Rikki Hibbert

I love being a photographer, and most of all I love being inspired and fulfilled. My passion for photography started when I was 11, and at 16, when I won the Best Photographer Award at The Royal Show and was a finalist in the black & white photography competition in Camera & Image magazine, I was inspired to pursue a career in photography. I completed my degree in Photography cum laude in 2003, and have been working as a commercial photographer for the past 7 years for local and international clients. Recently I won a Silver & Bronze award at the Sony Profoto Awards, and was a semi-finalist in the African Photographic Awards. I love food & lifestyle photography - everything from choosing the props, to styling, lighting, and then taking the shot. I also love discovering new places and documenting my travels by shooting from the hip. When I'm not looking through my viewfinder, I am most likely browsing antique stores, vintage prop shopping, cooking up a storm, or designing wall paper.



Sony SLT-A77 Advert

 

The Pixel Knight Trigger Set is an advanced high performance wireless flash trigger. Simply attach the transmitter to your camera hot shoe and the receiver to your flash, and you have a wireless light setup. Changes made on the camera are transmitted to the off-camera flash by a half-press of the shutter.

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Many of us photographers get roped into shooting our friends weddings. Although this can be a great honour, it is important to balance being the photographer, as well as being a guest at the wedding. “How on earth do you do that?!”, I hear you asking…

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Camera Bag or Everyday Fashion Item?

Review By: Tristan Hall & Rikki Hibbert

Now don’t you worry, I am not going to pretend to know something about fashion or the coffee club culture but this review is going to have a twist. To try offer a balanced perspective, Rikki is going to be our more fashionable, female and should we say modern reviewer, while I, Tristan will apply the more conservative… perhaps typically South African male point of view.
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Close to Home – Finding Great Photographs in your own Backyard

Stuart Sipahigil

Craft & Vision

Close to Home – Finding Great Photographs in your own Backyard is a motivational eBook by Stuart Sipahigil that inspires budding photographers to see and experience their surroundings with an observant eye and mindful approach.

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BlackRapid Inc is the brainchild of professional photographer Ron Henry, as a solution to tangled camera straps, neck pain and to improve speed of use. The RS-W1 camera sling goes one step further – the S-shape strap is specially designed to fit the female body. You know what I mean – it fits snugly between our… assets!

The actual strap is soft and padded and rests on your shoulders rather than your neck, effectively transferring the weight of your camera to a much more comfortable position.

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The Gary Fong Lightsphere Cloud is a diffuser that fits onto almost any camera flash, and is an item that no event or wedding photographer should be without. Other diffusers on the market merely direct the light, whereas the Gary Fong Lightsphere Cloud illuminates the entire room, mimicking ambient lighting, and produces soft, flattering light.

So how does it work?
Bouncing your flash off the ceiling produces diffused light, but sometimes, depending on your surroundings, this is not always possible. This is where the Gary Fong Lightsphere Cloud makes all the difference…

The majority of the light goes towards the ceiling, however, the bowl (the Tupperware-looking part) is also illuminated, creating an additional light source. Together, this creates a combination of bounce flash, with the benefits of fill in flash.

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Recycle Reuse & Repurpose

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In South Africa, recycling is a way of life that not very many people incorporate into their daily routine. Partly because we do not have the facilities or many places that offer this service, but mainly because most people are too lazy to think about what happens to their rubbish once they toss it in the bin.

So instead of carelessly dumping your trash, one of the ways you can help give used things a second life, is to reuse your glass jars, and use them as novelty photo frames.

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