"Fucking hell... no way... really?" wrote @sa_rips in response to the news that he'd just won a trip to Hawaii to shoot with lens legend Brian Bielmann. "Tears of joy, nothing like this has ever happened to me. I’ve never been overseas actually, never really been anywhere." Generally recognised by his @sa_rips Instagram handle, 'Rich', as he likes to refer to himself in his regular exchanges with Stab, was the talented photog who lit up the #stabfullframe feed during Stab'srecent competition in cohorts with O'Neill, Mr Bielmann and the Developing Legends photography workshop program.
Rich hails from the southern coast of Australia, where there are equally as many reasons to frown as there are to smile thanks to an abundance of locals of the protective and apex predator kind. While scrolling through the man's work you're met with a cascade of wildlife, canines, throating tubes and classic Aussie landscapes – sometimes all in the same frame.
Republished from Stab Mag ...with thanks!