Is there an easy way to transfer photos from iphone 5 to windows 10?

Is there an easy way to transfer photos from iphone 5 to windows 10? - 1

? You don't transfer photos to an OS.

Email them to yourself. Or just use iTunes like everyone else.

Via a lighting to usb cable?

I just open windows explorer and cut/paste the entire thing over

Yes. Connect the phone to the PC with a USB cable, and the phone will appear as an external disk drive. Then you can just drag and drop photos from the phone to the PC.