Photographer Highlight:
Vicki Correia, of Montana Magic Photography lives in the Bitterroot Range of the Rocky Mountains in western Montana, where she specializes in dog and horse shows and events, rodeos, outdoor photography, and pet portraits.
Her photos have been published in Montana Magazine, Montana Outdoors, Rural Montana, Grit Magazine, the Great Dane Gazette, the Aussie Times, and The Missoulian newspaper, as well as official publications for organizations such as the Lewis & Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, the Lewis & Clark Bicentennial Festival, Travelers' Rest State Park souvenir postcard, and the Missoula City Cemetery's annual "Stories and Stones" historical re-enactment.
Vicki writes, “Over the years I’ve learned a lot about myself and how I see my world, and about photography in general. I’ve discovered that I love the play between light and shadow, I’ve learned how to create a great composition, how to “see” what the photo might look like before I press the shutter. I’ve followed all of the rules and have broken every one of them, and I've learned how to take photos that reveal who I am as a photographer.”
“I’ve been asked many times what my favorite subject is, and I have to answer ‘everything’. It’s true, I do shoot everything: scenery, portraits, flowers, birds, clouds, leaves, bugs, still life (not only flowers and fruit, but vegetables, food and kitchen utensils), absolutely anything and everything that is available to shoot. I find that everything I look at, I see as a photograph. Even though I don’t consciously think about it, my mind is subconsciously composing pictures. I'm rarely found without my camera, so I guess you could say that I truly do live, eat and breathe photography.”
Vicki’s work can be viewed on her website: www.montanamagicphotography.com
Sugar, a draft cross, and rider Jody Anderson after their final salute in their Dressage trial at the WE Under the Big Sky event in Missoula, Montana.
Photo by Montana Magic Photography.
Photo by Montana Magic Photography.