Unleashed Education Blog
One technique that works wonders for dogs who tend to wander around is putting them up on something.
In natural areas, fallen logs make great platfor...
Challenge number five in Empower is Monolicious, we asked challengers to create images in black and white or other monochromatic styles, like sepia or...
Panning is the technique of following the motion of something as it moves from side to side across the scene in front of you. Using a super fast shutt...
Shooting landscapes was an early photographic love for both Craig and Charlotte!
When photographing your canine friends these days, there's a real st...
Animal Lover, Rescue Advocate, Foster Dog Mom & Proud Foster Fail, coupled with the Admiration and Love of Art, Creativity and Photo
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They say a home is just a house without a dog (or other pet). Those of us with pets know this very well. If you're reading this, we wouldn't mind bett...
The popularity of dog sports has exploded over the last decade! And where there are dog sports, there are photographers eager to capture those competi...
Challenge number three of Embark, Composition 101 is all about centred compositions.
Centring feels very natural and is probably one of the first thi...
For challenge number three of Emerge, we asked our challengers to create images using high key or low key techniques.
The use of high key and low key...
The bond shared between a pet and their owner is really special. It brings out strong feelings and makes memories that last a long time. When taking p...
What if we told you there was one tiny little thing that you could do right now that will dramatically change your dog photography images forever. Thi...
Side light can be difficult to get to grips with, but there are ways to use this direction of light to create images with huge impact.
There is impac...
The negative space in an image can help to emphasise and balance the main subject, giving the subject room to breathe and preventing the image from fe...
Growing up I dabbled in photography, with my father, also a photographer. As I was nearing retirement, after a 30-plus year in law e
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Embark is back for 2026, and we are off to a fantastic start with a high standard of submissions from our challengers from the start!
The first chall...
This week we're diving into the very first challenge in our intermediate Unleashed Challenges course Emerge – Framed!
Framing is a powerful and unmis...
Empower is back for 2026! The third and final course in the Unleashed Challenges series. We're kicking things off with a composition-based challenge, ...
I'm a part-time professional pet photographer and full-time biostatistician (and hardcore nerd) who feels most at home outside with
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Last year we ran the Four on the Floor challenge as a little warm up for people interested in the Unleashed Challenge courses. This year, our fifth ru...
I’m Iris, a pet photographer based in the northeast of the Netherlands, specialising in dogs and Icelandic horses. I try to photogra
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I’m Courtney, a professional dog and equine photographer based in Atlanta, Georgia. I specialize in creating albums and wall art tha...
Hey everyone - I’m Kim, a Vancouver Island photographer specializing in pet and people portraits through Kim Yanick Portraits. My wo
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By Charlotte Reeves
Photos of dogs running directly towards the camera are often hilarious and always incredibly popular, but as you may have discove...
It probably comes as no surprise that 2025 was yet another huge year, both personally and professionally, with plenty of travel, teaching, judging, an...
