Shot To Bits – The photography of Bradley Sissins

08 Sep

DAIWA TD BLACK MQ

By Bradley Sissins

Studio Product - Fishing Reels

The Daiwa TD Black has been around since the mid 2000’s. Over the years its had many variations with the latest model being the most technically advanced model to date. Matt black reels with metallic black components aren’t that simple to photography, realistically you need to over expose the...

01 Sep

HALCO SLIDOG 150 2021/22 NEW COLOR – MUSTAD GRUNTER

By Bradley Sissins

Studio - Halco

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Matt finish lures just simply look great, not only are they fantastic for fishing, but I really enjoy shooting them. In the studio they have less issues with reflection but often take a little bit more light to bring them to life. If I’m shooting a pile of lures, all the settings on camera,...

01 Sep

DAIWA SALTIST MQ 10000

By Bradley Sissins

Studio Product - Fishing Reels

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The Daiwa Saltist has been around since the early 2000’s when the first series was introduced as a basic variation of the first Saltiga model. Over the years its had many variations with the latest model being the most technically advanced model to date. I’ve shot every version over...

25 Aug

HALCO SLIDOG 150 2021/22 NEW COLOR – SILVER SHADOW

By Bradley Sissins

Studio - Halco

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Large flat surfaces like found on the new Halco Slidog 150 Silver Shadow present different challenges in regards to reflection from camera/lens. What does this mean? Well the majority of lure images I see from many companies have a shadow or black line throughout the middle of the lure, that’s refection form the...

25 Aug

DAIWA TD SOL MQ 2500

By Bradley Sissins

Studio Product - Fishing Reels

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From the release of the very first TD Sol in the early 2000’s I’ve shot every variation and model of the TD Sol for catalogues and promotion. The new TD Sol MQ series is the latest model from Daiwa that I shot many months ago. The reel in the...

24 Aug

DAIWA REVELRY MQ 2500 FC

By Bradley Sissins

Studio Product - Fishing Reels

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Fishing reels are always challenging especially with so many tones and materials that all reflect light differently, but add the colour red to them and it even gets more challenging. Reds are on of those colors that never look right, most camera sensors seem to struggle with red tones....

13 Aug

KanuLock

By Bradley Sissins

Studio Product

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One thing is I’m pedantic amount is getting every product I photography for catalogues, websites, promotion etc is that they are all at the same angles, display as much of the product as possible and the lighting/color is exactly the same. These Kanulock’s have a lot going on, from bright...

13 Aug

HALCO ROOSTER POPPER 2021 CATALOGUE PROMOTION IMAGE

By Bradley Sissins

Studio - Halco

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What was originally planned as images for the 2021 Halco Tackle Trade Show Displays, ended up being catalogue images due to the worldwide Covid pandemic. Bit of a disappointment as this and other images to follow later would have looked sensational as huge wall sized prints. Anyway, this and others can be seen in...

01 Aug

AN AUSSIE TWIST ON CITRUS, RED CENTRE LIMES

By Bradley Sissins

Studio - Food

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Australia has about half a dozen or so native lime/citrus trees. The most common is the finger lime, which in the past few years is gaining popularity as home “bush tucker”. Over the years the CSIRO has been cultivating variations on the finger lime to help produce hardier and higher producing fruit, one such...

25 Jul

HOME PRESERVES, LEMON JAM

By Bradley Sissins

Studio - Food

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The new Nikkor Z MC 105mm macro is a stunning lens, normally I would always use a Nikkor PC but I’ve been putting this lens to the latest lately. Personally I find it a slower lens to use compared to a tilt shift macro, getting the focus spot on in the correct position to...

24 Jul

SEA FALCON DUAL FLASH CONFIT FRESH TUNA

By Bradley Sissins

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Winter is tuna time on the south coast of New South Wales, Australia, and the 2021 season has been exceptional with plenty of big fish being landed especially by anglers casting stickbaits. Though we love to sashimi any tuna that we get, preserving the flesh for future meals is a great option. Traditionally many...

19 Jul

MADAI SNACKS – SEA FALCON TG SPOON

By Bradley Sissins

STUDIO - SEA FALCON

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A few years ago I picked up a set of “Madai” Hashioki (chop stick rest) in Hon-Kawagoe, Japan. These small ceramic chop stick rests sit amongst my quite vast collection of other sea life related ceramic dinnerware. In Japan, Madai (Sea Bream or otherwise known as Snapper in Australia) is prized for its flavour...