Charr Crail

Charr Crail has been a photographer and artist all her life, and working a professional one for over 25 years.  Charr has spent the better part of her career as a photojournalist—both as newspaper staffer and picture editor at various northern California papers including The Sacramento Bee.  Currently she's a full time freelancer specializing in people, entertainment, editorial and commercial photography as well as imaginative photographic art.

In addition to being an assignment photographer Charr loves to teach and speak to professional groups and colleges about photography.  She also puts on creative hands-on digital imaging workshops including ones for beginners all the way to seasoned pros that delve deep into the art of making art via photography.  Her enthusiastic and lively approach with a depth of practical know-how is a winning combination for her students who leave inspired and excited about what they can do and achieve in the realm of photography and digital imaging.

In addition to being an assignment photographer Charr loves to teach and speak to professional groups and colleges about photography.  She also puts on creative hands-on digital imaging workshops including ones for beginners all the way to seasoned pros that delve deep into the art of making art via photography.  Examples include Digital Imaging (Photoshop), Photography, iPad for Artists and an interesting variety of unique artisan crafts.  

More recently Charr has become wildly enthusiastic about the world of digital imaging using mobile devices.  Currently she offers a series of live and online classes that help people do powerful marketing using the camera and powerful apps on their mobile phones.  

She teaches the creativity tools she has mastered to help people take better photos, create visual stories that inspire to promote their businesses.  Her enthusiastic and lively approach with a depth of practical know-how is a winning combination for her students who leave inspired and excited about what they can do and achieve while practicing Creative Marketing with Your iPhone Camera, her latest hands-on class.

Charr has won countless awards for masterful pieces including; The Kodak Award, has twice been selected (three images) for the prestigious  American Society of Photographers Award Traveling Loan Collection, WPPI Premier Award, her work is part of the permanent collection at the Di Rosa Museum in California and one of her images was the cover of Rangefinder Magazine to name just a few of the honors she has received worldwide.

Charr's work has appeared in publications worldwide as well.  They include The Sacramento Bee, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Orange County Register, The National Enquirer, Woman’s World, Rangefinder Magazine, PPA Magazine, Playbill and more.