Shot To Bits – Page 18 – The photography of Bradley Sissins

24 Aug

DAIWA REVELRY MQ 2500 FC

By Bradley Sissins

Studio Product - Fishing Reels

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 tones....

13 Aug

KanuLock

By Bradley Sissins

Studio Product

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One thing is I’m pedantic amount is getting every product I photography for catalogues, websites, promotion etc is that they are all at the same angles, display as much of the product as possible and the lighting/color is exactly the same. These Kanulock’s have a lot going on, from bright...

13 Aug

HALCO ROOSTER POPPER 2021 CATALOGUE PROMOTION IMAGE

By Bradley Sissins

Studio - Halco

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What was originally planned as images for the 2021 Halco Tackle Trade Show Displays, ended up being catalogue images due to the worldwide Covid pandemic. Bit of a disappointment as this and other images to follow later would have looked sensational as huge wall sized prints. Anyway, this and others can be seen in...

01 Aug

AN AUSSIE TWIST ON CITRUS, RED CENTRE LIMES

By Bradley Sissins

Studio - Food

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Australia has about half a dozen or so native lime/citrus trees. The most common is the finger lime, which in the past few years is gaining popularity as home “bush tucker”. Over the years the CSIRO has been cultivating variations on the finger lime to help produce hardier and higher producing fruit, one such...

25 Jul

HOME PRESERVES, LEMON JAM

By Bradley Sissins

Studio - Food

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The new Nikkor Z MC 105mm macro is a stunning lens, normally I would always use a Nikkor PC but I’ve been putting this lens to the latest lately. Personally I find it a slower lens to use compared to a tilt shift macro, getting the focus spot on in the correct position to...

24 Jul

SEA FALCON DUAL FLASH CONFIT FRESH TUNA

By Bradley Sissins

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Winter is tuna time on the south coast of New South Wales, Australia, and the 2021 season has been exceptional with plenty of big fish being landed especially by anglers casting stickbaits. Though we love to sashimi any tuna that we get, preserving the flesh for future meals is a great option. Traditionally many...

19 Jul

MADAI SNACKS – SEA FALCON TG SPOON

By Bradley Sissins

STUDIO - SEA FALCON

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A few years ago I picked up a set of “Madai” Hashioki (chop stick rest) in Hon-Kawagoe, Japan. These small ceramic chop stick rests sit amongst my quite vast collection of other sea life related ceramic dinnerware. In Japan, Madai (Sea Bream or otherwise known as Snapper in Australia) is prized for its flavour...

18 Jul

MEGAHOUSE DAIWA EMERALDAS NUDE 3.0

By Bradley Sissins

Studio - Daiwa

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Learning to use strobes and a light meter is an essential requirement for product photography. When I’ve been asked what’s your most important or best investment photographic item, hands down it is my Sekonic L508 light meter, 23 years old and still gets used everyday, no other product I have owned has lasted so...

14 Jul

SWEET AND SOUR SEA FALCON DRAGON KNIGHT

By Bradley Sissins

STUDIO - SEA FALCON

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The Sea Falcon Dragon Knight jigs remind me a bit like the hard boiled sweet humbugs, with their colourful candy and white stripes, almost good enough to eat! So mixing them with some of the produce from our garden, theres a sweet and sour contrast between the sweet candy and sourness of lemons and...

24 Jun

DAIWA SALTIST DEMON BLOOD

By Bradley Sissins

Studio Product - Fishing Rods

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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...

16 Jun

SEA FALCON DUAL FLASH ON ICE

By Bradley Sissins

STUDIO - SEA FALCON

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Hand crafted japanese timber stickbaits are one of those much sought after and addictive lures for offshore topwater enthusiasts. The Seafalcon Dual Flash models are really quite stunning, beautifully crafted and just hot, so keep them on ice for the next hot topwater session. A Godox AD600 Pro with a P120H soft box from...

16 Jun

DAIWA STEEZ SPINNERBAIT

By Bradley Sissins

Studio Product - Daiwa Lures

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Spinnerbaits are one of those lures that are just a real challenge to photograph. With highly reflective blades and silicone skirts that move all by themselves, they require a lot of patience and DIY staging to make them all hang and present evenly. Camera: Nikon Z7 Lens: NIKKOR PC-E Micro Nikkor 85mm f2.8D...