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Sunset – South Parade, Southsea UK
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.
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Panoramic Sunset – South Parade, 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.
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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.
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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…)
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.
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Hartley Library, University of Southampton
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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.
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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
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Progress
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.
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Many hands mean no work gets done (365: 242)
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:
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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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Ashlyn & Nathaniel
Ashlyn and Nathaniel I’d just returned from my first visit to Springfield, Missouri, and for reasons I can’t recall, I stopped off at my brother’s house on the way home. It probably had something to do with collecting my car from wherever I’d left it.
I love this picture of Nathaniel and Ashlyn. Especially the way Ashlyn is sticking close to Marcelle and almost hiding behind her.
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Camo Covered Toyota Tundra pick-up
Ginger, Gary & Lanie. Bass Pro Springfield. August 21, 2007. Copyright © 2007 Gary Allman, all rights reserved. My first trip to the US and this camo covered Toyota Tundra pick-up at Bass Pro was an essential photo opportunity.
The camo is like wallpaper carefully stuck to the truck. I took a close look and the truck underneath it was a metallic red color.
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Gary and Ginger on our first family dinner out with the kids
Dinner with the kids at Cicis Pizza. Copyright © 2007 Gary Allman, all rights reserved We left Eureka Springs sometime after noon and headed back to Springfield. I can’t remember if we picked the kids up from the grandparents, or if they brought them into town for us. Whatever, we ended up taking the kids to Cicis for our first family dinner out in Springfield.
I have a suspicion that that is Alek’s head in the booth behind us, but fifteen years on, I cannot remember. I do remember that there wasn’t enough room in the booth for all of us.
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Breakfast in America
Breakfast in America. Copyright © 2007 Gary Allman, all rights reserved. Our first Breakfast. We got up early to get breakfast before church. It was my first opportunity to sample ‘Biscuits and Gravy’ and take my own special picture of Ginger.
Aunt Martha’s Pankake House, Springfield, Missouri.
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August 11, 2007, First Meeting
Gary Allman and Ginger Davis – August 11, 2007. Copyright © 2007 Gary Allman, all rights reserved. August 11, 2007. The day we first met in person. And just over a month after we realized we’d get married.
My arrival at Springfield is just a blur. I remember the approach to the airport, taxiing and then a complete blank until I got to the security gate. I stepped through and couldn’t see where to pick up my bags. I asked a security guard, and as I stepped away I saw someone running towards me. Ginger nearly knocked me over. I guess we just meant to have a hug and say hello, but the hug and tears quickly turned into a kiss, and within a few seconds of meeting I think we both knew that this was it.
We went and sat and stared at each other, held hands, and caught up on some more kissing while waiting for my bags to clear. Then to the car, a quick bite to eat, and on with the first day of our life together.
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Flickr meet (365: 217)
Flickr meet (365: 217) – Ginger and Gary. Copyright © 2007 Gary Allman, all rights reserved. -
Bi-centenary celebrations (365: 202)
200 days deserves a bit of a song and a dance. 200 days deserves a bit of a song and a dance.
It is a shame that because of poor counting this was actually day 202. Oh well, my actual Day 200 picture was probably more appropriate.
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Graduation Week 2007
Graduation Week 2007. Copyright © 2007 Gary Allman, all rights reserved I was not invited to my oldest son’s graduation. I volunteered to help with Graduation at work. I thought it would distract me from thinking about my son’s graduation. No, it didn’t. It was a particularly painful time for me.
