iArt – Don Charisma Beach Sunset Selfie
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 … Continue reading iArt – Don Charisma Beach Sunset Selfie
Beach Silhouette Sunset Tomerama
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 … Continue reading Beach Silhouette Sunset Tomerama
Italian Restaurant – Cheese and Meat Counter
It’s the Cheese and Meat counter from my visit to the Italian restaurant. Can’t really verify if they have good quality cold cuts or cheese, as … Continue reading Italian Restaurant – Cheese and Meat Counter
Remove The Speedbit Virus From Windows 7
I downloaded some free software to “accelerate downloads” called “Download Accelerate Plus”. It kind of works, but I uninstalled it as it was causing problems on my machine (Control Panel->Uninstall a program). I now mostly do downloads on Firefox because … Continue reading Remove The Speedbit Virus From Windows 7
Why Is It Never Big Enough ?
When I was in University I had a friend Jim. Jim was a mature student in his 40s with a brain tumour. Well at least that’s what he told me, not sure if it was just an excuse to explain … Continue reading Why Is It Never Big Enough ?
Tree With Hangy-Down-Bits Towerama
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 … Continue reading Tree With Hangy-Down-Bits Towerama
Testimonials For SEO – Don Charisma’s Guide To SEO
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 way to develop trust with customers, and trust is … Continue reading Testimonials For SEO – Don Charisma’s Guide To SEO
Don’t Believe Anything That Makes You Weak
It always amazes me how a few short words from one person can make such a big impression. Indians (from India), have a reputation for being spiritually wise people. That’s not to say that there aren’t spiritually wise people everywhere … Continue reading Don’t Believe Anything That Makes You Weak
Beach Sunset Panorama
Extra wide angle on this beautiful sunset … super, stunning, special, amazing, breathtaking … another Don Charisma masterpiece. 10 photos merged into something rather special 🙂 … Continue reading Beach Sunset Panorama
Mom Chailai
It’s a beach resort, apparently … I just liked the bohemian feel of the walls and the greenery … Taken in Thailand (c) Don Charisma 2013 Continue reading Mom Chailai
Moody English Clouds
This one’s a bit of an experiment … I’ve been trying to figure out how to put my logo automagically and finally cracked it today … … Continue reading Moody English Clouds
Why we blog… Don Charisma
Don Charisma reveals all … Thanks Mrs Food Bod 🙂 Continue reading Why we blog… Don Charisma
Thai Lions
These guys are “guarding” one of the seafront hotels. Taken in Thailand (c) Don Charisma 2013 Continue reading Thai Lions
Beach Sunset Splash Closeup
This was one of yesterday’s photography experiments, a new angle on things … remember what I was saying yesterday ! Basically I rest the camera on … Continue reading Beach Sunset Splash Closeup
A Shit-Hot Photo Library – Don Charisma’s 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 good friend of mine taught me early on … Continue reading A Shit-Hot Photo Library – Don Charisma’s Guide to SEO
Beach Fisherman’s Sunset
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 … Continue reading Beach Fisherman’s Sunset
St Alfege Church, Greenwich, London
Another of my wintry moody weather shots taken in London. This one is of one of Greenwich’s centrepieces, St Alfege church. Taken on my iPhone 4s … Continue reading St Alfege Church, Greenwich, London
Toscana Italian Restaurant, Interiorama
I’m always merging photos, I love the concept, the doing and the result. Until they make a camera that fits in my pocket and does everything … Continue reading Toscana Italian Restaurant, Interiorama
Street Band, Madrid, San Isidro Festival
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 … Continue reading Street Band, Madrid, San Isidro Festival
Sunset Above The Clouds
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 … Continue reading Sunset Above The Clouds
Beach Party Thai Style – Loy Catong
November last year I think was the Loy Catong festival. I’ve saved a few photos as yet remain unpublished. This is an interesting one as it … Continue reading Beach Party Thai Style – Loy Catong
Boy’N’Girl Vespas
My visit to the Italian restaurant the other day serendipitously led to getting some photos of it’s interior. This is a huge place inside and these … Continue reading Boy’N’Girl Vespas
Ginormous Sky Evening Balcony Panorama
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 … Continue reading Ginormous Sky Evening Balcony Panorama
Pizza – YAY !
I put pizza in my “spiritual” category. It’s the food of the gods, I could eat it all 24/7/365 and probably never get bored. But like … Continue reading Pizza – YAY !
Why Blog ? DJ Don Charisma – The Powerblogger Analogy
Quite a few moons ago I used to be a DJ. It’s not on my about page, because I wanted to keep it concise. Who knows maybe one day I’ll be a good enough writer to write a book … … Continue reading Why Blog ? DJ Don Charisma – The Powerblogger Analogy
Stormy Sunset Over Greenwich Pier – HDR
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 … Continue reading Stormy Sunset Over Greenwich Pier – HDR
It’s A Dog’s Life !
These guys seem very comfortable, late afternoon siesta 🙂 Most of the time when I see dogs in Thailand in the day time they are sleeping. Sensible really when it’s rediculously hot. I guess they must be enjoying themselves at … Continue reading It’s A Dog’s Life !
“Racing” Quad Bike
I don’t know how to describe this bike, hope I got it right … Thought it was worth a photo anyway, lo0ks like fun, poor man’s … Continue reading “Racing” Quad Bike
Why Does My Husband Lie And Ignore Me ? – Google Fun
Circa 2050 – Google Inc (GOOG) have just announced their new relationship counselling and personal problems resolution services – “Google Mediate”, “Google Counselling” and “Google Talk-To-A-Friend”. It comes only a month after the massive success of their new “Google Telepathy” … Continue reading Why Does My Husband Lie And Ignore Me ? – Google Fun
Cartoon Yourself In ONE Minute
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 cartoon yourself in ONE … Continue reading Cartoon Yourself In ONE Minute
Heavens Breaking Through
On my way out to take photos of the sunset on the beach … this is what I see 🙂 It’s a one shot deal, HDR, … Continue reading Heavens Breaking Through
Welcome Back Angie
I got an email a little while back from my friend here on WordPress, Angie, she said she’d been unable to access her blog. She’s contacted me today to say she’s back on WordPress … her new blog – http://kyangel17.com/about/ Do … Continue reading Welcome Back Angie
Italian Restaurant Panorama
I’ve yet to eat here, but looks pretty good … Maybe I’ll do an interior shoot when I do … The impressive greenery certain makes it … Continue reading Italian Restaurant Panorama
uArt – Female Portrait
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 … Continue reading uArt – Female Portrait
Being Ignored – The SEO Angle
My professional integrity says that I keep my personal life largely to myself in my work. I find when more problematic/troublesome situations come up, I prefer to work on my art/photography/visual side of things or if I’ve got myself extremely … Continue reading Being Ignored – The SEO Angle
Extra Skinny Beach Sunset Towerama
I do love my panorama, and this one takes up extra space on the page … yay ! I haven’t actually managed to track one of … Continue reading Extra Skinny Beach Sunset Towerama
What LGBT Means To Me
I had a conversation recently with a friend and the phrase came up – “LGBT”. My grey matter seemed to have heard the phrase or acronym before, and eventually with a Gollum’esk strain I remembered … “EGGSES !” Check this … Continue reading What LGBT Means To Me
iArt – Don Charisma Portrait
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 … Continue reading iArt – Don Charisma Portrait
Massive Sky Beach Sunset Panorama
This is one of my major merging efforts from last year. An absolutely stunning sunset, and a massive wide angle captured. One hell-of-lot of clouds 🙂 … Continue reading Massive Sky Beach Sunset Panorama
How The Other Half Dine!
I captured this last year during the Loy Catong festival. It’s the alfresco dining area of one of the beach front hotels. Photos (c) Don … Continue reading How The Other Half Dine!
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