• The Last of the Sun

    Last of the sun. Copyright © 2007 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.
    The Last of the Sun. Copyright © 2007 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

    This small strip of deck gets the last of the sun before it dips below the houses opposite.

    Despite being lightly overcast, it was a wonderfully warm and soporific afternoon. Given I didn’t get to bed until nearly five and was up before 10, that was just what I needed.

  • Moved in

    Shed Life – Moved in. Copyright © 2007 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

    With all the remaining undecorated rooms in the house being decorated, I was not going to be able to keep an inside workshop. That means I’ve moved my workbench and tools out into my first ever shed. It’s going to take a while for me to remember where everything is. The kids may tease me, but I did know where everything is. When I say it’s in the general toolbox, that’s where they’ll find what they’re looking for (and all the toolboxes are labeled).

    Not only am I having to move my workbench, but also my store of DIY and hobby goodies: timber, cable, old electronics, etc. To store all that stuff I have a second shed for stores.

    Packing everything away I discovered what I fondly call ‘my favourite rope’. It’s the mainsheet of my last yacht — which was wrecked in the storm of ’97. I’d started growing my beard that year to save me having to shave while sailing and I vowed to keep my beard until I bought another yacht. ten years on, almost, and I still have my beard…

  • Vacuuming the garden (365: 113)

    Vacuuming the garden (365: 113). Copyright © 2007 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

    I made a bit of a mess sawing up wood to make shelves for my new shed. I also need to finish picking up the gravel spilt over the deck in the winter when the storms repeatedly blew over the bamboo plant.

  • An Englishman’s shed is his Castle (365: 112)

    An Englishman’s shed is his Castle (365: 112). I’ve never had a shed before, but now I’ve got two. Copyright © 2007 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

    I’ve never had a shed before, but now I’ve got two. This one for a workshop and another for my spare timber, paint, empty boxes, and disused electronics that one day might come in useful, etc.

    American men (I believe) have Dens. Us English chaps have sheds. that’s because it gets us out of earshot of the woman folk. Sheds are outside the house, where we can imagine for a few brief moments we are in control of our futures, rather than having our futures dictated to us by our spouses 🙂    

    Today’s Outtake

    365: 112 Reject: An Englishman’s shed is his Castle. Copyright © 2007 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

  • Late (365: 111)

    Late (365: 111) — This is it for today. No good, but it is a picture. Copyright © 2007 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

  • Another Bum Shot (365: 110)

    Another Bum Shot (365: 110). Copyright © 2007 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

    My run of photographic bad luck seems to be continuing. This is the best of a very bad lot, and I’ve run out of time.

  • End on

    End on. Copyright © 2007 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

  • Tension

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

  • Disappointing (365: 109)

    Disappointing (365:109). Copyright © 2007 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

    But only because I had to straighten the image, and I was trying to avoid post processing. I deleted all my other shots for today as they all had a slant to them – I’ll try again tomorrow.

    Re-edited August 4, 2015, so this is no longer straight out of camera. However, I think this is a much better picture now.

  • Modesty (365:108)

    Copyright © 2007 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

    When I took this picture my ‘artistic’ notion was to challenge the idea of modesty. Can a naked person be modest? It’s all in the mind. There’s also something about omitting the head to make the image impersonal and also preserve the anonymity of the model. It’s a great juxtaposition of ideas and imagery. I also had a technical objective to get a picture straight out of camera with no post-processing. Which, looking back, I think resulted in a softer less striking image.

    The above picture is a reworking of the original black and white picture I took in 2007. I much prefer this duotone treatment.

    Below is the original, plus another shot trying out a different pose.

  • Faraday

    Faraday — The Faraday Building, University of Southampton. Copyright © 2007 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

    University of Southampton. Taken during a stroll around the campus on my lunch break.

  • Lovely Eyes (365: 107)

    Lovely Eyes (365: 107). Copyright © 2007 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

  • Keeping Trim (365: 106).

    Keeping Trim (365: 106). Copyright © 2007 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

    This started as a bit of a reprise of my Day 2, though I’ve got a set of mains powered clippers now and so don’t trim my beard in the bathroom.

    I don’t know why I like this picture so much out of all the shots I ended up taking — possibly because it hasn’t got my face in it as such.

  • Yeah, well

    Yeah, well. Copyright © 2007 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

    My second attempt at my daily picture was to use the mirror, but I didn’t like the shots.

    I accidently set the timer to two seconds and pulled a stupid face to save wasting electrons.

  • Saturday in the sun (365: 105)

    Saturday in the sun (365: 105 ). Copyright © 2007 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

    Just for a change I thought I’d take a picture straight after coming home from the traditional Saturday morning shopping (more nice ties bought), and before enjoying an afternoon basking in the sun.

    We’ve been having a (very) early summer, though today the wind coming from the east was very chilling. Fortunately, the garden is sheltered so I spent most of the afternoon multitasking – sunbathing and catching up on sleep!

    My brother and his family came round (I suspect only to watch the soccer on TV) We had a few beers and a meal, and it was nice to see the kids – given my parents’ demise, we seem to be surrogate grandparents as well as uncle and auntie.

  • Copycat, Copycat (365: 104)

    Copycat, Copycat (365: 104). Copyright © 2007 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

    Mindfulgirl’s 365 picture looked so posh today, what with her matching outfit and tasteful decor, that I thought I ought to bring her back to her photographic reality with this copycat of her copycat of one of my pictures.

    I’ve been dying for the right opportunity to strike with this one.

    Extensive research has led me to uncover that the wig was part of a “Do It Yourself Hippie Kit” Christmas gift. 🙂

  • Stairway to Nowhere

    Stairway to Nowhere. Copyright © 2007 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

    I had less than an hour to take my pictures today (my own fault), and in my rush, I failed to check the first few shots and took a whole series (23) woefully under-exposed. Mega adjustments in Photoshop, and by accident, this pose just about sums up how I felt when I downloaded the pictures. It is only a pose, though – I was (and am) perfectly happy!

  • Looking for… (365: 103)

    Looking for… (365: 103) – heaven knows, but I’ve not found it. I’d settle for a couple of photo ideas. Copyright © 2007 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.
    365: 103 Reject. Copyright © 2007 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

  • Reclining (365: 102)

    Reclining (365: 102). Copyright © 2007 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

    I took 40 pictures, and only this one was good enough. I resisted the temptation to desaturate the picture.

    Looking back at this picture, I realize it’s probably one of the few images I’m uncomfortable sharing. Reedited & retitled.

  • Clasp (365: 101)

    Clasp (365: 101). Copyright © 2007 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.
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