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!
![_07/22/12_ Post
This is a quick detail shot of a wood post of a fence next to the beach (hence the sand). It was an incredibly significant trip for us, as it was the first so-called outing since this.
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year5/i-XVshBmW/1/Ti/2012-07-22%20Post-Ti.jpg "_07/22/12_ Post
This is a quick detail shot of a wood post of a fence next to the beach (hence the sand). It was an incredibly significant trip for us, as it was the first so-called outing since this.
[last year]")
![_07/17/12_ Seagull
Take at the Santa Monica Pier. This young seagull let me get surprisingly close before pooping on the wood plank. Then it flew away.
Please note that this is a fairly wide angle shot - my S95 was zoomed all the way out. I was only a few feet away from the seagull when I took it.
Did you take note? Are you impressed?
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year5/i-Rx6xWJh/1/Ti/2012-07-17%20Seagull-Ti.jpg "_07/17/12_ Seagull
Take at the Santa Monica Pier. This young seagull let me get surprisingly close before pooping on the wood plank. Then it flew away.
Please note that this is a fairly wide angle shot - my S95 was zoomed all the way out. I was only a few feet away from the seagull when I took it.
Did you take note? Are you impressed?
[last year]")
![_06/28/12_ Pull
This is the door handle to my wife's hospital room.
The other side says... wait for it... PUSH.
This isn't a very exciting photo in itself, but it's kind of exciting because it's the first daily photo I've taken with my new D7000 that I got last week. I still have a lot of learning to do before I'm as comfortable with it as I am with my D80.
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year5/i-MNtLh7X/1/Ti/2012-06-28%20Pull-Ti.jpg "_06/28/12_ Pull
This is the door handle to my wife's hospital room.
The other side says... wait for it... PUSH.
This isn't a very exciting photo in itself, but it's kind of exciting because it's the first daily photo I've taken with my new D7000 that I got last week. I still have a lot of learning to do before I'm as comfortable with it as I am with my D80.
[last year]")
![_06/27/12_ Fork Shadow
My wife is still in the hospital, but continues to improve. This is the first photo of the day I've uploaded on time since she went in, if that's any indication her recovery :)
I wanted to go somewhere fun for dinner, so I took our parents to Bru's Wiffle. My wife and I had been for breakfast before, but never dinner. I got a burger and it was pretty awesome. Our parents all got some sort of chicken and waffles - which none of them had ever had before - so that was fun, too.
We sat at this green table and the sun was very low in the sky, letting me get this fun shadow photo.
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year5/i-Gfs6ZbT/1/Ti/2012-06-27%20Fork%20Shadow-Ti.jpg "_06/27/12_ Fork Shadow
My wife is still in the hospital, but continues to improve. This is the first photo of the day I've uploaded on time since she went in, if that's any indication her recovery :)
I wanted to go somewhere fun for dinner, so I took our parents to Bru's Wiffle. My wife and I had been for breakfast before, but never dinner. I got a burger and it was pretty awesome. Our parents all got some sort of chicken and waffles - which none of them had ever had before - so that was fun, too.
We sat at this green table and the sun was very low in the sky, letting me get this fun shadow photo.
[last year]")
![_06/16/12_ Mall Seat
This was taken tonight at Santa Monica Place, where I picked up some tea for brewing later, and some ice cream for eating right then. If you're ever there, go to the so-called Market and get ice cream at N'ice Cream. My favorite is n'ice cream delight. It's amazing.
I used my Gorillapod to steady my compact on a ledge that overlooked this scene. I took a lot of shots - some were blurry and some didn't have any interesting motion. I'm a little sad I didn't get a chance to use my new carbon fiber tripod, but since I rode my bike to the mall, it would have been a bit large.
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year5/i-GQbkmdZ/1/Ti/2012-06-16%20Mall%20Seat-Ti.jpg "_06/16/12_ Mall Seat
This was taken tonight at Santa Monica Place, where I picked up some tea for brewing later, and some ice cream for eating right then. If you're ever there, go to the so-called Market and get ice cream at N'ice Cream. My favorite is n'ice cream delight. It's amazing.
I used my Gorillapod to steady my compact on a ledge that overlooked this scene. I took a lot of shots - some were blurry and some didn't have any interesting motion. I'm a little sad I didn't get a chance to use my new carbon fiber tripod, but since I rode my bike to the mall, it would have been a bit large.
[last year]")
![_06/06/12_ Three Seats
These desks caught my eye as a cool subject with the afternoon light coming through the curtain. I'm pretty sure everything in this photo is original to the building, which opened in the mid-60s. Although I like the photo at a glance, I'm a little frustrated with myself that it's not perfectly centered - all of the straight lines are just a little bit off.
[last year] no more legos...](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year5/i-8H9C9jK/2/Ti/2012-06-06%20Three%20Seats-Ti.jpg "_06/06/12_ Three Seats
These desks caught my eye as a cool subject with the afternoon light coming through the curtain. I'm pretty sure everything in this photo is original to the building, which opened in the mid-60s. Although I like the photo at a glance, I'm a little frustrated with myself that it's not perfectly centered - all of the straight lines are just a little bit off.
[last year] no more legos...")
![_06/04/12_ They Don't Live Here Anymore
Here's an odd case of mailboxes persisting long after their owners' building has been demolished. My theory is that they decided to leave them up, rather than fix the hole in the fence that would occur if they took them out. Still, pretty weird.
I'm extra happy about this one because it's a second chance photo. I took a photo of these mailboxes on Saturday, and it might have been the photo of the day except my phone focused on the background instead of the mailboxes, even though the mailboxes took up 90% of the image. Today, while riding my bike home, I realized I was right next to this spot again, so I made a short detour to get a photo. In addition, this turned out to be a much better photo than the one I tried to take on Saturday.
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year5/i-ccT6t5j/1/Ti/2012-06-04%20They%20Don%27t%20Live%20Here%20Anymore-Ti.jpg "_06/04/12_ They Don't Live Here Anymore
Here's an odd case of mailboxes persisting long after their owners' building has been demolished. My theory is that they decided to leave them up, rather than fix the hole in the fence that would occur if they took them out. Still, pretty weird.
I'm extra happy about this one because it's a second chance photo. I took a photo of these mailboxes on Saturday, and it might have been the photo of the day except my phone focused on the background instead of the mailboxes, even though the mailboxes took up 90% of the image. Today, while riding my bike home, I realized I was right next to this spot again, so I made a short detour to get a photo. In addition, this turned out to be a much better photo than the one I tried to take on Saturday.
[last year]")
![_05/27/12_ Face Sculpting
I started watching a Lynda.com course about night and low light photography, so I headed down to the Santa Monica pier to try some of it out. I definitely got some cool photos, although it's hard to remember the techniques while also searching out good photos.
One thing that stuck with me - find the good light, and then work with it. In this photo, the bright overhead light in between the sculpter and sculptee offered some drama to the scene, and so I took several shots of it.
The kid looked very cold and not particularly happy. This is why people only smile for the camera, and not the paintbrush. Or... whatever people use to mold clay. You just can't stay happy sitting still.
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year5/i-7FQpR9k/1/Ti/2012-05-27%20Face%20Sculpting-Ti.jpg "_05/27/12_ Face Sculpting
I started watching a Lynda.com course about night and low light photography, so I headed down to the Santa Monica pier to try some of it out. I definitely got some cool photos, although it's hard to remember the techniques while also searching out good photos.
One thing that stuck with me - find the good light, and then work with it. In this photo, the bright overhead light in between the sculpter and sculptee offered some drama to the scene, and so I took several shots of it.
The kid looked very cold and not particularly happy. This is why people only smile for the camera, and not the paintbrush. Or... whatever people use to mold clay. You just can't stay happy sitting still.
[last year]")
![_04/26/12_ Bench
It was pretty awesome to see my brother play his master recital yesterday, but sadly we had to make it a very quick trip - less than 24 hours. So, today I was back at work, where I took this photo of a bench.
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year5/i-VQHBt8B/1/Ti/2012-04-26%20Bench-Ti.jpg "_04/26/12_ Bench
It was pretty awesome to see my brother play his master recital yesterday, but sadly we had to make it a very quick trip - less than 24 hours. So, today I was back at work, where I took this photo of a bench.
[last year]")
_06/04/12_ They Don't Live Here Anymore
Here's an odd case of mailboxes persisting long after their owners' building has been demolished. My theory is that they decided to leave them up, rather than fix the hole in the fence that would occur if they took them out. Still, pretty weird.
I'm extra happy about this one because it's a second chance photo. I took a photo of these mailboxes on Saturday, and it might have been the photo of the day except my phone focused on the background instead of the mailboxes, even though the mailboxes took up 90% of the image. Today, while riding my bike home, I realized I was right next to this spot again, so I made a short detour to get a photo. In addition, this turned out to be a much better photo than the one I tried to take on Saturday.
[last year]
Here's an odd case of mailboxes persisting long after their owners' building has been demolished. My theory is that they decided to leave them up, rather than fix the hole in the fence that would occur if they took them out. Still, pretty weird.
I'm extra happy about this one because it's a second chance photo. I took a photo of these mailboxes on Saturday, and it might have been the photo of the day except my phone focused on the background instead of the mailboxes, even though the mailboxes took up 90% of the image. Today, while riding my bike home, I realized I was right next to this spot again, so I made a short detour to get a photo. In addition, this turned out to be a much better photo than the one I tried to take on Saturday.
[last year]
_06/04/12_ They Don't Live Here Anymore
Here's an odd case of mailboxes persisting long after their owners' building has been demolished. My theory is that they decided to leave them up, rather than fix the hole in the fence that would occur if they took them out. Still, pretty weird.
I'm extra happy about this one because it's a second chance photo. I took a photo of these mailboxes on Saturday, and it might have been the photo of the day except my phone focused on the background instead of the mailboxes, even though the mailboxes took up 90% of the image. Today, while riding my bike home, I realized I was right next to this spot again, so I made a short detour to get a photo. In addition, this turned out to be a much better photo than the one I tried to take on Saturday.
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Here's an odd case of mailboxes persisting long after their owners' building has been demolished. My theory is that they decided to leave them up, rather than fix the hole in the fence that would occur if they took them out. Still, pretty weird.
I'm extra happy about this one because it's a second chance photo. I took a photo of these mailboxes on Saturday, and it might have been the photo of the day except my phone focused on the background instead of the mailboxes, even though the mailboxes took up 90% of the image. Today, while riding my bike home, I realized I was right next to this spot again, so I made a short detour to get a photo. In addition, this turned out to be a much better photo than the one I tried to take on Saturday.
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year5/i-ccT6t5j/1/L/2012-06-04%20They%20Don%27t%20Live%20Here%20Anymore-L.jpg "_06/04/12_ They Don't Live Here Anymore
Here's an odd case of mailboxes persisting long after their owners' building has been demolished. My theory is that they decided to leave them up, rather than fix the hole in the fence that would occur if they took them out. Still, pretty weird.
I'm extra happy about this one because it's a second chance photo. I took a photo of these mailboxes on Saturday, and it might have been the photo of the day except my phone focused on the background instead of the mailboxes, even though the mailboxes took up 90% of the image. Today, while riding my bike home, I realized I was right next to this spot again, so I made a short detour to get a photo. In addition, this turned out to be a much better photo than the one I tried to take on Saturday.
[last year]")
_06/04/12_ They Don't Live Here Anymore
Here's an odd case of mailboxes persisting long after their owners' building has been demolished. My theory is that they decided to leave them up, rather than fix the hole in the fence that would occur if they took them out. Still, pretty weird.
I'm extra happy about this one because it's a second chance photo. I took a photo of these mailboxes on Saturday, and it might have been the photo of the day except my phone focused on the background instead of the mailboxes, even though the mailboxes took up 90% of the image. Today, while riding my bike home, I realized I was right next to this spot again, so I made a short detour to get a photo. In addition, this turned out to be a much better photo than the one I tried to take on Saturday.
[last year]
Here's an odd case of mailboxes persisting long after their owners' building has been demolished. My theory is that they decided to leave them up, rather than fix the hole in the fence that would occur if they took them out. Still, pretty weird.
I'm extra happy about this one because it's a second chance photo. I took a photo of these mailboxes on Saturday, and it might have been the photo of the day except my phone focused on the background instead of the mailboxes, even though the mailboxes took up 90% of the image. Today, while riding my bike home, I realized I was right next to this spot again, so I made a short detour to get a photo. In addition, this turned out to be a much better photo than the one I tried to take on Saturday.
[last year]
See photo in original gallery.
All photographs © Jonathan Wilson