Great to be able to shoot the whole colour range and promotional images all for one series of lures. The new Halco Slidog 105 is the latest in the Slidog “litter”. Large flat surfaces like found on the Halco Slidog present different challenges in regard to reflection from camera/lens. What does this...

When I started shooting all the new Halco lures and colours I was asked to feature the new Slidog 105 as a surface walking image. Easy I thought but I didn’t know that it’s a heavy fast sinking stickbait, all the other stickbaits I’ve shot like this are floaters! Creating a floating lure “walking”...

Creating a lure diving into the water is a bit tricky but add a large super heavy stickbait and then it becomes a real change. The Halco Slidog is big and heavy, as soon as it hits the water it moves that quick that it’s easy to miss the shot. A few trial runs...

The new Halco “Coral Trout” colour is gaining a huge following especially on the east coast tuna run this winter especially in the Max series but now it’s also available in the Slidog series in all sizes. Large flat surfaces like found on the Halco Slidog present different challenges in regards to reflection from...

The new Halco “Coral Trout” colour is gaining a huge following especially on the east coast tuna run this winter especially in the Max series. Several months into using the compact Godox Ad300 Pro’s matched with the ADS65W soft boxes and I’m thoroughly impressed especially for small tabletop work. Being so light and compact...

  Camera: Nikon Z7 Lens: NIKKOR PC-E Micro Nikkor 85mm f2.8D with FTZ adapter. ISO: 64 Exposure Mode: manual Aperture f11 Speed: 1/250th second Notes: Trigger: Godox XPro N AND NIKON WR-10 Lighting Flash: 2 x Godox AD300 PRO with Godox ADS65W.  Trigger: Godox XPro N and Nikon WR-10

      The vast majority of lures that I photograph for companies have small or slim profiles, but with the arrival of some lures from the Australian company Halco Tackle, I’ve had some larger broader lures to shoot. Large flat surfaces like found on the Halco Slidog present different challenges in regards to...

  Camera: Nikon Z7 Lens: Nikon PC-E 45mm f2.8D ED with FTZ ISO: 64 Exposure Mode: manual Aperture f16 Speed: 1/125th second Notes: FTZ Adapter Lighting Flash: Godox ADD600 PRO with 140cm Octobox/Grid Flash Triggers:  Godox XPro N