Charlie Waite is an English landscape photographer known for his painterly style using light and shade. Before photography, he worked in television and theater for 10 years. Waite photographs landscapes from a variety of positions and angles to achieve different perspectives. He uses brightness, contrast, and focal points like paths to direct the viewer's attention. Waite also considers color and balance when composing shots. He aims to capture wonder and fulfillment in perfectly aligned light, color, shapes, and balance.

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

2. Charlie Waite
Charlie Waite is an English
landscape photographer
born in 1949. Charlie Waite
is particularly noted for his
painterly approach in
using and shade. Before
Charlie Waite was a
photographer he worked
in television and theatre
for 10 years.

3. Examples of photographs

4. About Waite’s Photographs
These images are both very typical of Charlie Waite because they both
have a point in the photograph that attracts the viewers attention. Most
of the time this being a path or highly contrasted part of the image.
Charlie Waite seems to use the brightness and contrast of the
photograph to determine the time of year in the image.
The image on the right is taken in France and is the Ardennes Canal.
The image on the left is taken in England and is Cranbourne House.

5. Composition
Charlie Waite photographed landscapes so
therefore he used a large variety of positions and
angles in his images to achieve different
perspectives. Waite used the colours in his
photographs to help the viewer understand his
thinking behind the image.
“Quote by Charlie Waite”
“I often think of that rare fulfilling joy when you are
in the presence of some wonderful alignment of
events. Where the light, the colour, the shapes, and
the balance all interlock so perfectly that I feel truly
overwhelmed by the wonder of it”

6. Techniques used
When Waite photographs a
landscape he was most likely to
use a very fast shutter speed to
ensure he didn’t have any blur in
the shot he was taking and also
to capture subjects such as birds
clearly in his images. Waite
positions his photographs so that
there is a main focal point for the The style of Charlie Waite is solely
landscape photographs, he is most
viewers attention to be caught
well known for his landscapes in
by. Many of Waite’s photographs England however he did take
are very complex and have a lot numerous photographs in France
happening in each of them, this is and Italy. Waite’s photographs seem
why I think he always seemed to to be very brightly coloured or very
make a point in the picture stand dark, some of his pictures such as the
one above on the left show both
out.
bright and darks colours and
contrasts.

7. Strengths & Weaknesses
I think Charlie Waite’s photographs are very
interesting. This is the type of photography that I
enjoy doing. The part of Charlie Waite’s
photographs I would be most likely to interpret in
to my own work is the way he uses focal points to
make his photographs unique and interesting. I
also like how he uses different brightness and
contrasts to again make one part of a
photograph more prominent than the other less
important parts of the image. I like Charlie Waite’s
type of photography and I would happily use any
of his techniques in my work. In my opinion I don’t
think Charlie Waite has any weaknesses.

8. Do this for 3 photographers