• Decree nisei

    Today the decree nisei was issued. I didn’t receive a copy until the 12th. I’m the petitioner in the divorce.

    On the 3rd January 2008

    The Judge held that the respondent has behaved in such a way that the petitioner cannot reasonably be expected to live with the respondent,

    that the marriage {details removed}

    between {Gary} the Petitioner

    and {Elaine} the Respondent

    has broken down irretrievably and decreed that the said marriage be dissolved unless sufficient cause be shown to the Court within six weeks from the making of this decree why such decree should not be made absolute

  • Burrell

    Black and white image Burrell Main Building, Springfield Missouri
    Burell. Copyright © 2008 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

  • Near Olga, State Highway Z

    Near Olga, State Highway Z. Copyright © 2007 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

    I was stopped twice while taking this picture. Once by some locals in a passing truck, and a few minutes later by the property’s owner. I don’t think he was convinced that I wasn’t up to any good, and he made sure we were gone.

    The Police presence may be sparse out of town, but the local grapevine is obviously very effective.

    Re-edit: December 2016. Original version:

    Near Olga, State Highway Z. Original version. Copyright © 2007 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

  • Contemplation (365: 331)

    Contemplation (365: 331) — A lot to think about tonight, and not all of it is as black as this picture paints. Copyright © 2007 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

  • St. Jude’s – Menaced

    Photograph of St. Jude's Southsea frame by the modern 'wave' sculpture in the Palmerstone Road pedestrian precinct.
    St. Jude’s Southsea. Copyright © 2007 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

    I find this sculpture rather threatening. I’m fairly sure that wasn’t the artist’s or the commissioning body’s intention.

    Update: 05 October 2008. In a recent council magazine it was stated that the two identical sculptures (one at either end of the precinct) represent the breaking sea.

    If I really want this to look menacing I ought to change it to a duo-tone image, the warm lighting removes a lot of the menace from the sculpture.

  • Building 29

    Building 29. Copyright © 2007 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

    I saw this picture while stretching my legs this afternoon, the sun was just going down, tracking up the side of the building.

    I’m trying to get back into the habit of climbing the stairs of this building twice a day. It’ll do wonders for my legs but nowt for my tummy.

  • Reflected Glory

    Sunset on the Zürich Building from Victoria Park, Portsmouth UK.
    Reflected Glory – Sunset on the Zürich Building from Victoria Park, Portsmouth UK. Copyright © 2007 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

    I saw the potential for this picture from a long way off, and I had to move PDQ to get into a position to get any sort of decent shot. Any people in the park that were paying attention were looking in the opposite direction, at the sunset, and missed this.

    Sunset on the Zürich Building from Victoria Park, Portsmouth UK.

  • Sunset at Gunwharf

    Sunset at Gunwharf. Copyright © 2007 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

  • Sunset – South Parade, Southsea UK

    Color photograph of the sunset at South Parade Pier, Southsea, Portsmouth. England, Taken October 18 2017
    Sunset at South Parade Pier – Southsea UK. Copyright © 2007 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

    This was one of those moments that no matter how over-done sunset pictures are, it just had to be taken. There’s a much better panoramic version of this picture here.   

  • Panoramic Sunset – South Parade, Southsea UK

    A panoramic view of a golden sunset showing a silhouette of South Parade Pier, the beach, sea and Isle of Wight. Southsea, UK
    South Parade Pier, Southsea UK. Copyright © 2007, 2014 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

    A spectacular sunset and South Parade Pier, Southsea

    I’ve been going back looking for pictures I’ve accidentally missed. This is one of them, a fantastic panoramic view of a sunset and South Parade Pier in Southsea.

    I remember the evening well. Despite sunsets being photographically overdone, this one could not be ignored. Considering this is five handheld photographs stitched together it’s not surprising I didn’t process it at the time. Good inexpensive software that enables this sort of image to be made is a fairly recent arrival on the scene – well for me anyway.

    Image updated/created December 20, 2014 from original pictures taken on October 18, 2007.   

  • Apart … (365:270)

    Gary and Ginger – Apart. Copyright © 2007 Gary Allman and Ginger Davis, all rights reserved.

    … for now.

    A collaborative picture. Ginger took her self portrait, and I added my half. Matching the tone and lighting was the main challenge.

    Copyright © 2007 Gary Allman, all rights reserved & Copyright © 2007 Ginger Davis, all rights reserved.

  • Watching (365:267)

    Watching (365:267). Copyright © 2007 Gary Allman, all rights reserved

  • A present for my love

    A present for my love. DeWalt drill driver. Copyright © 2007 Gary Allman, all rights reserved

  • EEE (Yes, that is the official designation of this building…)

    EEE

    I was in a meeting in an adjacent building when I saw this picture. The only trouble is the light had changed by the time the meeting finished and the shadows of the trees were no longer on the building front panels. Oh well. Maybe I should have stopped the meeting and grabbed the shot.

  • Hartley Library, University of Southampton

    Hartley Library, University of Southampton. Copyright © 2007 Gary Allman, all rights reserved

  • Working things out (365: 254)

    Working things out (365: 254). Copyright © 2007 Gary Allman, all rights reserved

    Facilitation, dealing with problems, finding solutions, this is what I do.

  • Royal Mail Sorting Office / Post Office, Slindon Street, Portsmouth

    Royal Mail Sorting Office / Post Office, Slindon Street, Portsmouth
    Royal Mail Sorting Office / Post Office, Slindon Street, Portsmouth

    Not very subtle architecture… But I love the way the sky is reflected in the windows and glass facade.

    Information about the Slindon Street Royal Mail Sorting Office

    It was built in the late 1970s and was occupied by the Royal Mail until late 2016 when most of the operations moved to Voyager Park in Copnor.

    2020 updates

    The Slindon Street Post Office is still located in the building. There are proposals for developing the site. For more information visit: https://slindonstreet.co.uk

    The links below should take you to the official Royal Mail web site for general information and information about local branches.

    Slindon St, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO1 1AF

  • Progress

    Photograph of Gary Allman standing outside Blake lapthorn Tarlo Lyons Solicitors. Portsmouth UK. 2007
    Progress (365: 239 Reject). Copyright © 2007 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

    Today I had the first meeting about the divorce with my solicitor. There I was thinking I’d got some clarity in my life. In fact all I’ve done is stirred up all the muck and now I can’t see a thing.

  • Many hands mean no work gets done (365: 242)

    Clone photograph of Gary Allman. September 2007.
    Many Hands Make Light Work – I should have guessed that watching ‘Multiplicity’ was a Mistake. Copyright © 2007 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

    I have important things to do, so how do I spend my time? Ignoring the important stuff in the vain hope it’ll go away while I play with my camera and Photoshop.

    This is the original edit:

    Multiplicity. Copyright © 2007 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

  • Ironed Out

    Ironed out. Copyright © 2007 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

    Original caption: “Best part of three weeks away and I’m overrun by ironing.”

    When I took the original version of this picture I had just returned to the UK from my first visit to see Ginger in the US.

    The washer dying today reminded me of the photograph, it was a rejected picture from my 2007, 356 days project (day 239). I re-edited it as a photoshop exercise (I need practice with some of the tools), and at the same time I wanted make a better picture. I introduced some negative space, fixed my missing toes, and removed the badly edited background from the original.

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