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Horn Photo and co-sponsor Promaster® are proud to present a series of workshops hosted by award-winning photographer and photo journalist Thom Halls. In this series of workshops, Thom will explore the ins and outs of digital photography for the beginning photographer. Come and gain insight on how to capture those special moments in life through the lens with Thom and Horn Photo. The next workshop is Thursday, November 17, 7-10pm. Class will be held in the space between Ulta Beauty Supply and Sierra Nut House in the Villaggio Shopping Center across the parking lot from Horn Photo. Space is limited, so don't delay-reserve your spot right away! The cost is only $30.
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 Thom Halls is a storyteller. He has photographed and written about the Central Coast, San Joaquin Valley and the Sierra for years. His images attempt to capture the diversity of this region's people as well as its unique geographic qualities. His passion is the portrayal of life in common settings where people live seemingly unnoticed. It is in this simplicity that he hopes a more revealing commentary on the importance of each life can be found.
His images have been published in Newsweek, Time, U. S. News & World Report, American Photographer, Christianity Today, Rescue Magazine, Inside Sports, Black & White Magazine, Best of Photojournalism III & V and every major newspaper around the world including the New York, London and Tokyo Times. Recognitions include an Honorable Mention from Prix De La Photographie Paris 2007 International Competition, national awards in photography and editing from the National Press Photographers Association, the Society of Newspaper Design, and a Penny Missouri Award for social reporting on Teen Pregnancy. He was part of a team of reporters and photographers who were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize in 1983 for coverage of the Coalinga Earthquake.
 His images have been exhibited in the Aperture 55 print exhibition at the Fort Mason Center in San Francisco, The Fresno Metropolitan Art Museum, University of California, Gallery F/64 in Maryland, Spectrum Fine Art Gallery California State University Fresno and the Fresno City College Art Space Gallery, Arts Visalia and San Luis Obispo County Historical Museum. His work is in held public and private collections throughout the United States. He is a former photographer for the San Luis Obispo Telegram-Tribune, photographer, photo editor and Director of Photography for The Fresno Bee.
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