Mark  Allen

Mark Allen - Journal

Belfast, UNITED KINGDOM

Robert

Posted about 1 year ago

My son is dead
how can that be?

He made a stupid but fatal mistake
and I was not there to help.

He didn’t want to embarrass me, or his mum
he didn’t want to hurt us.

But he did.

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Grooming

Posted over 1 year ago

Rachel is concerned that her daughter spends too much time on the Internet. When a young girl is found dead, Rachel suspects that she was ‘groomed’ and decides to investigate. Suddenly her life starts to fall apart and she senses a conspiracy. She’s not wrong.

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I need your help!

Posted over 1 year ago

If I have ever done some work for you, or helped you out in some way, perhaps you could do me a favour and say a few words in my guest book to help me get it up and running. Although the guest book is in my photography web site, please feel free to comment on any recent web design or any other help I may have recently provided. What you say is up to you!

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UK only: Free domain, hosting and web design

Posted over 1 year ago

A free domain name, free web hosting, free design, all instantly linked into Google!
Sometimes; if it sounds too good to be true it is either stolen, broken or worthless.
But I have checked this out, on your behalf, and made a site within minutes… You can too… (And by the way there are no checks to see if you are really a registered business or just someone wanting a free web site! Nor…

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Facing up to reality

Posted over 1 year ago

I joined my local camera club, without a camera, but with great ideas. I set up a web site with the full intention of ‘going pro’, setting myself up as as professional photographer. But a year ago, when my son died, my life changed and I decided not to do this for a number of reasons. However; I left the web site as it was – but I now feel it is more of a vanity / ego trip.

I wo…

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Gone too soon

Posted almost 2 years ago

Gone Too Soon: an on-line memorial to my son Robert, who passed away a year ago. If you have time please visit and light a candle. If you knew Robert, please take a moment to write a tribute and, if you have any photos of Robert please add them to the gallery. Thank you.

http://robert-allen.gonetoosoon.org/memorial/

Audio Visual, in PC exe format
http://www.markallenphotography.co.uk/markallen...

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Time is a great healer

Posted almost 2 years ago

They say that ‘Time is a great healer’
but one year on, it isn’t.

The reality is that time blurs and erodes memory.
While pleasure is hard to find
it helps you forget the pain that
forces you to hope.

Chasing pleasure and running away from pain;
this can’t last forever,
today could be different,
today something might just change.

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One year on...

Posted almost 2 years ago

Before my father died, ’father’s day’ was a day of celebration. I loved the twin dynamic of the relationships – my father – and me as a a father. After he died it was never really the same.

A year ago today, 21st June 2009, was Father’s Day. It was the day I found my son Robert, dead, in his apartment. I found his Father’s day card, unsigned, on his kit…

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Audio Visuals, broken links fixed

Posted about 2 years ago

I noticed that some of my links on my Audio Visual page were broken. All my fault, I had updated the av’s and posted the new links to the PTE AV forum and forgot to update my web page. All now fixed The links now include the most recent Full HD versions at 1920×1080.

Audio Visuals (AV’s), are automated galleries that show each image for a few seconds, fades out and then fades …

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OMG, soon I will be 50!

Posted over 2 years ago

But my son, Robert, for the very first time ever – will not be there to help me celebrate my birthday. This is the first big date, following his death. There are others big dates to come and I am not looking forward to any of them.

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