Charlie Waite is a leading landscape photographer known for his unique style. He takes breathtaking photos that capture large scenic areas with perfect lighting and composition. For example, one photo shows Mount Fuji in Japan at the perfect angle and on a day with ideal color blending. Waite composes his photos deliberately, including just enough land and putting the subject in the center. He also uses simple techniques like depth of field effectively to transform ordinary shots into dramatic images without many complicated camera techniques. His work emphasizes rural settings and features in a dramatic style, inspiring photographers to find subjects anywhere.

1. Unit 57: Photography and
Photographic Practice
Research of other
photographers work

2. Photographer: Charlie
Waite
• Charlie Waite is one of the
worlds leading landscape
photographers with a very
unique and specific style to his
name.

3. Examples of photographs

4. Choose an image…. Describe it
• This photo is of Mount Fuji in Japan.
The picture has clearly been thought
about cleverly before it was taken
because the lighting and the angle is
perfect.
• The photo works well because it is a
still photo that is breath-taking
because of the size and depth of the
area it captures.
• Another thing that works well about
this particular photo is the colour
scale that it uses as all the colours
blend together very nicely making
the whole picture a blue tone. This
also proves that effort was put into
the picture to get it on the perfect
day.

5. Composition
• He has chosen to include the exact amount of land necessary in
the photo Due to the shape of the Photo I would imagine this is
done by cutting any unnecessary areas of the photo. This is a
clever idea because not only does it work well in making the
picture look tall and long to represent the mountain but it also
puts emphasis on the mountain and allows the peak of the
mountain to be central in the photo. The stillness and beauty of
the day is also an important factor to the looks of the photo in
that the reflection from the water mirrors exactly the shape of the
mountain making the scene look natural and impressive.

6. Techniques used
• Like many landscape photographers
Charlie Wait chooses not to use lots of
different camera techniques, instead
capture images of naturally breath-
taking scenes whilst using simple
techniques such as depth of field or
even rule of thirds. Here is an example
of some of his photography
techniques in use; on some simple
techniques have been used such as
depth of field and on others a wide
variety of angles transform an image
that would otherwise just be a plain
building shot into something
completely different. Also is an
example of how He uses professional
techniques such as Shutter speed in a
subtle way.

7. Strengths & Weaknesses
• When I examine Charlie Waite's work I
notice and like the style that he has
gone for in his photography that is a
very rural setting and a tendency to
take pictures of quaint things and
either emphasize that feature or turn
them into a dramatic style of picture.
I also admire his ability to take a
picture of a proper landscape scene
without having a main focus point in
the foreground.
• His work has inspired me to
understand that there are lots of
things I can take pictures of without
having to travel far whether it is in the
city or in the countryside.