Being Charles’ uncle I am extremely proud of his work. I prompted Charles into photography in 2004, just after his 12th birthday. Photography seemed like a perfect complement to his love of animals and he took to it like a duck to water. Charles has the ability to capture animals in perfect poses showing diverse m… Read more

Being Charles’ uncle I am extremely proud of his work. I prompted Charles into photography in 2004, just after his 12th birthday. Photography seemed like a perfect complement to his love of animals and he took to it like a duck to water. Charles has the ability to capture animals in perfect poses showing diverse moments of love, friendship, playfulness, nurturing, seeming introspection, and humor. Other classic poses simply show the beauty or downright cuteness of his subjects. Combining this ability with his knack for composition Charles has produced a wonderful portfolio of animal images, some of which are seen here on Flickr. I any particularly impressed by Charles’ ability to capture great images through glass, and chain-link and other types of fencing. This talent played a large part in his winning 1st Prize in the Student Category in the 2005, 2006 and 2007 Buffalo Zoo Photo Contests. Just recently, Charles was the only two award winner in the Rosamond Gifford Zoo (Syracuse, NY) 2008 Winter Photo Contest., with a 1st Prize and Homorable Mention in the Teen Catagory. It’s great that Charles’ animal images have been so well received by our Flickr friends. But, it is a shame that his great Sets documenting his 2006 People to People Student Ambassador trip to the Fiji Islands, New Zealand and Australia have been overlooked. Indeed, one of his images of a Group Leader won 1 of 5 categories in the national 2006 P2P Student Ambassador Photo Contest. I recommend these Sets to your attention. Having seen images still to be posted, knowing Charles’ love of animals and thirst to learn photography, I feel safe in saying “you ain’t seen nothing yet”.