To photograph the outdoors, to fully capture the essence of the outdoor experience, an outdoor photographer should be an outdoorsman.

Coastal Photos' Mark Hall has been an avid sportsman for better than two decades. As a professional photographer, Hall blends his outdoor experience and intimate understanding of outdoor-related undertakings with a fresh photographic perspective uniquely his own.

Hall is a veteran waterfowl guide. His wonderfully-trained yellow Lab, Pearl, is not only his faithful hunting companion but also the subject of many of his shots. Having worked with retrievers, hunting dogs and their owners for many years, Hall specializes in photographing waterfowl-hunting enthusiasts, their dogs and their quarry.

However, he's also an enthusiastic fisherman who regularly plies both fresh and salt waters throughout the State of Texas. With his well-rounded area of expertise, Hall is accordingly capable of photographing everything from father-and-son (or father-and-daughter) fishing trips to large groups of anglers and hunters who purchase his talents to record their in-the-field camaraderie and memory-making successes.

Book a shoot with Coastal Photos, and you get your own personal biographer, a seasoned and affable pro who visually captures the mood and spirit of your precious days afield like no other shooter.

Hall specializes in digital photography. With his Nikon equipment in-hand, he regularly traverses bay and lake waters as well as woods and prairie lands to completely immerse himself in the outdoor experience. His deep understanding of outdoor ethics and outdoor sports is readily apparent in all of his work.

Mark Hall is also an experienced and award-winning Web designer. Working with Houston-based First Choice Publishing, he produces high-quality images and content for a broad spectrum of websites. Be it a small and specialized site for a sole proprietorship or a high-end, multi-page Web presentation for a large corporation, Coastal Photos and associates produce it all with consistent competence and professionalism.

The Great Outdoors is an infinite canvas that's as large as the human imagination. To vividly document your own experience, be it for a family event or a corporate gathering, look no further than Mark Hall and Coastal Photos.

At Coastal Photos, it's all about keeping the outdoors in focus.