Vicki Santello, an award-winning, US based photographer who retired from a career in finance to devote herself full time to photography. Vicki enjoyed the excitement of living in New York City and working on Wall Street for 10 years in the early part of her career. Living in a big city, however, deprived her of being in Nature and enjoying outdoor sports.

She moved to North Central Florida, a mecca for birds and a unique area for rivers and first magnitude springs.  Here she was able to balance her love of the outdoors and her corporate career for 30 years. During this time, she also traveled extensively around the world including Africa, South America and polar regions. 

Vicki’s first trip to Africa was in 1981 and she has since returned 18 times for photography trips of 2 weeks to 2 months. Vicki’s passion for photography is now her lifestyle as she travels worldwide to diversify her photography portfolio. Vicki typically stays one to two months in each location to fully immerse herself in the environment and maximize photography opportunities of animal behavior. 

See more of Vicki’s work here.