Charles Knowles has been photographing landscapes since he was in high school. The son of a geologist in Idaho, Charles grew to love the way the sun illuminates magnificent granite monoliths of the Idaho Batholiths.

In his senior year of high school, Charles and his best friend set off to Carmel, California to meet their idol in photography, Ansel Adams. Mr. Adams welcomed them into his house and gave them the tour of a lifetime. Mr. Adams brought his images, that had previously only been seen in books, to life. He shared the art of visualization and reminded them that a picture is three dimensional until you capture the image on film. Charles continues to feel his teachings every time he waits for a drifting cloud to arrive.

After attempting a career in photography and finding that it was not a good way to support a family, Charles put his large format cameras and darkroom supplies in storage. Now more than 20 years later, his dark room is a computer that overlooks the Boise Mountain front in Boise, Idaho. He uses a Nikon D80 given to him by his wife as a Christmas present in 2007.

Charles spends his weekends taking photos throughout Idaho, often driving many miles for hours in quest of a subject. In his pictures the subject is only secondary to the sky and light. His desire is to capture and share the emotion he feels when presented with the right moment in time when Light, Sky, and Mother Earth come together in perfect harmony.

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