DAIWA SPARTAN BAY JIGGING OVERHEAD

DAIWA SPARTAN BAY JIGGING SPIN

DAIWA SPARTAN BAY JIGGING LOGO

DAIWA SPARTAN BAY JIGGING REEL SEAT

DAIWA SPARTAN BAY JIGGING STRIPPER GUIDE

DAIWA SPARTAN BAY JIGGING TOP GUIDE

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, that delivers images with no reflections, hot spots or shadows.

Lighting power, fstop and speed remain the same as I’m so attuned to shooting them, the only component that is checked every time is white balance. Each rod I shoot a test image with an Xrite Color Checker as each rod rod will change the white balance inside the lightbox.
In light of the difficulties of rod photos, I still love the challenge and its always satisfying when being able to shoot great looking products.