1965 acoustic folk, one man and a guitar “blues” – I’m sharing the whole album, song everyday until the end of the ablum. Genre – Folk/Blues/Acoustic Track 14 – From the album “Spid...
https://doncharisma.org/2020/02/28/rent-party-rag-by-spider-john-koerner/
1965 acoustic folk, one man and a guitar “blues” – I’m sharing the whole album, song everyday until the end of the ablum. Genre – Folk/Blues/Acoustic Track 13 – From the album “Spid...
https://doncharisma.org/2020/02/27/things-aint-right-by-spider-john-koerner/
1965 acoustic folk, one man and a guitar “blues” – I’m sharing the whole album, song everyday until the end of the ablum. Genre – Folk/Blues/Acoustic Track 12 – From the album “Spid...
https://doncharisma.org/2020/02/26/hal-c-blake-by-spider-john-koerner/
1965 acoustic folk, one man and a guitar “blues” – I’m sharing the whole album, song everyday until the end of the ablum. Genre – Folk/Blues/Acoustic Track 11 – From the album “Spid...
https://doncharisma.org/2020/02/25/baby-dont-come-back-by-spider-john-koerner/
1965 acoustic folk, one man and a guitar “blues” – I’m sharing the whole album, song everyday until the end of the ablum. Genre – Folk/Blues/Acoustic Track 10 – From the album “Spid...
https://doncharisma.org/2020/02/24/i-want-to-do-something-by-spider-john-koerner/
1965 acoustic folk, one man and a guitar “blues” – I’m sharing the whole album, song everyday until the end of the ablum. Genre – Folk/Blues/Acoustic Track 9 – From the album “Spide...
https://doncharisma.org/2020/02/23/need-a-woman-by-spider-john-koerner/
1965 acoustic folk, one man and a guitar “blues” – I’m sharing the whole album, song everyday until the end of the ablum. Genre – Folk/Blues/Acoustic Track 8 – From the album “Spide...
https://doncharisma.org/2020/02/22/delia-holmes-by-spider-john-koerner/
1965 acoustic folk, one man and a guitar “blues” – I’m sharing the whole album, song everyday until the end of the ablum. Genre – Folk/Blues/Acoustic Track 7 – From the album “Spide...
https://doncharisma.org/2020/02/21/ramblin-tumblin-by-spider-john-koerner/
1965 acoustic folk, one man and a guitar “blues” – I’m sharing the whole album, song everyday until the end of the ablum. Genre – Folk/Blues/Acoustic Track 6 – From the album “Spide...
https://doncharisma.org/2020/02/20/shortnin-bread-by-spider-john-koerner/
1965 acoustic folk, one man and a guitar “blues” – I’m sharing the whole album, song everyday until the end of the ablum. Genre – Folk/Blues/Acoustic Track 5 – From the album “Spide...
https://doncharisma.org/2020/02/19/corrina-by-spider-john-koerner/
1965 acoustic folk, one man and a guitar “blues” – I’m sharing the whole album, song everyday until the end of the ablum. Genre – Folk/Blues/Acoustic Track 4 – From the album “Spide...
https://doncharisma.org/2020/02/18/spider-blues-by-spider-john-koerner/
1965 acoustic folk, one man and a guitar “blues” – I’m sharing the whole album, song everyday until the end of the ablum. Genre – Folk/Blues/Acoustic Track 3 – From the album “Spide...
https://doncharisma.org/2020/02/17/nice-legs-by-spider-john-koerner/
1965 acoustic folk, one man and a guitar “blues” – I’m sharing the whole album, song everyday until the end of the ablum. Genre – Folk/Blues/Acoustic Track 2 – From the album “Spide...
https://doncharisma.org/2020/02/16/i-want-to-be-your-partner-by-spider-john-koerner/
There was a couple of people who liked to hear some 1965 acoustic folk, one man and a guitar “blues” – So I thought I’d share the rest of the album. Genre – Folk/Blues/Acoustic Track 1 ...
https://doncharisma.org/2020/02/15/good-luck-child-by-spider-john-koerner/
I remember I was quite offended at the time. It was fairly soon after I started my blog in 2014. Thanks for following my blog. I suppose your blog is an intelligent kind of spam based on the wish...
https://doncharisma.org/2020/02/10/intelligent-spam-picking-best-photos-and-my-social-media-links/
Water lily flower and Bill Withers. Good match ? I think this version of the song is remixed or remastered. Enjoy ! Cheers Don Charisma Copyright Photo used in video (c) DonCharisma.org 2019 all ...
The boy eating his lunch reminded me of the front cover of – “You’ve come a long way baby”, and this is probably the best track off that album. Enjoy ! Cheers Don Charisma Copyright Photo...
https://doncharisma.org/2020/02/04/fatboy-slim-soul-surfing/
Something a bit more upbeat for … because … I like it, dunno why, but I do … The dog seemed to want to get photographed, even smiled for me 🙂 Could be a juxtapose or could be exactly the...
I really like this photo, even though it has some technical imperfections. I was totally unprepared for this shot to enter my viewfinder. Any photographer knows this – but it was one of those m...
https://doncharisma.org/2020/02/04/alicia-keys-empire-state-of-mind-part-ii-broken-down/
I bought this double CD a long time ago it’s called “The Best And Friends Album In The World Ever”. It’s one of my favourite CDs, it is really easy to listen, I love the era of music. Tri...
https://doncharisma.org/2020/01/25/trini-lopez-vs-water-feature/
I’ve been meaning to finish this off for a while. It’s the longest video I’ve done, shot in multiple pieces. Finding a piece of music that I wanted was challenging. So it’s quite a lot mo...
https://doncharisma.org/2020/01/23/jetski-sunset-vs-heartbeat/
I was aiming to take a short video, showing just how quickly the sun moves at sunset. Within a couple of minutes the sun has gone from being fully circular to completely gone behind the clouds. (...
https://doncharisma.org/2020/01/22/beach-sunset-video-with-random-family/
One thing about taking still photos is the difficulty in capturing the sunset over time, in this case around 1hr 15min. Video doesn’t really cut it either, as who wants to sit and watch a video...
https://doncharisma.org/2020/01/21/time-lapse-stormy-balcony-sunset-video/
I shot this kite video a couple of weeks ago, only just got around to making it into a video … It’s the full club version of Cafe Del Mar / Energy 52 … 7min 30sec … The graphic special �...
https://doncharisma.org/2020/01/21/the-kite-vs-cafe-del-mar/
I love the colours that came out in this one 🙂 Fishing anyone ? Mar 11, 2014 at 18:00
https://doncharisma.org/2020/01/20/beach-fishermans-sunset-2/
I saw these and thought they were worth sharing. They were taken with my iPad, from the balcony of my home. Apart from adding my logo, …
https://doncharisma.org/2020/01/20/sunsets-and-storm-clouds-breaking-through-thailand/
I’ve been using the same WordPress.com theme ever since I started my blog, the “Titan” theme. WordPress “Retired” my old theme some time ago, and I’ve just done the same today. Resear...
https://doncharisma.org/2015/09/06/gazette-theme-a-new-look-for-doncharisma-org/
Don Charisma: Sharing this – some fun I had helping a WordPress.com user setup their website … The Sela theme is a NEW WordPress theme that was only released a couple of months ago. It’s we...
https://doncharisma.org/2015/04/16/reblog-getting-the-wordpress-sela-theme-to-look-like-the-demo/
Many MANY people are unhappy with the new “improved” WordPress.com editor, nicknamed “Beep beep boop”. Here’s a simple solution. I’ve seen some of the methods for restoring the classi...
https://doncharisma.org/2015/04/06/getting-rid-of-beep-beep-boop-editor-the-easy-way/
I’ve tested this on my WordPress.com blog, and should work on self-hosted blogs too. It’s a how-to to add a weather widget to your WordPress blog or website. Step 1 : Go to the YoWindow Weath...
https://doncharisma.org/2015/04/05/adding-a-weather-widget-to-wordpress/
Following the outstanding success of yesterday’s “Photography Reblog Day”, I’m today asking for submissions for you to have your ART reblogged here. Slots fill super quick, so don’t thi...
I’ve been on a bit of break, other commitments and “things”, so about time for the final round of Team Charisma World People. There was a period I wasn’t able to answer comments, so apolo...
https://doncharisma.org/2015/03/26/guest-bloggers-wanted-team-charisma-world-people-final-round/
Team Charisma World People has surpassed my wildest expectations, having received many thousands of likes, page views and comments. WELL DONE to my team – it’s been an honour to have collabo...
https://doncharisma.org/2015/01/06/guest-bloggers-wanted-team-charisma-world-people-update-3/
We’ve published submission now from three of the five of our winners. ALL were a great success in my eyes, and by the looks in readers eyes with hundreds of hits. Thank you my friends for takin...
https://doncharisma.org/2014/12/30/guest-bloggers-wanted-team-charisma-world-people-update-2/
Photoshop is a powerful tool for Photography and Graphic Design. It actually took me a long time to figure out how to get text to stand out – so in reading this you’re getting an extreme shor...
https://doncharisma.org/2014/12/21/4-easy-ways-to-make-text-stand-out-using-photoshop/
All is progressing perfectly with the event. I’m happy I kept it cozy, there’s always a lot of work that goes in behind the scenes, a select number of participants means it’s a joy for me �...
https://doncharisma.org/2014/12/21/guest-bloggers-wanted-team-charisma-world-people-update/
I guess many of us have been following the lead up to Apple’s release of their new iPhone, announced yesterday and will go on sale in UK and US on 19-Sep-2014. Talk of virtually indestructible...
I finally took the plunge into Apple’s IOS 7 on my iPhone 4s and my iPad 3. I don’t like doing the Apple upgrades/updates anymore – they always seem to break something, take something out o...
https://doncharisma.org/2014/07/06/update-to-ios-7-1-2-apple-iphone-and-ipad/
In a nutshell – cost, time and ease of use. Development of a website using WordPress is quick (compared to older methods), because of it’s modular nature, and is therefore relatively inexpens...
https://doncharisma.org/2014/06/22/why-choose-wordpress-for-web-development/
Heather, our technical writer intern has kindly sent me over an update. I feel it’s important to keep readers updated on how it’s going, and so Heather can share what experiences she’s had...
Heather, our technical writer intern has kindly sent me over an update. I feel it’s important to keep readers updated on how it’s going, and so Heather can share what experiences she’s had...
https://doncharisma.org/2014/06/16/internship-update-3-heather-b-costa/
Hectic days for me at the moment … finally managed to free a little time to post this … Enjoy 😀 Photos taken in Thailand (c) Don Charisma …
https://doncharisma.org/2014/06/09/beach-pam-silhouette-sunset/
I find it an odd question. My brain goes through 100000s of ideas every day – I think !, I’ve never actually counted them. It’s a lot anyway. So why look for ideas outside yourself ? I th...
https://doncharisma.org/2014/06/05/what-will-you-write-today/
INTRO FROM DON – Heather as most of you know is our technical writing intern. Heather and I worked hard on this the first article we’ve published – it’s on Web Design. She’s done a grea...
Heather, our technical writer intern has kindly sent me over an update. I feel it’s important to keep readers updated on how it’s going, and so Heather can share what experiences she’s had...
https://doncharisma.org/2014/06/04/internship-update-heather-b-costa-2/
Blogger friends send me awards all the time – it’s now been around six weeks since I’ve given any back out. So this is well overdue ! I work through the awards in the order that I receive ...
https://doncharisma.org/2014/05/21/the-most-influential-blogger-award/
Heather, our technical writer intern has kindly sent me over an update. I feel it’s important to keep readers updated on how it’s going, and so Heather can share what experiences she’s had...
https://doncharisma.org/2014/05/15/internship-update-heather-b-costa/
Today’s prompt – “Concise Writing” CONCISE WRITING I have a friend – Chris. He has a very busy job, ten people working for him. He’s “told me off” a couple of times for writi...
https://doncharisma.org/2014/05/11/concise-writing-don-charisma-s-prompt/
Today’s prompt – “Making Friends With Yourself” MAKING FRIENDS WITH YOURSELF There’s only really one person you need to learn to make friends with. Look in the mirror and you’ll se...
https://doncharisma.org/2014/05/10/making-friends-with-yourself-don-charisma-s-prompt/
Today’s prompt – “Breathing” BREATHING David Blaine managed 45 days without food suspended in a plastic box near London’s Tower Bridge. I saw him when he emerged he was VERY vulnerabl...
https://doncharisma.org/2014/05/08/breathing-don-charisma-s-prompt/
Today’s prompt – “Vulnerability” VULNERABILITY This is a tough one for most people, I know this because it is for me. Please only publish your work IF YOU FEEL 100% COMFORTABLE TO DO ...
https://doncharisma.org/2014/05/07/vulnerability-don-charisma-s-prompt/
Here’s a run down of some of the responses from my “Compassion” prompt COMPASSION Response 1 – Writing MOM by Audrey Dawn – Oldest Daughter & Red Headed Sister Mr. Don Charisma’s ...
https://doncharisma.org/2014/05/02/compassion-don-charismas-prompt-the-responses/
Taken during last year’s Loy Catong festival in Thailand in November. Al fresco buffet with lovely coloured lanterns 🙂 “Rihanna-orama” because – tenuous connections welcomed ! … …
https://doncharisma.org/2014/05/01/al-fresco-buffet-with-lanterns-loy-catong-festival-rihanna-orama/
INTRO FROM DON – This is Heather’s submission for the intern selection process. In my view she’s done an extremely good job at writing about this subject. It’s also much more in depth t...
https://doncharisma.org/2014/04/30/how-google-search-really-works-heather-b-costa/
Google, they are the big boys in searching for stuff on the internet. But who and what are they really ? To put it simply Google’s search is an artificial intelligence engine. That’s right li...
https://doncharisma.org/2014/04/30/how-google-search-really-works-don-charisma/
Today’s prompt – “Compassion” COMPASSION Earlier today I posted about people who’d like to have some company, friends or just friendly acquaintances – “Lonely” – Don Charisma�...
https://doncharisma.org/2014/04/30/compassion-don-charisma-s-prompt/
Taken during last year’s Loy Catong festival in Thailand in November. This one’s four portrait photos sellotaped with PTGui Pro. “Kim Kardashian-orama” – tenuous connections invited, b...
https://doncharisma.org/2014/04/29/night-beach-panorama-loy-catong-festival-kim-kardashian-orama/
It never ceases to amaze me the number of people who’ll put there hands up to an opportunity, and then flake out under any kind of pressure – “oh work you say, hmmm, no that’s not for me�...
https://doncharisma.org/2014/04/29/intern-selection-process-we-have-a-winner/
Today’s prompt – “Heart” HEART Heart is the centre of emotional intelligence – the control centre. The heart doesn’t need you to do anything, so just let your heart do the work, all...
https://doncharisma.org/2014/04/28/heart-don-charisma-s-prompt/
Search Engine Optimisation is the process whereby a website owner or webmaster makes his website more accessible and organised so that internet search engines find it easier to index and serve h...
https://doncharisma.org/2014/04/26/intern-selection-process-article-one-seo/
Today’s prompt – “Insult” INSULT Just prior to going out for my evening walk I have a critic leave an insulting message on my blog. My grey matter sometimes takes a while to process insul...
https://doncharisma.org/2014/04/26/insult-don-charisma-s-prompt/
Thanks for all those who took part, I think I got everyone who did. I’m sorry if I missed you, please make sure you backlink me and/or post the link to your work in the comments for the prompt ...
https://doncharisma.org/2014/04/25/fear-don-charisma-s-prompt-the-responses/
I’ve discussed with business partner Danny, and we only have the resources to manage one (maybe two) intern(s) on this the first Don Charisma intern program. We’ve had 6 applicants. APPLICATI...
https://doncharisma.org/2014/04/24/intern-selection-process-writing-for-don-charisma/
Today’s prompt – “Fear” FEAR I went out for a walk, and something I was afraid to think about appeared. Often I brush it aside, which seems to magnify the effect. So try the opposite, let...
https://doncharisma.org/2014/04/24/fear-don-charisma-s-prompt/
Taken during last year’s Loy Catong festival in Thailand in November. A sky full of sky lanterns 🙂 “Michael Jackson-orama” because he’s now just a bright light drifting in …
https://doncharisma.org/2014/04/23/lots-of-sky-lanterns-loy-catong-festival-michael-jackson-orama/
This one caught my eye flicking through my photos this morning … It’s a full width iPhone interior panorama taken at the National Maritime Museum in …
https://doncharisma.org/2014/04/22/voyagers-national-maritime-museum/
The police were recently tracking down some criminals in my neighbourhood, making use of their helicopter. Little hope of escape when they get their big toys …
https://doncharisma.org/2014/04/21/helicopter-cloud-landing-and-air-pioneers/
Passing by a Ferrari dealer, I couldn’t help but take a few photos. They had a number of beautiful Ferrari’s on show and even had a …
https://doncharisma.org/2014/04/21/british-or-italian-which-do-you-prefer/
I got demoted in English in school. They moved me down from the top class with Mrs-Stuck-Up-Fancy-Pants, into the class below. One’s first thought would be that that would be a denigration, how...
https://doncharisma.org/2014/04/21/art-and-paint-don-charismas-prompts-conclusion/
I blogged yesterday about collaborative SEO. Working together entirely makes sense to me, and is exactly what a lot of successful bloggers are doing. Danny and I have been discussing a writing pr...
https://doncharisma.org/2014/04/21/intern-opportunity-writing-for-don-charisma/
Jenny’s surpassed all my expectations with this lovely go at my prompt … http://jennydevildoll.wordpress.com/2014/04/20/philter-phreak/ Likes and comments disabled – please visit Jenny�...
https://doncharisma.org/2014/04/20/paint-don-charismas-prompt-jennydevildoll/
Taken during last year’s Loy Catong festival in Thailand in November. The lady has just literally let go of the sky lantern 🙂 I’m calling this one a …
https://doncharisma.org/2014/04/20/more-sky-lantern-fun-loy-catong-festival-katy-perry-orama/
Today’s prompt – “Paint” PAINT DO – Take your “squiggles” from yesterday’s art prompt and start to edit in your painting software. DO NOT think more than you need to, DO NOT plan....
https://doncharisma.org/2014/04/20/paint-don-charismas-prompt/
This prompt seemed pretty popular, does make me wonder what’s wrong with the writers, artists seem to be a lot more spontaneous … nevermind there’s always the next prompt ! I’ve reblogged...
https://doncharisma.org/2014/04/20/art-don-charismas-prompt-the-artists/
I’m stuck on a design I’m working for a re-design for the “Most Influential Blogger Award”. Well not exactly stuck, but it’s an interesting question : If you were designing a badge wit...
https://doncharisma.org/2014/04/19/the-most-influential-person-ever-award-badge-design/
Today’s prompt – “Art” ART Contrary to popular belief, art isn’t the preserve of the extremely talented or skilled or “artistic” or perfect. You only have to visit the Tate modern i...
https://doncharisma.org/2014/04/19/art-don-charisma-s-prompt/
This was taken outside the front of the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, London … It’s a massive sailing ship inside a bottle … I believe …
https://doncharisma.org/2014/04/18/ship-in-a-bottle-national-maritime-museum/
The National Maritime Museum in London is pretty interesting to have a look around. We were using it as a shelter from the wintry rainy weather, …
https://doncharisma.org/2014/04/18/ship-propellor-towerama-national-maritime-museum/
Today’s prompt – “Disapproval” DISAPPROVAL A. Imagine someone disapproves of what you’ve said, what you’re doing or worse who you are. Imagine passive aggressive disapproval, ignor...
https://doncharisma.org/2014/04/18/disapproval-don-charismas-prompt/
Today’s prompt – “Status” STATUS Imagine you’re a king or queen speaking to one of your minions, a mere serf, even a cat or a dog. How does it feel to be way above, high status ? Th...
https://doncharisma.org/2014/04/17/status-don-charismas-prompt/
The friendship supermarket is great. They have pretty much everything one could possibly want in the way of imported foods, and often it’s actually cheaper here …
https://doncharisma.org/2014/04/14/friendship-supermarket-and-shrine/
Friendship shop is the place to go for all the western foods here. They have pretty much everything that I could possibly want imported. I especially …
Thanks to Maryam Jamil, from entertainmentstarters … and Foxy-O from foxyolive for this award. There’s a new Don Charisma badge for the award or you can choose the existing dove badge …...
I’ve got a tag cloud on my sidebar. Personally I have little use for a tag cloud, and wondered whether anyone else uses it … or any other thoughts on tag clouds – now’s your chance ! I h...
https://doncharisma.org/2014/04/07/tag-cloud-useful-or-waste-of-space/
It’s an odd feeling realising that something isn’t right but not knowing what it is. That’s what happened to me a couple of days ago. I …
Thanks to Angie of ‘Kentucky Angel’s Train Wrecks’ for my Angel Award … And apologies for not getting the badge I promised to you earlier, life is, well, busy for me at the moment … Ang...
https://doncharisma.org/2014/04/05/the-angel-award-thanks-angie/
People have taught me a few smilies along the way, and I generally pass on the favour and teach others. Most of you will have noticed that the smilies on WordPress.com have changed. They are now ...
https://doncharisma.org/2014/04/04/smileys-on-wordpress-com-secret-smilies-and-emoticons-revealed/
I’m less of reader and more of a looker. I’d choose a film over a book, or a photo over a poem, it’s just how god built me. There is some babble that circulates about men being visually ori...
Taken during last year’s Loy Catong festival in Thailand. These guys are having some fun with sky lanterns 🙂 Taken in Thailand (c) Don Charisma
https://doncharisma.org/2014/03/29/sky-lantern-fun-loy-catong-festival/
I posted these before as separate photos, now here they are together. These are columns at the entrance to one of the beachfront hotels. Check out …
Taken during last year’s Loy Catong festival in Thailand. Somehow I managed to get a firework and a good shot of a sky latern … How, …
https://doncharisma.org/2014/03/22/sky-lantern-and-firework-loy-catong-festival/
Canon Photostitch software is good and works pretty well with good quality photos. With a tripod then you’ll probably get an awesome merged result. Sometimes it won’t stitch together photos h...
https://doncharisma.org/2014/03/21/panorama-stitching-software-alternatives-to-canon-photostitch/
Remember the coachman’s cafe ? Well there’s a garden centre that sells the most beautiful flowers, right next door. This is their tree. Funny how life …
https://doncharisma.org/2014/03/20/tree-hand-holding-couple/
I’ve been working on my revamped commercial website DonCharisma.com. We needed some icons for the animated “buttons” on the homepage: One for the building websites page, one for the SEO pag...
https://doncharisma.org/2014/03/18/webgraphic-design-icon-preview-doncharisma-com/
I’ve been lucky with the cloud cover the past couple of days. The clouds really do highlight a sunset and make it into something rather special …
https://doncharisma.org/2014/03/18/todays-huge-sky-ocean-sunset-panorama/
I like to look myself up on Google, the WordPress reader, Yahoo and a few other places. I would call it vanity, if I thought it was, but it’s not, it’s work for me. Monitoring how I’m doing...
https://doncharisma.org/2014/03/17/seo-tip-images-and-photos-in-the-wordpress-reader/
Try saying that after a few beers ! This one taken today/yesterday whichever timezone you live in … It’s 24 photos lovingly stitched together by photoshop …
https://doncharisma.org/2014/03/16/big-sky-ocean-sunset-panorama/
I’ve been getting quite of lot of traffic off of this link that was posted on Reddit.com last year :- http://www.reddit.com/r/CrappyDesign/comments/1stjpa/doncharismaorg_because_anything_is_po...
https://doncharisma.org/2014/03/16/crappy-design-of-reddit-com/
I’ve just finished my first proof for my logo. Not sure if this will be the final exact logo – changes may happen 🙂 (c) Don …
https://doncharisma.org/2014/03/14/logo-preview-doncharisma-com/
I feel like that guy who spins the plates on the end of poles, and then has to keep them going so they don’t smash on …
https://doncharisma.org/2014/03/14/graphic-design-preview-doncharisma-com/
It’s been mad hectic day so didn’t get a chance to post anything, yet. These are columns at the entrance to one of the beachfront hotels. …
Nice sunset over calm ocean 🙂 Merged with Microsoft ICE 5×1 portrait photos taken on my iPhone 4s Taken in Thailand (c) Don Charisma 2013
As some of you may have noticed I’ve been reorganising my blog. Overall I’m looking for an easier to navigate more professional look and feel to my blog. I closed comments a while back on my ...
https://doncharisma.org/2014/03/12/comments-on-pages-reopened-doncharisma-org/
Here’s a photo of sky lanterns I snapped during last year’s Loy Catong festival in Thailand 🙂 Taken on my iPhone 4S … Photos (c) Don …
https://doncharisma.org/2014/03/11/sky-lanterns-loy-catong-festival/
Taken today on the beach, I liked this shot the most out of all those ones taken. I’ve stylised it how I want the colours and …
https://doncharisma.org/2014/03/09/iart-don-charisma-beach-sunset-selfie/
Time for zeds, good night Audrey 🙂 … I’ll leave you with this rather nice sunset … It’s 2 photos merged with Photoshop. Taken on my …
https://doncharisma.org/2014/03/08/beach-silhouette-sunset-tomerama/
I walk past this tree everyday. I don’t know why it has the hangy-down-bits, but they add some character … I’ve merged six landscape photos together …
https://doncharisma.org/2014/03/07/tree-with-hangy-down-bits-towerama/
As someone who’s built many websites, I’ve often been called upon to include testimonials. Why ? Well there’s a certain class of customer who will look for testimonials. Testimonials are a ...
https://doncharisma.org/2014/03/06/testimonials-for-seo-don-charismas-guide-to-seo/
This topic came up in conversation with a friend who I was discussing SEO with. Promoting a website or blog is about many things, it’s a multi-skilled discipline. One of the things another goo...
https://doncharisma.org/2014/03/01/a-shit-hot-photo-library-don-charismas-guide-to-seo/
I got a few of these shots of guys fishing off of the beach. I’ve brought out the colours just a little bit, for very stunning …
San Isidro is the patron saint of Madrid. They hold a festival every year in May to honour him. This was actually two photos, which have …
https://doncharisma.org/2014/02/28/street-band-madrid-san-isidro-festival/
I can’t take credit for this one, not my photo ! I was unable to find out the source, so I’ve credited the URL where I …
Took this off of my balcony recently. It’s just awesome how huge the sky is sometimes and so moody 🙂 It’s 27 photos (landscape) 3 high …
https://doncharisma.org/2014/02/27/ginormous-sky-evening-balcony-panorama/
I posted the non-HDR single shot iPhone pano of this one a few weeks ago. Finally got around to merging a HDR pano I’d taken of …
https://doncharisma.org/2014/02/25/stormy-sunset-over-greenwich-pier-hdr/
Looking around for how to quickly turn a photo of myself into a cartoon, well, there’s a lot of crap out there and not much that’s “quick”. So I’ve written a short tutorial on how to ca...
https://doncharisma.org/2014/02/25/cartoon-yourself-in-one-minute/
This this is uArt … Photoshop fun by Don Charisma … This is my favourite out of the four photos taken. I really love the way she’s …
I had MeArt yesterday …I can’t decide whether I prefer iArt or MeArt … So there’s a poll lower down, let me know what you prefer …
https://doncharisma.org/2014/02/21/iart-don-charisma-portrait/
I can’t sadly take any credit for this amazing piece of art. It’s not even my photo ! Never-the-less it’s a lovely piece of work. Amazing …
First one, bit of an experiment really 🙂 I’ve just retrieved my photo collection from storage – I did a few photoshoots in 2008/2009 … Loving …
https://doncharisma.org/2014/02/20/meart-don-charisma-portrait/
Moving objects and panoramic photography, well they don’t mix so well … people, cars, boats, jetskis, even waves make the merging process more “complicated” … Thankfully …
https://doncharisma.org/2014/02/19/jetski-beach-sunset-panorama/
This is a really wide angle of the Cutty Sark Clipper ship in Greenwich London … Weather conditions not the greatest for taking a shot, cold, wintry …
https://doncharisma.org/2014/02/17/cutty-sark-greenwich-london-streetorama/
This is the inside of Churchill place shopping center. Left hand side is Birley’s an overpriced city cafe/deli eatery type of place. Through the glass is …
https://doncharisma.org/2014/02/17/churchill-place-canary-wharf-london-interiororama/
Techincally it’s Churchill Place, Isle of Dogs, London … but Canary Wharf is more well know. To the left of the photograph is a large Waitrose …
https://doncharisma.org/2014/02/17/churchill-place-canary-wharf-london-streetorama/
Today’s sunset 🙂 It’s nine (landscape) photos merged with Photoshop Photomerge … Horizon correction on the blink today. Still, nevermind, it adds some character … Photos …
https://doncharisma.org/2014/02/16/beach-sunset-panorama-today/
Remember I posted the perfect sunset … well this is one of the panoramas I took the same day. This one is merged direct on the iPhone. Photos taken …
https://doncharisma.org/2014/02/16/beach-sunset-perfect-panorama/
This has to be one of my favourite sunsets of all time. It was the first shot when I hit the beach yesterday (there are more …
The National Maritime Museum in London is pretty interesting to have a look around. We were using it as a shelter from the wintry rainy weather, …
https://doncharisma.org/2014/02/13/greenwich-ship-figureheads-national-maritime-museum/
Again defying the automatic exposure on my iPhone, and levering my Panorama software to photograph what can’t be photographed 🙂 It’s seven landscape shots merged with …
https://doncharisma.org/2014/02/13/extra-skinny-beach-sunset-towerama/
I’ve had some discussions recently over authenticity in photographs. What I mean by this is true-to-life representations in photos. It’s a common misconception is that “straight-off-the-cam...
https://doncharisma.org/2014/02/12/photographic-authenticity-photoshop-alchemy-or-evil/
I could certainly see myself living somewhere like this. It’s moments from the beach, a lovely garden. Only downside is the tower-blocks that seem to overlook, …
I always like to take these shots across the top of flowers, it always gives a stunning visual effect. Add to that an impressive church and …
https://doncharisma.org/2014/02/09/greenwich-primroses-stormy-skies-and-a-church/
Some white flowers that “live” just near the entrance to my apartment complex. The photo was taken early evening on my way out to shoot sunsets …
Cafe Rouge has a corner premises in Greenwich. I tried taking a one-shot landscape, but just doesn’t look as good as the panorama to me ! …
The last sunset I posted I had a comment relating to my use of Photoshop. I pay attention to what people are saying, and sometimes it’s …
https://doncharisma.org/2014/02/07/todays-beach-sunset-panorama/
Enjoy this beach sunset panorama. It’s an iPhone panorama done on the phone with Apple’s built in pano feature … plus a little extra joy added …
This is in Greenwich, London. Greenwich is London’s most popular tourist attraction after Buckingham Palace. The masts and rigging are the Cutty Sark ship with a …
https://doncharisma.org/2014/02/05/cutty-sark-stormy-sunset/
This is the stunning view coming out of Canary Wharf underground station. In the rain ! The big row of bicycles are rent-able from Barclays. Quite …
https://doncharisma.org/2014/02/04/view-from-canary-wharf-underground-station/
This one caught my eye as I was looking through my London snaps. January in London is usually cold and wet and miserable, but there are some stunning sunsets for those that can open their eyes fo...
https://doncharisma.org/2014/02/03/stormy-sunset-over-greenwich-pier/
Although I love spending hours joining photos together, it’s very time consuming. As I have been finding that I don’t have as much time as I’d …
https://doncharisma.org/2014/01/23/beach-sunset-panorama-iphone-and-photoshop/
Here’s a really nice photo of this man just releasing a sky lantern into the heavens to join it’s many friends. This one is a single photo, edited a little in Photoshop CS6 to bring out the c...
https://doncharisma.org/2014/01/20/sky-lantern-man-loy-catong-festival/
Been another long day with WBIIA 2, so I’ve just found a little time to post this. It’s a slipway for the Thai coastguard with a …
https://doncharisma.org/2014/01/09/slipway-ocean-sunset-panorama/
This tree grows just outside my apartment block. It’s got some kind of Variegated vine that grows up it. Imagine standing at the foot of the tree …
https://doncharisma.org/2014/01/07/tree-variegated-vine-extra-skinny-towerama/
It’s a palm tree that grows like a fan. Taken at a motorway filling station. Three photos (landscape orientation) merged together with PRGui Pro. Photos taken …
Well that’s if for today for “Whose Blog is it Anyway ?”, been a long day, but very enjoyable. So I’ll leave you Towerama I took …
https://doncharisma.org/2014/01/05/evening-beach-towerama-with-speedboat/
Ok so I grabbed some photos of a couple of cocks at the Thai temple grounds, a bit of a sideshow really. The main event is …
Lovely sunset, enjoy 🙂 Not sure when my next post will be, as I’m running a fever at the moment. Photos (c) Don Charisma, taken in …
iPhoneography is fun. My iPhone 4s has 8 megapixel camera built in that produces great photos. Here’s a condensed version of what I’ve learned editing a few thousand iPhone 4s photos in Photo...
https://doncharisma.org/2013/12/29/quickly-edit-a-photo-in-photoshop/
Taking photos has enhanced my ability to look at things and see beauty where I wouldn’t have paid attention before. Out one morning just around the …
https://doncharisma.org/2013/12/28/bike-stand-canopy-towerama/
I’m having a relaxing boxing day, so not many posts today. But here’s a very awesome sunset. Clouds make a sunset visually interesting 🙂 Total of …
https://doncharisma.org/2013/12/26/ocean-sunset-panorama-huge-sky/
On my way home I spotted some fairly cool “Christmas Tree” lights on the side of tower block. Vantage point was outside an al fresco dining …
https://doncharisma.org/2013/12/23/tower-christmas-tree-lights/