apparently it's called a typewheel.
[last year]
I liberated this fantastic piece of metal from a typewriter slated for the trash bin. I set in on a hard drive platter that I still had lying around from Tuesday's photo. I like how the characters actually appear correctly in the reflection - right side up and not flipped. I also like how unmistakably metallic it is.
The hardest part about creating this photo was the prep work. I spent a good 15 minutes bent over the sink with a toothbrush to scrub all of the ink out of the numerous and tiny crevices.
Update for RuSu - Indeed! It came from an IBM Correcting Selectric II. What a great name.
2nd update - Apparently it's called a typewheel.
[last year]
See photo in original gallery.
All photographs © Jonathan Wilson