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!
![__01/28/13__ Spherical Distortion
Thanks for all the comments on my previous few photos. I really like the ultra-wide angle lens, and I had fun getting those shots. Let's hope other people like them too - I uploaded most of them to istockphoto.
Today's photo isn't quite as impressive. A true desperation shot, I grabbed a bowl-like flower vase and turned it upside down in front of our backsplash in the kitchen. I used my iPhone and the Average Camera Pro app, which takes multiple photos in a row and averages them together to get a single low-noise image.
It's a pretty awesome tool, although still a hack. The ability to do purposeful long exposures is by far the biggest thing I want on my phone. I'd gladly get rid of my Canon S95 if my phone could do that.
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year5/i-3TRpDG7/0/Ti/2013-01-28%20Spherical%20Distortion-Ti.jpg "__01/28/13__ Spherical Distortion
Thanks for all the comments on my previous few photos. I really like the ultra-wide angle lens, and I had fun getting those shots. Let's hope other people like them too - I uploaded most of them to istockphoto.
Today's photo isn't quite as impressive. A true desperation shot, I grabbed a bowl-like flower vase and turned it upside down in front of our backsplash in the kitchen. I used my iPhone and the Average Camera Pro app, which takes multiple photos in a row and averages them together to get a single low-noise image.
It's a pretty awesome tool, although still a hack. The ability to do purposeful long exposures is by far the biggest thing I want on my phone. I'd gladly get rid of my Canon S95 if my phone could do that.
[last year]")
![_07/04/12_ Sunflower
This is a sunflower that wouldn't fit in the vase at home, so I cut it very short for this little vase and brought it to my wife at the hospital. It sucks that she's still there.
I used the Cross Process 2 preset in Lightroom for the look, mostly. I'm happy I was able to get such a sharp shot at 1/20s, but I guess that's why I took 3 of them. The other 2 weren't so great.
I'm a little frustrated that some of the elements are tilted, but oh well. I cropped based on the water, so it's the one level thing in the image.
[last year] so many people...](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year5/i-SzFJM4z/1/Ti/2012-07-04%20Sunflower-Ti.jpg "_07/04/12_ Sunflower
This is a sunflower that wouldn't fit in the vase at home, so I cut it very short for this little vase and brought it to my wife at the hospital. It sucks that she's still there.
I used the Cross Process 2 preset in Lightroom for the look, mostly. I'm happy I was able to get such a sharp shot at 1/20s, but I guess that's why I took 3 of them. The other 2 weren't so great.
I'm a little frustrated that some of the elements are tilted, but oh well. I cropped based on the water, so it's the one level thing in the image.
[last year] so many people...")
![_03/05/11_ Backlit Flowers
These purple flowers came in a bouquet we got two weeks ago - I'm surprised how they've held up. For this shot I put them on our wood table and lit from behind with a snoot on the flash to direct the light. Unfortunately it illuminated all the tiny dust particles on the table, even after I wiped it off. I'm pretty happy with the reflection though.
I've been playing with lighting using my flash a lot recently, because I'm attending the Flash Bus Tour in a couple weeks. I'm excited!
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year4/i-cWLBJcq/2/Ti/2011-03-05%20Backlit%20Flowers-Ti.jpg "_03/05/11_ Backlit Flowers
These purple flowers came in a bouquet we got two weeks ago - I'm surprised how they've held up. For this shot I put them on our wood table and lit from behind with a snoot on the flash to direct the light. Unfortunately it illuminated all the tiny dust particles on the table, even after I wiped it off. I'm pretty happy with the reflection though.
I've been playing with lighting using my flash a lot recently, because I'm attending the Flash Bus Tour in a couple weeks. I'm excited!
[last year]")
![__02/23/11__ Aztec Wedding Vase
This was a wedding gift from my friend from Tucson. This side features a horned toad and the other side is a prickly pear. It's really cool, very Desert Southwest, and I've wanted to use it as a photo of the day for a long time, but wasn't sure how to light it. I had an idea for a lighting setup today - here it is. It's certainly not perfect, but I think it's pretty good for a glossy subject and a single flash.
Speaking of flashes and lighting setups, I"m super-excited to be attending the Flash Bus Tour with Joe McNally and David Hobby (aka Strobist). My only concern is I will suddenly find myself needing to purchase a lot of equipment I don't have money for... Anyone else going from LA?
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year3/i-WCxZ6wm/1/Ti/2011-02-23%20Aztec%20Wedding%20Vase-Ti.jpg "__02/23/11__ Aztec Wedding Vase
This was a wedding gift from my friend from Tucson. This side features a horned toad and the other side is a prickly pear. It's really cool, very Desert Southwest, and I've wanted to use it as a photo of the day for a long time, but wasn't sure how to light it. I had an idea for a lighting setup today - here it is. It's certainly not perfect, but I think it's pretty good for a glossy subject and a single flash.
Speaking of flashes and lighting setups, I\"m super-excited to be attending the Flash Bus Tour with Joe McNally and David Hobby (aka Strobist). My only concern is I will suddenly find myself needing to purchase a lot of equipment I don't have money for... Anyone else going from LA?
[last year]")
![_04/16/09_ Yellow Vase
Simple shot of a yellow vase that my wife painted a few years ago. She paints very pretty flowers :)
For the setup, I positioned the vase on an office chair that had my black suede cloth draped over it for the background. For the light, I used a remote flash pointed at a white door. It was convenient, because I could move the chair around as well as swing the door in or out. This is pretty much what the final exposure looked like - I didn't do much editing except for removing a small reflection that was washed out.
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year2/i-5hN7tTQ/2/Ti/2009-04-16%20Yellow%20Vase-Ti.jpg "_04/16/09_ Yellow Vase
Simple shot of a yellow vase that my wife painted a few years ago. She paints very pretty flowers :)
For the setup, I positioned the vase on an office chair that had my black suede cloth draped over it for the background. For the light, I used a remote flash pointed at a white door. It was convenient, because I could move the chair around as well as swing the door in or out. This is pretty much what the final exposure looked like - I didn't do much editing except for removing a small reflection that was washed out.
[last year]")
_03/05/11_ Backlit Flowers
These purple flowers came in a bouquet we got two weeks ago - I'm surprised how they've held up. For this shot I put them on our wood table and lit from behind with a snoot on the flash to direct the light. Unfortunately it illuminated all the tiny dust particles on the table, even after I wiped it off. I'm pretty happy with the reflection though.
I've been playing with lighting using my flash a lot recently, because I'm attending the Flash Bus Tour in a couple weeks. I'm excited!
[last year]
These purple flowers came in a bouquet we got two weeks ago - I'm surprised how they've held up. For this shot I put them on our wood table and lit from behind with a snoot on the flash to direct the light. Unfortunately it illuminated all the tiny dust particles on the table, even after I wiped it off. I'm pretty happy with the reflection though.
I've been playing with lighting using my flash a lot recently, because I'm attending the Flash Bus Tour in a couple weeks. I'm excited!
[last year]
_03/05/11_ Backlit Flowers
These purple flowers came in a bouquet we got two weeks ago - I'm surprised how they've held up. For this shot I put them on our wood table and lit from behind with a snoot on the flash to direct the light. Unfortunately it illuminated all the tiny dust particles on the table, even after I wiped it off. I'm pretty happy with the reflection though.
I've been playing with lighting using my flash a lot recently, because I'm attending the Flash Bus Tour in a couple weeks. I'm excited!
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These purple flowers came in a bouquet we got two weeks ago - I'm surprised how they've held up. For this shot I put them on our wood table and lit from behind with a snoot on the flash to direct the light. Unfortunately it illuminated all the tiny dust particles on the table, even after I wiped it off. I'm pretty happy with the reflection though.
I've been playing with lighting using my flash a lot recently, because I'm attending the Flash Bus Tour in a couple weeks. I'm excited!
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year4/i-cWLBJcq/2/L/2011-03-05%20Backlit%20Flowers-L.jpg "_03/05/11_ Backlit Flowers
These purple flowers came in a bouquet we got two weeks ago - I'm surprised how they've held up. For this shot I put them on our wood table and lit from behind with a snoot on the flash to direct the light. Unfortunately it illuminated all the tiny dust particles on the table, even after I wiped it off. I'm pretty happy with the reflection though.
I've been playing with lighting using my flash a lot recently, because I'm attending the Flash Bus Tour in a couple weeks. I'm excited!
[last year]")
_03/05/11_ Backlit Flowers
These purple flowers came in a bouquet we got two weeks ago - I'm surprised how they've held up. For this shot I put them on our wood table and lit from behind with a snoot on the flash to direct the light. Unfortunately it illuminated all the tiny dust particles on the table, even after I wiped it off. I'm pretty happy with the reflection though.
I've been playing with lighting using my flash a lot recently, because I'm attending the Flash Bus Tour in a couple weeks. I'm excited!
[last year]
These purple flowers came in a bouquet we got two weeks ago - I'm surprised how they've held up. For this shot I put them on our wood table and lit from behind with a snoot on the flash to direct the light. Unfortunately it illuminated all the tiny dust particles on the table, even after I wiped it off. I'm pretty happy with the reflection though.
I've been playing with lighting using my flash a lot recently, because I'm attending the Flash Bus Tour in a couple weeks. I'm excited!
[last year]
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All photographs © Jonathan Wilson