One/Day Project, Year 2

_12/06/09_ Wilshire Theater So... I kind of cheated. I already took a photo of this sign last August. I try hard not to take my daily photos of subjects I've already done. Of course, this is ...

2009-12-06T09:48:47Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_12/06/09_ Wilshire Theater So... I kind of cheated. I already took a photo of this sign last August. I try hard not to take my daily photos of subjects I've already done. Of course, this is ...

_12/05/09_ Camera Toss Tonight I tossed my camera at my neighbor's Christmas lights to get this abstract. The blue streaks are icicle lights, and the yellow is a porch light that was next to ...

2009-12-06T01:39:17Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_12/05/09_ Camera Toss Tonight I tossed my camera at my neighbor's Christmas lights to get this abstract. The blue streaks are icicle lights, and the yellow is a porch light that was next to ...

_12/04/09_ Turkish Coffee Today at work we had a little end of the year get-together with our students before they start finals. My supervisor (who is Turkish) made us all Turkish coffee, wh ...

2009-12-04T10:29:30Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_12/04/09_ Turkish Coffee Today at work we had a little end of the year get-together with our students before they start finals. My supervisor (who is Turkish) made us all Turkish coffee, wh ...

_12/03/09_ Steam Was hard boiling some eggs and decided to make my daily photo out of it, much like I did on 11/22/09. I set my flash on the stove (not the hot part, duh) and pointed it towa ...

2009-12-03T23:41:10Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_12/03/09_ Steam Was hard boiling some eggs and decided to make my daily photo out of it, much like I did on 11/22/09. I set my flash on the stove (not the hot part, duh) and pointed it towa ...

_12/02/09_ Moon and Lights Tonight is a beautiful full moon! I set out to shoot it with my utterly insufficient 200mm lens, so I had to frame it somehow to make it interesting. These lights ...

2009-12-03T00:21:12Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_12/02/09_ Moon and Lights Tonight is a beautiful full moon! I set out to shoot it with my utterly insufficient 200mm lens, so I had to frame it somehow to make it interesting. These lights ...

_12/01/09_ Desperation Mesh Whoops! I got caught up in sorting through my Yosemite photos and I totally forgot to do a photo today. I grabbed my phone and searched for a light source, settli ...

2009-12-01T14:26:40Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_12/01/09_ Desperation Mesh Whoops! I got caught up in sorting through my Yosemite photos and I totally forgot to do a photo today. I grabbed my phone and searched for a light source, settli ...

_11/30/09_ Bamboo Sadly, I had to return my fisheye lens today - I had rented it for our Yosemite trip that we just got back from. I'll upload photos from it soon. Before I returned the lens ...

2009-12-01T00:16:07Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_11/30/09_ Bamboo Sadly, I had to return my fisheye lens today - I had rented it for our Yosemite trip that we just got back from. I'll upload photos from it soon. Before I returned the lens ...

_11/29/09_ The Captain Yosemite Day 4 Today we had to leave Yosemite and drive back to LA, but at least I finally got to upload my iPhone shots! ATT had a signal in Yosemite Valley, but not ...

2009-12-03T14:27:05Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_11/29/09_ The Captain Yosemite Day 4 Today we had to leave Yosemite and drive back to LA, but at least I finally got to upload my iPhone shots! ATT had a signal in Yosemite Valley, but not ...

_11/28/09_ Half Dome and River Yosemite Day 3 Early this morning we went on a little walk after last nights rain. Things were pretty icy and misty as you can see here. After breakfast we dro ...

2009-12-03T14:27:31Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_11/28/09_ Half Dome and River Yosemite Day 3 Early this morning we went on a little walk after last nights rain. Things were pretty icy and misty as you can see here. After breakfast we dro ...

_11/27/09_ Mr. Muir Yosemite Day 2 We did a lot of hiking and used the shuttle to get around. This statue of John Muir is at the Visitors Center. We're planning on going to Hetch Hetchy tomo ...

2009-12-03T14:28:43Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_11/27/09_ Mr. Muir Yosemite Day 2 We did a lot of hiking and used the shuttle to get around. This statue of John Muir is at the Visitors Center. We're planning on going to Hetch Hetchy tomo ...

_11/26/09_ Yosemite Falls Yosemite Day 1 Today is our 1 year anniversary! Also, happy Thanksgiving! We are spending the holiday in Yosemite, our first visit. We had an awesome dinner at the ...

2009-12-03T14:29:17Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_11/26/09_ Yosemite Falls Yosemite Day 1 Today is our 1 year anniversary! Also, happy Thanksgiving! We are spending the holiday in Yosemite, our first visit. We had an awesome dinner at the ...

_11/25/09_ Fisheye Snowman This seemingly one-eyed snowman graces the rental counter where I picked up the 10.5mm Fisheye for our Yosemite trip. Should be fun to play with and result in some ...

2009-12-03T14:30:38Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_11/25/09_ Fisheye Snowman This seemingly one-eyed snowman graces the rental counter where I picked up the 10.5mm Fisheye for our Yosemite trip. Should be fun to play with and result in some ...

_11/24/09_ Map and Compass Can you guess where we're going for our 1 year anniversary/Thanksgiving? I'll also bring a real compass that magically works without batteries. I used my Honl Phot ...

2009-11-25T02:20:20Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_11/24/09_ Map and Compass Can you guess where we're going for our 1 year anniversary/Thanksgiving? I'll also bring a real compass that magically works without batteries. I used my Honl Phot ...

_11/23/09_ Spiralighty This photo has been inverted and adjusted, but it started out with me twisting and moving the camera while taking a 1 second exposure of some textured glass in our hou ...

2009-11-23T13:54:08Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_11/23/09_ Spiralighty This photo has been inverted and adjusted, but it started out with me twisting and moving the camera while taking a 1 second exposure of some textured glass in our hou ...

_11/22/09_ The Boiling of the Eggs Yeah, pretty much a desperation shot today, although I did break out the tripod for it. I tried to show the motion of the boiling water. I had to do some m ...

2009-11-23T13:54:08Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_11/22/09_ The Boiling of the Eggs Yeah, pretty much a desperation shot today, although I did break out the tripod for it. I tried to show the motion of the boiling water. I had to do some m ...

_11/21/09_ Fountain Head Or alternatively, Head Fountain. A bit creepy, this steel head faces the sky and water comes out its nostrils and mouth, dripping into the pool behind its head. It w ...

2009-12-03T14:31:36Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_11/21/09_ Fountain Head Or alternatively, Head Fountain. A bit creepy, this steel head faces the sky and water comes out its nostrils and mouth, dripping into the pool behind its head. It w ...

_11/20/09_ Scarves These colorful scarves were on sale near my office. Pretty much a desperation shot. One thing that surprised me was how saturated the pink scarf came out. There's much mor ...

2009-11-23T13:54:08Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_11/20/09_ Scarves These colorful scarves were on sale near my office. Pretty much a desperation shot. One thing that surprised me was how saturated the pink scarf came out. There's much mor ...

_11/19/09_ Safety Lights These light on the left mounts on my handlebars so people don't turn into me. The light on the right attaches to my backpack and prevents people from running me over ...

2009-11-23T13:54:08Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_11/19/09_ Safety Lights These light on the left mounts on my handlebars so people don't turn into me. The light on the right attaches to my backpack and prevents people from running me over ...

_11/18/09_ Mini Jungle Yeah, or something. It's a bunch of small plants that were surrounding a ground light. More interesting is that I took the photo in front of the offices of Wilson Jaco ...

2009-11-23T13:54:08Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_11/18/09_ Mini Jungle Yeah, or something. It's a bunch of small plants that were surrounding a ground light. More interesting is that I took the photo in front of the offices of Wilson Jaco ...

_11/17/09_ Balcony @ Dusk I wonder what this view costs. This fancy building is on Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica, just North of San Vicente Blvd. I assume it's condos. Point Dume is the bump ...

2009-12-03T14:32:10Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_11/17/09_ Balcony @ Dusk I wonder what this view costs. This fancy building is on Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica, just North of San Vicente Blvd. I assume it's condos. Point Dume is the bump ...

_11/16/09_ Last Light Grabbed this shot of a tall tree right at sunset as I left my office for the day. Did some editing in Lightroom, including lowering the clarity to give the leaves a sof ...

2009-11-23T13:54:08Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_11/16/09_ Last Light Grabbed this shot of a tall tree right at sunset as I left my office for the day. Did some editing in Lightroom, including lowering the clarity to give the leaves a sof ...

_11/15/09_ Ann My lovely wife at the beach next to the Santa Monica pier. We went there this morning before one of our friends had to catch a plane back to the Northern part of the state whe ...

2009-11-23T13:54:08Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_11/15/09_ Ann My lovely wife at the beach next to the Santa Monica pier. We went there this morning before one of our friends had to catch a plane back to the Northern part of the state whe ...

_11/14/09_ Coliseum Panorama Today was USC's homecoming and although I work for the arch-rival UCLA, my wife went to graduate school here, and we've made it a tradition to go to the football ...

2009-12-03T14:32:40Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_11/14/09_ Coliseum Panorama Today was USC's homecoming and although I work for the arch-rival UCLA, my wife went to graduate school here, and we've made it a tradition to go to the football ...

_11/13/09_ Lamps This trio of lamps is at Buddha's Belly in Santa Monica. I moved the camera around while taking the shot to get some interesting motion. Tomorrow we're going to the USC h ...

2009-11-23T13:54:08Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_11/13/09_ Lamps This trio of lamps is at Buddha's Belly in Santa Monica. I moved the camera around while taking the shot to get some interesting motion. Tomorrow we're going to the USC h ...

_11/12/09_ Ethical Drugs Tired of getting your drugs from morally questionable, dishonest and corrupt sources? Then this place is for you! It's a place in Korea Town in LA. We ate at a nea ...

2009-11-23T13:54:08Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_11/12/09_ Ethical Drugs Tired of getting your drugs from morally questionable, dishonest and corrupt sources? Then this place is for you! It's a place in Korea Town in LA. We ate at a nea ...

_11/11/09_ Blue Agave I gotta say it looks pretty green and yellow to me. I grabbed this desperation shot after the day's iPhone shots were a bust. We bought this little agave plant earlier ...

2009-11-23T13:54:08Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_11/11/09_ Blue Agave I gotta say it looks pretty green and yellow to me. I grabbed this desperation shot after the day's iPhone shots were a bust. We bought this little agave plant earlier ...

_11/10/09_ Oscar Yes, it's a real Oscar, and yes, I got to hold and touch it. It's pretty heavy, which is not all that unexpected. This one belonged to Dorothy Jeakins, who won it for cost ...

2009-11-23T13:54:08Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_11/10/09_ Oscar Yes, it's a real Oscar, and yes, I got to hold and touch it. It's pretty heavy, which is not all that unexpected. This one belonged to Dorothy Jeakins, who won it for cost ...

_11/09/09_ Circular Today's sunset provided some pretty nice light and some amazing cloud patterns. I ended up driving home during the best time for the clouds (shucks), but before that hap ...

2009-11-23T13:54:08Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_11/09/09_ Circular Today's sunset provided some pretty nice light and some amazing cloud patterns. I ended up driving home during the best time for the clouds (shucks), but before that hap ...

_11/08/09_ Copper When my family went through my late grandfather's house I claimed these copper cups, which are shotglass-sized. I'm not sure what the little platters are for, but there's ...

2009-11-23T13:54:08Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_11/08/09_ Copper When my family went through my late grandfather's house I claimed these copper cups, which are shotglass-sized. I'm not sure what the little platters are for, but there's ...

_11/07/09_ Bricked Cans Now with half the calories of regular bricks. Saw this on a building (apartments?) near the service station where we got the oil changed in our car today. I can't t ...

2009-11-23T13:54:08Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_11/07/09_ Bricked Cans Now with half the calories of regular bricks. Saw this on a building (apartments?) near the service station where we got the oil changed in our car today. I can't t ...

_11/06/09_ Spider Dinner This spider was patient. I mean, I'd be pissed if I was eating dinner at home and some guy with a camera comes up to me and starts taking photos, flashing this brig ...

2009-11-23T13:54:08Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_11/06/09_ Spider Dinner This spider was patient. I mean, I'd be pissed if I was eating dinner at home and some guy with a camera comes up to me and starts taking photos, flashing this brig ...

_11/05/09_ Antenna Of course, the photo is less about the antenna and more about the awesome wispy clouds. I took my camera for a walk around sunset, hoping the clouds would light up, but.. ...

2009-11-23T13:54:08Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_11/05/09_ Antenna Of course, the photo is less about the antenna and more about the awesome wispy clouds. I took my camera for a walk around sunset, hoping the clouds would light up, but.. ...

_11/04/09_ Window Bear Mr. Bear does a good job of holding open the window for the American Society of Civil Engineers. Can you believe it's been a year since Obama was elected? Crazy. ...

2009-11-23T13:54:08Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_11/04/09_ Window Bear Mr. Bear does a good job of holding open the window for the American Society of Civil Engineers. Can you believe it's been a year since Obama was elected? Crazy. ...

_11/03/09_ Self Spoons This is a desperation shot that ended up taking a while - had to find a flashlight, position the spoons and switch to my compact to get the exposure right. The iPhone ...

2009-11-23T13:54:08Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_11/03/09_ Self Spoons This is a desperation shot that ended up taking a while - had to find a flashlight, position the spoons and switch to my compact to get the exposure right. The iPhone ...

_11/02/09_ Blue Pill I stayed home today - still recovering, so it's another desperation shot. This is some Benadryl that will hopefully make my nose stop running - it could use a break. ...

2009-11-23T13:54:08Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_11/02/09_ Blue Pill I stayed home today - still recovering, so it's another desperation shot. This is some Benadryl that will hopefully make my nose stop running - it could use a break. ...

_11/01/09_ Drops Desperation shot of our shower door. I'm still pretty sick today, so nothing too exciting. The background hexagons are the out-of-focus bathroom lights. [last year] this ...

2009-11-23T13:54:08Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_11/01/09_ Drops Desperation shot of our shower door. I'm still pretty sick today, so nothing too exciting. The background hexagons are the out-of-focus bathroom lights. [last year] this ...

_10/31/09_ Toast & Juice Happy Halloween! I've gotten pretty sick today, so this is all I got. Dinner of champions. [last year]

2009-11-23T13:54:08Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_10/31/09_ Toast & Juice Happy Halloween! I've gotten pretty sick today, so this is all I got. Dinner of champions. [last year]

_10/30/09_ Bushy This is a closeup of a Glauca tree (Cunninghamia lanceolata). It's native to China. It has a neat spiral-y look to it. Interesting scientific name, too - perhaps someone na ...

2009-11-23T13:54:08Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_10/30/09_ Bushy This is a closeup of a Glauca tree (Cunninghamia lanceolata). It's native to China. It has a neat spiral-y look to it. Interesting scientific name, too - perhaps someone na ...

_10/29/09_ Addresses Took this shot of some weathered address numbers on my walk home. I liked the look and the peeling paint. I also find it odd how one of the sub-addresses is "A" and the ...

2009-11-23T13:54:08Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_10/29/09_ Addresses Took this shot of some weathered address numbers on my walk home. I liked the look and the peeling paint. I also find it odd how one of the sub-addresses is "A" and the ...

_10/28/09_ Red Fence I liked the plant shadow on this fence that I walked by this afternoon. Not much else to say... [last year]

2009-11-23T13:54:08Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_10/28/09_ Red Fence I liked the plant shadow on this fence that I walked by this afternoon. Not much else to say... [last year]

_10/27/09_ Windy And just like that, Fall has arrived. I'm not sure why, but California is experiencing some unusually strong winds - the news says 50 mph gusts. Apparently a bay bridge cab ...

2009-11-23T13:54:08Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_10/27/09_ Windy And just like that, Fall has arrived. I'm not sure why, but California is experiencing some unusually strong winds - the news says 50 mph gusts. Apparently a bay bridge cab ...

_10/26/09_ Night Freeway Today I flew back to LA at night and was treated to an amazingly clear view out the plane window. As we flew over Palm Springs, I could see Mexicali and San Diego q ...

2009-11-23T13:54:08Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_10/26/09_ Night Freeway Today I flew back to LA at night and was treated to an amazingly clear view out the plane window. As we flew over Palm Springs, I could see Mexicali and San Diego q ...

_10/25/09_ Reformation Sunday This morning I attended church with my family at Northminster Presbyterian in Tucson, and we celebrated the Reformation that happened a few years back. Because ...

2009-11-23T13:54:08Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_10/25/09_ Reformation Sunday This morning I attended church with my family at Northminster Presbyterian in Tucson, and we celebrated the Reformation that happened a few years back. Because ...

_10/24/09_ Arches This is a walkway/patio/thing at a church near my parents' house that I walked to around sunset in Tucson, AZ. Today was a big day - we drove up to Chandler to pack up a ...

2009-11-23T13:54:08Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_10/24/09_ Arches This is a walkway/patio/thing at a church near my parents' house that I walked to around sunset in Tucson, AZ. Today was a big day - we drove up to Chandler to pack up a ...

_10/23/09_ Tucson Sunset I flew to Tucson today. I'll be helping my family move things from my grandfather's house tomorrow and will return to LA on Monday. Apparently the plane we were su ...

2009-11-23T13:54:08Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_10/23/09_ Tucson Sunset I flew to Tucson today. I'll be helping my family move things from my grandfather's house tomorrow and will return to LA on Monday. Apparently the plane we were su ...

_10/22/09_ Roses Most. Creative. Subject. Ever. I highly recommend becoming a homeowner near a Ralph's grocery store - they send you a whole page of coupons for free stuff! That's how we g ...

2009-11-23T13:54:08Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_10/22/09_ Roses Most. Creative. Subject. Ever. I highly recommend becoming a homeowner near a Ralph's grocery store - they send you a whole page of coupons for free stuff! That's how we g ...

_10/21/09_ Alien Fruit Anyone know what this is? I sure don't, but the red leaves are pretty. This is a premeditated desperation shot - I saw these weird seed pod things, and although they ...

2009-11-23T13:54:08Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_10/21/09_ Alien Fruit Anyone know what this is? I sure don't, but the red leaves are pretty. This is a premeditated desperation shot - I saw these weird seed pod things, and although they ...

_10/20/09_ Student Walking Took this shot while eating lunch on the grass on a beautiful day. [last year]

2009-11-23T13:54:08Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_10/20/09_ Student Walking Took this shot while eating lunch on the grass on a beautiful day. [last year]

_10/19/09_ Cloud Composite Today's photo is actually a composite of 4 photos I took of some wispy clouds. In a way, this is how the clouds looked over about 20 seconds. I opened the photos ...

2009-11-23T13:54:08Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_10/19/09_ Cloud Composite Today's photo is actually a composite of 4 photos I took of some wispy clouds. In a way, this is how the clouds looked over about 20 seconds. I opened the photos ...

_10/18/09_ Carts Grabbed this shot of a long row of shopping carts at Costco. We now have enough toilet paper to last through several apocalypses. We bought other stuff, too :) [last yea ...

2009-11-23T13:54:08Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_10/18/09_ Carts Grabbed this shot of a long row of shopping carts at Costco. We now have enough toilet paper to last through several apocalypses. We bought other stuff, too :) [last yea ...

_10/17/09_ Mystery Cat I took this super-grainy photo of a cat that was on the top of the stairs in front of our neighbors' door. I'd never seen it before. It was just sitting there... watc ...

2009-11-23T13:54:08Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_10/17/09_ Mystery Cat I took this super-grainy photo of a cat that was on the top of the stairs in front of our neighbors' door. I'd never seen it before. It was just sitting there... watc ...

_10/16/09_ Jail? No, it's a high school. I guess the curved spikes at the top are to keep people out, but why would you break into a high school? This shot would have been better with my S ...

2009-11-23T13:54:08Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_10/16/09_ Jail? No, it's a high school. I guess the curved spikes at the top are to keep people out, but why would you break into a high school? This shot would have been better with my S ...

_10/15/09_ Drops Water drops on some leaves in the botanical gardens, from yesterday's storm. I like how the drops are clinging to the underside of the top leaf. [last year]

2009-11-23T13:54:08Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_10/15/09_ Drops Water drops on some leaves in the botanical gardens, from yesterday's storm. I like how the drops are clinging to the underside of the top leaf. [last year]

_10/14/09_ Foxtail Agave These agave plants are so photogenic. I got the shot during a post-storm walk around the neighborhood. Foxtail Agave (Agave attenuata). Native to Mexico. [last ...

2009-11-23T13:54:08Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_10/14/09_ Foxtail Agave These agave plants are so photogenic. I got the shot during a post-storm walk around the neighborhood. Foxtail Agave (Agave attenuata). Native to Mexico. [last ...

_10/13/09_ The Number Two Desperation shot of our front door. Can you guess what unit we live in? This handheld night shot made possible by ISO 800 and f/1.4. [last year]

2009-11-23T13:54:08Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_10/13/09_ The Number Two Desperation shot of our front door. Can you guess what unit we live in? This handheld night shot made possible by ISO 800 and f/1.4. [last year]

_10/12/09_ Repeating Distortion This came out far creepier than I initially intended. I was looking for a desperation shot, and I decided to do a self portrait through one of our glass do ...

2009-11-23T13:54:08Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_10/12/09_ Repeating Distortion This came out far creepier than I initially intended. I was looking for a desperation shot, and I decided to do a self portrait through one of our glass do ...

_10/11/09_ Blue Windows Spent the night in San Diego, near the Gaslamp district where we spent time with some recently-married friends. This morning, I took this shot out of our hotel windo ...

2009-11-23T13:54:07Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_10/11/09_ Blue Windows Spent the night in San Diego, near the Gaslamp district where we spent time with some recently-married friends. This morning, I took this shot out of our hotel windo ...

_10/10/09_ Rocky Coast Today we drove down to San Diego for a cocktail hour with some newly married friends. They had themed martinis and appetizers and we all went to a rooftop bar afterwa ...

2009-11-23T13:54:07Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_10/10/09_ Rocky Coast Today we drove down to San Diego for a cocktail hour with some newly married friends. They had themed martinis and appetizers and we all went to a rooftop bar afterwa ...

_10/09/09_ Flying Rose I spent waaaay too much time on this photo. This is one of a couple hundred I took, with most of them having the rose out of the frame or out of focus. It was fun for ...

2009-11-23T13:54:07Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_10/09/09_ Flying Rose I spent waaaay too much time on this photo. This is one of a couple hundred I took, with most of them having the rose out of the frame or out of focus. It was fun for ...

_10/08/09_ Symmetry For some reason, I was craving a donut all day long, so I finally got one at 3pm. As I walked back to my office, I noticed the perfect symmetry of one of the corners of ...

2009-11-23T13:54:07Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_10/08/09_ Symmetry For some reason, I was craving a donut all day long, so I finally got one at 3pm. As I walked back to my office, I noticed the perfect symmetry of one of the corners of ...

_10/07/09_ Blowing in the Wind Please comment if you know what plant this is. It looks quite pleasant in the wind. I took the shot along Adelaide Drive in Santa Monica, which overlooks Rust ...

2009-11-23T13:54:07Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_10/07/09_ Blowing in the Wind Please comment if you know what plant this is. It looks quite pleasant in the wind. I took the shot along Adelaide Drive in Santa Monica, which overlooks Rust ...

_10/06/09_ Hat Rack This is a hat rack in a thrift store, the sun is shining through a window on the upper right of the frame. This looked a lot cooler to my eyes, but raising the black sli ...

2009-11-23T13:54:07Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_10/06/09_ Hat Rack This is a hat rack in a thrift store, the sun is shining through a window on the upper right of the frame. This looked a lot cooler to my eyes, but raising the black sli ...

_10/05/09_ Empty Shelves Today we had a tour of a new space in one of UCLA's libraries. It's very nice, and I'm sure the students will appreciate it. Without any people in the space, I was ...

2009-11-23T13:54:07Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_10/05/09_ Empty Shelves Today we had a tour of a new space in one of UCLA's libraries. It's very nice, and I'm sure the students will appreciate it. Without any people in the space, I was ...

_10/04/09_ Vo onger ystem Stain swatches in a hardware store, where my wife and I went to buy light bulbs. They no longer have Safari in their system, sorry. But coffee, honey, olive, orang ...

2009-11-23T13:54:07Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_10/04/09_ Vo onger ystem Stain swatches in a hardware store, where my wife and I went to buy light bulbs. They no longer have Safari in their system, sorry. But coffee, honey, olive, orang ...

_10/03/09_ New Switches Today we had an electrician come by to do a few jobs around our new condo, including replacing some old out-of-place switches with these nice new ones. Of course, I ...

2009-11-23T13:54:07Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_10/03/09_ New Switches Today we had an electrician come by to do a few jobs around our new condo, including replacing some old out-of-place switches with these nice new ones. Of course, I ...

_10/02/09_ Sunset Ride Tonight I took a little bike ride on the beach during sunset, much like the person I took a photo of. I stopped at a spot just North of the Santa Monica pier where th ...

2009-11-23T13:54:07Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_10/02/09_ Sunset Ride Tonight I took a little bike ride on the beach during sunset, much like the person I took a photo of. I stopped at a spot just North of the Santa Monica pier where th ...

_10/01/09_ iPhone Reflections Here's a photo of an iPhone, shot with an iPhone. I had a meeting today and 3/5 of us had iPhones. This one was sitting on the table and I liked the building r ...

2009-11-23T13:54:07Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_10/01/09_ iPhone Reflections Here's a photo of an iPhone, shot with an iPhone. I had a meeting today and 3/5 of us had iPhones. This one was sitting on the table and I liked the building r ...

_09/30/09_ Preoccupied Sheesh, kids today and their portable electronical personal media music phone device thingies. Fittingly, I took this shot of two distracted students with my iPhone. ...

2009-11-23T13:54:07Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_09/30/09_ Preoccupied Sheesh, kids today and their portable electronical personal media music phone device thingies. Fittingly, I took this shot of two distracted students with my iPhone. ...

_09/29/09_ Lights These are our bathroom lights. There are 3 and only the center one is on, one is a reflection in the mirror. I stayed home sick today and didn't do much of anything, so th ...

2009-11-23T13:54:07Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_09/29/09_ Lights These are our bathroom lights. There are 3 and only the center one is on, one is a reflection in the mirror. I stayed home sick today and didn't do much of anything, so th ...

_09/28/09_ Mochi Ice Cream This is delicious mochi ice cream from Trader Joe's. If you haven't tried it before, you should. It's weird, but wonderful. [last year]

2009-11-23T13:54:07Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_09/28/09_ Mochi Ice Cream This is delicious mochi ice cream from Trader Joe's. If you haven't tried it before, you should. It's weird, but wonderful. [last year]

_09/27/09_ Retro Lamp Today we left Arizona to go back to LA, after my grandfather's memorial service. Part of dealing with his death is figuring out what to do with all his stuff, most of ...

2009-11-23T13:54:07Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_09/27/09_ Retro Lamp Today we left Arizona to go back to LA, after my grandfather's memorial service. Part of dealing with his death is figuring out what to do with all his stuff, most of ...

_09/26/09_ A Grateful Nation Today was my grandfather's memorial service. He was a pilot in the Army Air Corps during WWII and so there was an Honor Guard at the graveside service. The sold ...

2009-11-23T13:54:07Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_09/26/09_ A Grateful Nation Today was my grandfather's memorial service. He was a pilot in the Army Air Corps during WWII and so there was an Honor Guard at the graveside service. The sold ...

_09/25/09_ Colorful Books Old, colorfully-bound books somewhere in the depths of the Biomedical library at UCLA. It's fun to explore the rarely used parts of the library - lots of random bo ...

2009-11-23T13:54:07Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_09/25/09_ Colorful Books Old, colorfully-bound books somewhere in the depths of the Biomedical library at UCLA. It's fun to explore the rarely used parts of the library - lots of random bo ...

_09/24/09_ Track Lighting Got the new 50mm f/1.4 lens today! I bought it for myself with some money I got for my birthday. It's cool, but so far all I have is this track lighting photo, sin ...

2009-11-23T13:54:07Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_09/24/09_ Track Lighting Got the new 50mm f/1.4 lens today! I bought it for myself with some money I got for my birthday. It's cool, but so far all I have is this track lighting photo, sin ...

_09/23/09_ Sprinkling Went out to put some stuff in the mailbox at work this morning and I observed leaves, water and sunlight converging into a lovely photo - sprinklers were on in the bot ...

2009-11-23T13:54:07Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_09/23/09_ Sprinkling Went out to put some stuff in the mailbox at work this morning and I observed leaves, water and sunlight converging into a lovely photo - sprinklers were on in the bot ...

_09/22/09_ Heart Healthy I couldn't resist getting a shot of the super-colorful vegetables we ate tonight. The heart shape was a nice bonus. Shot w/iPhone, again. Speaking of iPhone, if yo ...

2009-11-23T13:54:07Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_09/22/09_ Heart Healthy I couldn't resist getting a shot of the super-colorful vegetables we ate tonight. The heart shape was a nice bonus. Shot w/iPhone, again. Speaking of iPhone, if yo ...

_09/21/09_ Mega Tonight we went with some friends to Mariasol for my birthday, which is a Mexican restaurant at the very end of the Santa Monica Pier. The atmosphere was fun, the food was g ...

2009-11-23T13:54:07Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_09/21/09_ Mega Tonight we went with some friends to Mariasol for my birthday, which is a Mexican restaurant at the very end of the Santa Monica Pier. The atmosphere was fun, the food was g ...

_09/20/09_ Ooh, Sparkly This is a closeup of one of those seizure-inducing drink glasses that lights up with all sorts of different colors. We got them last night when we went to the Rainfo ...

2009-11-23T13:54:07Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_09/20/09_ Ooh, Sparkly This is a closeup of one of those seizure-inducing drink glasses that lights up with all sorts of different colors. We got them last night when we went to the Rainfo ...

_09/19/09_ Mickey's Fun Wheel Today we went to Disneyland/California Adventure for my birthday! It's actually on Monday, but they still let me get a birthday button from Disneyland City Hal ...

2009-11-23T13:54:07Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_09/19/09_ Mickey's Fun Wheel Today we went to Disneyland/California Adventure for my birthday! It's actually on Monday, but they still let me get a birthday button from Disneyland City Hal ...

_09/18/09_ Cycad Like yesterday, I didn't get the species of this plant, but it's some sort of Cycad, which are holdovers from dinosaur times. "Living fossils" came up on several search hit ...

2009-11-23T13:54:07Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_09/18/09_ Cycad Like yesterday, I didn't get the species of this plant, but it's some sort of Cycad, which are holdovers from dinosaur times. "Living fossils" came up on several search hit ...

_09/17/09_ Color Fade Not sure what plant this is, I forgot to check. I took the shot at lunch in the botanical gardens, and I love how the color fades from red to green. The clear blue sky ...

2009-11-23T13:54:07Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_09/17/09_ Color Fade Not sure what plant this is, I forgot to check. I took the shot at lunch in the botanical gardens, and I love how the color fades from red to green. The clear blue sky ...

_09/16/09_ Red Staircase This red staircase is in the Physics building at UCLA. I like the spiral shape, but I don't like the quality that came out of the iPhone, so I might actually reshoo ...

2009-11-23T13:54:07Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_09/16/09_ Red Staircase This red staircase is in the Physics building at UCLA. I like the spiral shape, but I don't like the quality that came out of the iPhone, so I might actually reshoo ...

_09/15/09_ Baby Katydid Found this little guy in the botanical gardens, staking his claim on some incredibly brightly colored flower stalks. I took quite a few handheld shots to get one tha ...

2009-11-23T13:54:07Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_09/15/09_ Baby Katydid Found this little guy in the botanical gardens, staking his claim on some incredibly brightly colored flower stalks. I took quite a few handheld shots to get one tha ...

_09/14/09_ Cracked As I mentioned in the caption for Thursday's photo, I would play around with egg shells more the next time I had some lying around. That turned out to be tonight. I spent ...

2009-11-23T13:54:07Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_09/14/09_ Cracked As I mentioned in the caption for Thursday's photo, I would play around with egg shells more the next time I had some lying around. That turned out to be tonight. I spent ...

_09/13/09_ Sidewalk Grabbed this shot of a long, feature-less building along a sidewalk. Glad I did, since I didn't really do any shooting today. Most of the weekend was spent working on th ...

2009-11-23T13:54:07Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_09/13/09_ Sidewalk Grabbed this shot of a long, feature-less building along a sidewalk. Glad I did, since I didn't really do any shooting today. Most of the weekend was spent working on th ...

_09/12/09_ Red Balloons Not quite 99 of them. I count about 12. They were outside a store, drifting into the air. This was shot with my iPhone at night, so it used a super-high ISO and almo ...

2009-11-23T13:54:07Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_09/12/09_ Red Balloons Not quite 99 of them. I count about 12. They were outside a store, drifting into the air. This was shot with my iPhone at night, so it used a super-high ISO and almo ...

_09/11/09_ Knives Kind of a desperation shot tonight. I noticed we had 4 different kitchen knives waiting to be washed, so I tried arranging them in an interesting way. You can really tell ...

2009-11-23T13:54:07Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_09/11/09_ Knives Kind of a desperation shot tonight. I noticed we had 4 different kitchen knives waiting to be washed, so I tried arranging them in an interesting way. You can really tell ...

_09/10/09_ Egg Shells Tomorrow we're having a baby shower/potluck at work, so I made some deviled eggs for it. For a daily photo, I made a little mountain of the used egg shells and lit it ...

2009-11-23T13:54:07Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_09/10/09_ Egg Shells Tomorrow we're having a baby shower/potluck at work, so I made some deviled eggs for it. For a daily photo, I made a little mountain of the used egg shells and lit it ...

_09/09/09_ Fireworks Happy 999! Today is the 100th birthday of the Santa Monica Pier, so the wife and I headed down to enjoy the festivities. We went to Buddha's Belly and got 100-proof po ...

2009-11-23T13:54:07Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_09/09/09_ Fireworks Happy 999! Today is the 100th birthday of the Santa Monica Pier, so the wife and I headed down to enjoy the festivities. We went to Buddha's Belly and got 100-proof po ...

_09/08/09_ Condensation Desperation shot. Held a pot lid with condensation up to the light. [last year]

2009-11-23T13:54:07Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_09/08/09_ Condensation Desperation shot. Held a pot lid with condensation up to the light. [last year]

_09/07/09_ Bananas Desperation shot of some bananas. Got back to LA today after 3 days in Tucson. Had a great time! [last year]

2009-11-23T13:54:07Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_09/07/09_ Bananas Desperation shot of some bananas. Got back to LA today after 3 days in Tucson. Had a great time! [last year]

_09/06/09_ Thunderheads Brewing storm clouds over the Rincon Mountains in Tucson, AZ. Had a wonderful day today, including my wife and I driving the 8-mile loop in Saguaro NP East. We stopp ...

2009-11-23T13:54:07Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_09/06/09_ Thunderheads Brewing storm clouds over the Rincon Mountains in Tucson, AZ. Had a wonderful day today, including my wife and I driving the 8-mile loop in Saguaro NP East. We stopp ...

_09/05/09_ Our Lady of the Video Store Today was the wedding day - Congrats Philip and Natalia! We had some time to kill between the ceremony and reception, so we drove up to A Mountain an ...

2009-11-23T13:54:07Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_09/05/09_ Our Lady of the Video Store Today was the wedding day - Congrats Philip and Natalia! We had some time to kill between the ceremony and reception, so we drove up to A Mountain an ...

_09/04/09_ Overhead Landing Flew to Tucson today for a wedding tomorrow. While parking in lot C at LAX, this 747 flew directly over us. Needless to say, it was very loud and cool. I like th ...

2009-11-23T13:54:07Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_09/04/09_ Overhead Landing Flew to Tucson today for a wedding tomorrow. While parking in lot C at LAX, this 747 flew directly over us. Needless to say, it was very loud and cool. I like th ...

_09/03/09_ Powell Pano Ok, so this isn't the best panorama. In fact, it's pretty awful - you can't see the full building, it's the back of the building, there's some ghosting, stitching art ...

2009-11-23T13:54:07Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_09/03/09_ Powell Pano Ok, so this isn't the best panorama. In fact, it's pretty awful - you can't see the full building, it's the back of the building, there's some ghosting, stitching art ...

_09/02/09_ Desperation Strainer I was pacing around the house wtih my phone, trying to find something remotely interesting that I hadn't shot before and didn't take any setup. This strainer ...

2009-11-23T13:54:07Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_09/02/09_ Desperation Strainer I was pacing around the house wtih my phone, trying to find something remotely interesting that I hadn't shot before and didn't take any setup. This strainer ...

_09/01/09_ Hippy Graffiti Grow Food, Not War I thought this was funny and interesting. It's on the back of a billboard near Wilshire/Bundy in LA. Grabbed the shot with my iPhone while I w ...

2009-11-23T13:54:07Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_09/01/09_ Hippy Graffiti Grow Food, Not War I thought this was funny and interesting. It's on the back of a billboard near Wilshire/Bundy in LA. Grabbed the shot with my iPhone while I w ...

_08/31/09_ Brick Patio Little square bricks, into infinity... Grabbed this shot with my new iPhone while I waited to get picked up from work. Modified the color a little in LR (cause it cam ...

2009-11-23T13:54:07Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_08/31/09_ Brick Patio Little square bricks, into infinity... Grabbed this shot with my new iPhone while I waited to get picked up from work. Modified the color a little in LR (cause it cam ...

_08/30/09_ Happy (early) Birthday To Me My lovely wife decided to get me my own iPhone for my birthday! It's not for about 3 weeks, but when we looked at everything we had going on in Septe ...

2009-11-23T13:54:07Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_08/30/09_ Happy (early) Birthday To Me My lovely wife decided to get me my own iPhone for my birthday! It's not for about 3 weeks, but when we looked at everything we had going on in Septe ...

_08/29/09_ Farewell Old House Today we said goodbye to our old place - we cleaned up, got the very last things (mostly cleaning stuff), and left the keys for our landlord. Landlord... we do ...

2009-11-23T13:54:07Z

Jonathan Wilson (jawsnap)
_08/29/09_ Farewell Old House Today we said goodbye to our old place - we cleaned up, got the very last things (mostly cleaning stuff), and left the keys for our landlord. Landlord... we do ...