About Hal Lyman, lead photographer at Full View Studios, or more simply put, my biography:

Hal Lyman comes from a family with a rich photographic background. Grandfather Leonard Victor was lead photographer and photography editor for Long Island's leading newspaper of the time, The Long Island Press. And, Hal's childhood home featured its very own darkroom. Hal's dedication to photography began at a young age when he got behind the camera for his high school newspaper, The Bellport Clipper. His enthusiasm led him to study photography at Ithaca College's Roy H. Park School of Communications. While studying at Ithaca College he participated in an internship at the Ithaca Journal, the local Gannett daily newspaper until graduation in 1991. In 1995, he decided to focus his artistry on portrait and event photography and opened his own studio.


Hal's personal approach to photography has ingratiated him to a highly varied clientele over the years. He has been privileged to photograph both intimate family moments and public events turning them into memories.


He has had the opportunity of photographing high profile personalities, such as Laila Ali and most recently musician, KT Tunstall and top model Bar Raphaeli. It is Hal's love for meeting new people and interacting with them that keeps his work fresh on a daily basis.


Hal's passion for people led him to volunteer with the Great Neck Vigilant Fire Company as an emergency medical technician. Hal likes to think that it is the same ability to quickly establish a comfortable rapport with his subjects that helps him put his patients at ease.


Hal lives on the north shore of Long Island with his wife Piper, a graphic designer and painter.