Becky Hale

About Becky Hale

Becky Hale has been working as a Staff Photographer with National Geographic in Washington, D.C. since 2001. With over 22 years of experience in the studio and the field, her subjects are wide-ranging and rely on a multitude of skills. She shoots everything from from portraiture, to still photography illustrating complex scientific and cultural stories. She is one of the most published women photographers at National Geographic and her work has been featured on multiple covers. While based out of the National Geographic studio in DC, fieldwork has taken her on assignment around the world and she’s had to recreate her studio in the middle of cornfields and anatomy labs. She’s shot aerials of the whooping crane migration from an ultralight, driven thru Idaho documenting the stakeholders affected by the reintroduction of wolves, and shot portraits inside a cold storage locker at a morgue. She has taught several photography workshops on National Geographic Expeditions. She is proficient in CaptureOne, Lightroom and a multitude of Adobe imaging tools. She is proficient in Profoto lighting systems and Canon camera systems.

Experience

1. Staff Photographer

   National Geographic

   Nov 2001 — Present · Washington, DC, US

   Becky Hale is a staff photographer with National Geographic magazine in Washington, D.C. Her work ranges from portraiture, to still photography illustrating complex scientific and cultural stories. Her images have appeared alongside articles about the future of edible kelp, how redheads experience pain, and advances in organ regeneration. She is a regular contributor to National Geographic magazine and her work has been featured on multiple covers. Fieldwork has taken her on assignment around the world and she’s had to recreate her studio in the middle of cornfields and anatomy labs. She’s shot aerials of the whooping crane migration from an ultralight, driven thru Idaho documenting the stakeholders affected by the reintroduction of wolves, and shot portraits inside a cold storage locker at a morgue.

Education

• The University of Edinburgh

  Scottish Literature

  1997 — 1998

• Wheaton College Massachusetts

  English Lit / Creative Writing, Photography, English Literature

  1995 — 1999

Skills

• Digital Photography
• Photojournalism
• Web Design
• Journalism
• Commercial Photography
• Documentaries
• Social Networking
• Multimedia
• Blogging
• Portraits
• Fine Art Photography
• Magazines
• Editing
• Portrait Photography
• Digital Media
• Photos
• Creative Writing
• New Media
• Lightroom
• Travel Photography
• Creative Direction
• Photoshop
• Editorial
• Image Editing
• Photography
• Art
• Social Media
• Mac
• Art Direction