Name: Winston C. Hall

Nickname: Tuner

Home Base: Bellevue, WA

College: University of Nebraska

Favorite Cameras: Nikon D3, D700, D300 and D2X

Favorite Lenses: Nikon 14-24 f/2.8, Lensbaby Composer, 105mm Macro and 50mm f/1.4 prime

Computer of Choice: Mac Book Pro

Favorite Photographic Subjects: Landscape, Nature and Macro

Favorite Photographic Locations: Southwest USA, Page, AZ, Moab, UT and Australia

Favorite Camera Bag: Think Tank Bags and Crumpler

Favorite Magazine:  Mental Floss and MAD

Favorite Coffee House: Peet's

Favorite Quotes:

 “You can’t learn anything from experiences your not having.”

“If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always gotten.”

-Joe Sabah

“You’re only as young as the last time you changed your mind.”

-Timothy Leary

“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, It's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, And that enables you to laugh at life's realities.”

- Dr. Seuss

Favorite Photographers:

Keith Carter

Freeman Patterson

Andre' Gallant

Tony Sweet

Sean Kernan

Favorite Photography Podcast:

Camera Position by Jeff Curto

Lenswork - Photography and the Creative Process

My fascination with photography began at seventeen years of age when I received my first 35mm SLR camera. Once I learned how to operate the camera and after shooting my first thirty-six black & white exposures I was hooked for life. I was very curious about how the camera operated and how I could use it as a tool to creatively express myself. My interest quickly turned to how I could use photography to express my vision of people, places and things, and so began a life long interest in photography and creative expression.

My professional photography career started with a job as a special events photographer covering fraternity and sorority parties while attending college. Following graduation, I was hired on full-time to photograph special events, conventions, and weddings. It was during this time that I discovered my second passion in life; training and development, when I was asked to train some newly hired special events photographers. Learning from this experience, I started my own photography business in the mid 1980’s and I haven’t stopped shooting and instructing since.