The new Daiwa Exceler LT 2023 shot for the Daiwa Australian 2023 catalogue. Daiwa quote “The last version of Daiwa’s Exceler range of spinning reels debuted the LT ‘Light and Tough’ Design Concept. Now, some six years on Exceler is getting another major overhaul with the introduction of AIRDRIVE Design....

          The new Daiwa TD SOL HD 2023 shot for the Daiwa Australian 2023 catalogue. Daiwa quote “A new introduction to the famous TD SOL family, TD SOL HD has been developed to suit Australia’s harsh fishing conditions. A durable aluminium Monocoque (MQ) body houses Daiwa’s Tough Digigear design in...

    New DAIWA AIRITY for the  2023 Daiwa Australia Catalogue Shot with the Nikon Z9 and Nikkor PC-E 85mm f/2.8D Camera: Nikon Z9 Lens: Nikon PC-E 85mm f2.8 ED with FTZ Adapter ISO: 64 Exposure Mode: manual Aperture f11 Speed: 1/125th second Notes: Trigger: Godox XPro N and Nikon WR-10 Lighting Godox ADD600 PRO, ...

              New DAIWA AIRITY for the  2023 Daiwa Australia Catalogue Shot with the Nikon Z9 and Nikkor PC-E 85mm f/2.8D Camera: Nikon Z9 Lens: Nikon PC-E 85mm f2.8 ED with FTZ Adapter ISO: 64 Exposure Mode: manual Aperture f11 Speed: 1/125th second Notes: Trigger: Godox XPro N and Nikon...

      New  DAIWA SEAPOWER 1200 shot for the 2023 Daiwa Australia Catalogue Camera: Nikon Z9 Lens: Nikon PC-E 85mm f2.8 ED with FTZ Adapter ISO: 64 Exposure Mode: manual Aperture f11 Speed: 1/125th second Notes: Trigger: Godox XPro N and Nikon WR-10 Lighting Godox ADD600 PRO WITH PRO REFLECTOR,  2 x Good...

        New  DAIWA STEEZ AII TW shot for the 2023 Daiwa Australia Catalogue Camera: Nikon Z9 Lens: Nikon PC-E 85mm f2.8 ED with FTZ Adapter ISO: 64 Exposure Mode: manual Aperture f11 Speed: 1/125th second Notes: Trigger: Godox XPro N and Nikon WR-10 Lighting Godox ADD600 PRO,  3 x Good AD...

      New DAIWA SALTIGA 2023shot for the  2023 Daiwa Australia Catalogue Shot with the Nikon Z9 and Nikkor PC-E 85mm f/2.8D Camera: Nikon Z9 Lens: Nikon PC-E 85mm f2.8 ED with FTZ Adapter ISO: 64 Exposure Mode: manual Aperture f11 Speed: 1/125th second Notes: Trigger: Godox XPro N and Nikon WR-10 Lighting Godox...

New Daiwa Sensor Surf 45 SCW shot for the 2022/23 Daiwa Australia Catalogue Shot with the Nikon Z9 and Nikkor PC-E 85mm f/2.8D Camera: Nikon Z9 Lens: Nikon PC-E 85mm f2.8 ED with FTZ Adapter ISO: 64 Exposure Mode: manual Aperture f11 Speed: 1/125th second Notes: Trigger: Godox XPro N and Nikon WR-10 Lighting...

New Daiwa Tatula SV 70TW shot for the 2022/23 Daiwa Australia Catalogue Shot with the Nikon Z9 and Nikkor PC-E 85mm f/2.8D Camera: Nikon Z9 Lens: Nikon PC-E 85mm f2.8 ED with FTZ Adapter ISO: 64 Exposure Mode: manual Aperture f11 Speed: 1/125th second Notes: Trigger: Godox XPro N and Nikon WR-10 Lighting Godox...

            These Daiwa Infeet reels literally arrived days before the Daiwa 2022 catalogue was going to print, and they were final samples so needed a fair bit of work to get them cleaned up for catalogue and web. In the end they look great and compliment the rod series...

            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...

          Black, grey or just neutral tones in products are always great to photograph, simple and easy, no color shifts if you get the exposure and color settings correct from the beginning. I began shooting reels during film days before digital, my setup still remains the same albeit more modern...