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It requires an unthinkable amount of patience, skill, commitment and even a little bit of luck. (See what Charlie\u2019s 7 Most Important Tips for photographing deer are here)Charlie with slide images before anything was shot digitally.In his 35 year career, he has seen the hunting industry explode.\u00a0 When he began his pursuit of whitetails through a lens, camouflage had yet to be invented.\u00a0 The only pattern out there at the time was the old school military camo.\u00a0 At the time there were only five or six outdoor magazines and only one that specifically covered whitetails \u2013 Deer & Deer Hunting.\u00a0 Now there are too many hunting magazines to mention and just as many camouflage patterns (Shop our 5 Camouflage Patterns).\u00a0 Just as the hunting industry advanced, so too did the camera equipment.\u00a0 Digital cameras with autofocus have now replaced the historic 35 mm film cameras.\u00a0 LCD screens display your image before you even shoot and you have the option to dramatically alter any photo via Photoshop or any other post editing software.A beautiful picture of a doe and fawn in a small creek.To showcase Charlie\u2019s skill, he has over 400,000 \u201ckeeper photos\u201d from the 35mm roll film days where he explained he would get on average 1 keeper for every 7 photos taken.\u00a0 He admitted it is much easier nowadays with the help of tracking autofocus to achieve perfect clarity.\u00a0 Since switching over to digital, Charlie has taken over 115,000 additional keepers.Charlie spends a lot of time waiting for that perfect shot.The thousands of hours logged behind a camera not only made for many incredible pictures, but also hours of incredible whitetail observations.\u00a0 For Charlie, the knowledge gained turned into knowledge shared.\u00a0 As one of the nation\u2019s top authorities on deer behavior Charlie has written hundreds of articles and several books.\u00a0 His favorite one to compile was Whitetails: A Photographic Journey Through The Seasons (Buy it here).\u00a0 The book, as described by Charlie \u201cWas just a joy to write.\u00a0 It took me no time at all because it was so fun to write every morning.\u201dDeer are incredible athletes and balancers, especially when apples are on the menu.Through all of Charlie\u2019s successes and failures he reminded us that it all worked out because of an Incredible Country, Incredible Family, and an Incredible God. Those are the three pillars Charlie credits to his success.Shop our God\u2019s Country Camouflage Line\u00a0\u00a0"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/community.legendarywhitetails.com\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Legendary Whitetail's Blog"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/community.legendarywhitetails.com\/blog\/photographing-whitetails\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Photographing Whitetails"}}]}]