Charlie Waite is one of the world's leading landscape photographers known for his "painterly" style that uses light and shade. He is renowned for solo exhibitions in the UK, Japan, and US. Some of Waite's popular photographs from the UK include scenes taken in Islay, Scotland and Logan Rock in Cornwall. Waite is also popular for manipulating his photographs to resemble paintings through techniques like converting images to black and white and adding blurring effects.