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!

_12/02/12_ Wet Plant
It rained today, and this is a plant in our front yard that got wet.
More exciting than that are these photos from Big Bear, where we were last weekend for Thanksgiving and our Anniversary: Big Bear | Nov 12

[last year]
_11/30/12_ Wet Weave
Today we got some rain. I was attending the last day of a conference at the Marriott in Marina del Rey. It finished midday and before I left I checked out their little trendy outdoor space with all this woven furniture and took some photos of it all wet. Exciting story, I know.

Want to know something else exciting? The new iMacs are finally available to preorder! Mine's placed and I expect to receive it in early January. My first new computer in 4.5 years, yay! And it's going to be freakin' awesome, as I maxed out everything except the RAM. 

[last year]
_04/23/12_ Wet Rose
Thanks to a super-thick marine layer, everything was wet this morning. Not the most pleasant thing, but great for photographing wet flowers. I'm not sure this rose could have handled any more moisture.
Shot with iPhone, edited in Lightroom.

[last year]
_04/13/12_ Wet Tile
Thanks for the well wishes, I am still recovering, but certainly doing better than the past few days. I took a short walk in the late afternoon and grabbed this photo. It rained like crazy today, and fortunately I was inside for most of it. There was actual thunder! Very rare for Los Angeles. 
Want to see a really amazing shot from the storm? Check this out. 

[last year]
__02/29/12__ Here's to Four Years
I did it! I took and posted a photo every day from 2/29/08 through today. Phase I of the One/Day Project is complete.
I conceived of this photo a few weeks ago and was lucky that the predicted rain for today didn't pan out. My tradition has been to get a photo at the beach for my last shot of that year. I wanted to get a little more creative this year, and I thought this would be a fitting concept. I chose this shot over the others because of the colors and the super-glassy look of the wet sand. 
Take a look at the photo setup for it - Photo Setup - 2/29/12

So, will I keep going? Yes, yes I will. I have no reason not to continue, and it's quite enjoyable. 
Here's the link to Year 5 - www.jawsnap.net/daily/year5. Update yer bookmarks.

Oh, and feel free to buy some prints, like me on Facebook, and follow me on Twitter :)

[last year] sorry, there was no 2/29 last year...
__02/15/12__ Stephanie
This is Stephanie, who is one half of the sculpture titled Stephanie and Shy. The other half a horse, which I'm assuming is the one named Shy. Neither are wearing clothes. The sculpture was created by Robert Graham in 1980-81.
I do realize this would be a highly inappropriate photo if it were of a real person. I thought the reflection was cool, though, made possible by today's rain.

By the way, are you on Twitter? I am, and I tweet occasionally. Follow me: @jawsnap.

[last year]
__01/23/12__ Wet Wilson Plaza
It rained today, for most of the day. About an hour or so before sunset, it had partially cleared and the sun came out from time to time. For about 5 minutes, there was absolutely gorgeous light, but I wasn't in a place to get a good photo of anything, sadly. I took this shot after the sun went behind clouds for the last time today, but they sky was still very bright and caused quite a contrast reflecting off the wet sidewalk. I liked the symmetry and the varying levels of softness and reflection on the path. Or something like that. You know what I mean.

[last year]
_12/12/11_ Wet Leaf
It rained today. These leaves got wet. Only one had water drops beaded on the surface, however. Curious.

[last year]
_12/02/12_ Wet Plant
It rained today, and this is a plant in our front yard that got wet.
More exciting than that are these photos from Big Bear, where we were last weekend for Thanksgiving and our Anniversary: Big Bear | Nov 12

[last year]
_12/02/12_ Wet Plant
It rained today, and this is a plant in our front yard that got wet.
More exciting than that are these photos from Big Bear, where we were last weekend for Thanksgiving and our Anniversary: Big Bear | Nov 12

[last year]
See photo in original gallery.
All photographs © Jonathan Wilson