Charles Needle is an award-winning, Colorado-based fine art photographer, author, speaker and workshop leader with a unique eye for design and artistic interpretation. His popular “Art of
Nature” creative macro workshops have attracted students nationwide.
In 2024, Charles made the shortlist for the Close-up Photographer of the Year international contest. And in 2018, 2021 and 2026, he earned honorable mentions in the Macro and Visual FX
categories of the prestigious Annual International Mobile Photography Awards Contest.
Charles was also a top 250 finalist in the International Share the View Photography Competition in 2023, 2024 and 2025. And he was a semi-finalist in the 2014 Nature’s Best Photography Windland Smith Rice International Awards photo contest.
In 2011, Charles was selected as a finalist, among 15,000 entries worldwide, in the International Garden Photographer of the Year photography contest, sponsored by The Royal Botanic Gardens,
Kew (London, England). (This exhibition traveled throughout the United Kingdom.)
A popular conference and camera club speaker for more than two decades, Charles has authored three cutting-edge instructional books: Tiny Worlds: Creative Macro Photography Skills (Amherst
Media, January 2015), Impressionistic Photography: A Field Guide to Using Your Camera as a Paintbrush (March 2014), and Creative Macro Photography: Professional Tips & Techniques
(2011).
An accomplished speaker, photography juror and teacher with international workshops in the United Kingdom (private gardens of Southern England), Monet’s Garden (Giverny, France for 20
years in a row, with exclusive private access), Keukenhof Gardens (Holland) and The Butchart Gardens (Canada), Charles is a North American Nature Photography Association (NANPA)
Showcase Award winner for 19 years in a row, and placed in the Top Ten and Top 26 image categories three of those years.
Charles’ photographs have selected for publication in Nature’s Best, Outdoor Photographer magazine, Nature Photographer magazine, Inner Reflections Engagement Calendar, The Garden
Club of America Bulletin Magazine, The Chicago Tribune, SELF Magazine and are in private and public collections nationwide and abroad.
To learn more about Charles’ work, including his workshop and private lesson offerings, visit www.charlesneedlephoto.com.