Fishing rods are always challenging but add the colour red to them and it even gets more challenging. Reds are on of those coolers that never look right, most camera sensors seem to struggle with red tones. In the early days of digital, CCD sensors...

          Fishing rods are one of the hardest items I do to get perfect. The combination of a slim tubular items with multiple colours, metals, cork or eva etc make it challenging. I began shooting them during film days before digital, my setup still remains the same… a fully custom-made...

                Fishing rods are one of the hardest items I do to get perfect. The combination of a slim tubular items with multiple colours, metals, cork or eva etc make it challenging. Then to throw the cat amongst the pigeons, totally black rods appear, with black shiny...

        Fishing rods are one of the hardest items I do to get perfect. The combination of a slim tubular items with multiple colours, metals, cork or eva etc make it challenging. I began shooting them during film days before digital, my setup still remains the same… a fully custom-made Lightbox....

        Fishing rods are one of the hardest items I do to get perfect. The combination of a slim tubular items with multiple colours, metals, cork or eva etc make it challenging. I began shooting them during film days before digital, my setup still remains the same… a fully custom-made Lightbox....

        Fishing rods are one of the hardest items I do to get perfect. The combination of a slim tubular items with multiple colours, metals, cork or eva etc make it challenging. I began shooting them during film days before digital, my setup still remains the same… a fully custom-made Lightbox....

    Fishing rods are one of the hardest items I do to get perfect. The combination of a slim tubular items with multiple colours, metals, cork or eva etc make it challenging. I began shooting them during film days before digital, my setup still remains the same… a fully custom-made Lightbox. In light...

Fishing rods are one of the hardest items I do to get perfect. The combination of a slim tubular items with multiple colours, metals, cork or eva etc make it challenging. I began shooting them during film days before digital, my setup still remains the same… a fully custom-made Lightbox. In light of the...

      Fishing rods are one of the hardest items I do to get perfect. The combination of a slim tubular items with multiple colours, metals, cork or eva etc make it challenging. I began shooting them during film days before digital, my setup still remains the same… a fully custom-made Lightbox. In...

Fishing rods are one of the hardest items I do to get perfect. The combination of a slim tubular items with multiple colours, metals, cork or eva etc make it challenging. I began shooting them during film days before digital, my setup still remains the same… a fully custom-made Lightbox. In light of the...

Back during December 2019, I shot a whole swag of Pre-mounted combos for Daiwa, BCF, Tackleworld and Compleat Angler. Pre-mounted combos present many difficulties for lighting. Rods and reels require different light setups and focal lengths, doing one shot of the lot never looks that good to me. So, the only way around it...

  Camera: Nikon Z7 Lens: Nikon PC-E 45mm f2.8D ED ISO: 64 Exposure Mode: manual Aperture f11 Speed: 125th second Notes: Lighting  Godox AD600 PRO with Aurora 52 inch soft box and custom made Lightbox