Fossicking in haberdashery and craft stores are a great way to find some little treasures the play around with. These stores are filled with goodies on at holiday, season and special occasion. Found this great little coffin amongst in the Halloween craft section, and immediately though of the White Bone pattern from DUO, lined...

Ok I love DUO Spearheads and this new one, the Quattro, a four jointed 70mm minnow is just simply one of the best little trout lures I’ve seen in years. Not much else to say but really looking forward to seeing these in action soon in the Snowy Mountains. This was a simple flatlay...

After a few weeks of intense storms, floods, wind etc it has been a great chance to do some seaside fossicking at the local beaches. I love a good storm out at sea and it washes in so many treasures that are great for the studio prop collection. The local beaches are littered with...

Square bills are back in fashion. Step back intime and the square bill design was believed to be invented by Fred Young of Big-O fame in the 1960s. Over the past 50 years or so its had many reinventions, until now where the square looks like it’s here or the long haul. For Australians...

Lots of water shots at the moment mainly because I have some clients that want these styles of images. It takes a lot to setup and pull down each time, so best the knock over a pile of images and experiment while I’m at it. I was requested to do some drop down images...

The last few weeks have seen some serious rainfall and flooding on the south coast, and again this weekend we have predicted 300 plus mm of rain, with all this water why not hit the studio for some water shots! Super elaborate setup today to create a lure diving on its first crank from...

The last few weeks have seen some seious rainfall and flooding on the south coast, and again this weekend we have predicted 300 plus mm of rain, with all this water why not hit the studio for some water shots! Super elaborate setup today to create a surface expolosion for a Duo Realis Fangpop....

Early spring last year I received some of the first pre-production samples of the new upcoming Duo Ryuki Spearhead 50S Takumi’s to photograph for the 25th Anniversary Duo International Catalogue. Only recently I’ve finally got my hands on a few production samples, the only difference is that these ones have the names printed on...

Glass is difficult enough to capture, but a glass circular bowl is a real challenge. A three-light setup, soft box from above, reflector at 45 degrees to the front and a soft box directly behind. Plus a few home-made half-moon shaped gobos to add a little bit of an edge to the glass. The...