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With Craig Turner-Bullock Kim was the winner of the November 2022 Edit My Photo challenge in the Unleashed Education community. As the winner of the challenge, Kim submitted this gorgeous image the she took during Barkelona, an out of this world pet photography retreat held in Spain. The dog is...

By Charlotte Reeves Over the past few weeks, Charlotte has been editing her photos from a recent pet photography workshop (Style Lab Retreat) and exploring all the incredible new features of Photoshop, especially the new AI-powered Remove tool and Generative Fill. If you're finding the Remove t...

With Charlotte Reeves Ewan was the winner of the August 2022 Edit My Photo challenge in the Unleashed Education community. As the winner of the challenge, Ewan submitted this gorgeous shot of a Samoyed puppy in the Scottish Highlands. The image was shot with additional lighting so the light is ...

By Charlotte Reeves Every time a big new Adobe update is released, people usually fall into two categories. Those who are terrified of upgrading because things will be different, broken or slow - and people like me - who can't wait to upgrade to check out all the new features! For those resista...

By Charlotte Reeves Leash removal is probably the most common editing task that pet photographers do on a daily basis, but is the technique you're currently using the most efficient one?In this video, I share my technique for leash removal in Photoshop (and why NOT to use Lightroom) using variou...

With Charlotte Reeves Tiffany was the winner of this month’s Edit My Photo challenge in the Unleashed Education community, with her very cleverly done leash removal and collar fix-up of Cleo the Dalmatian. As the winner of the challenge, Tiffany submitted two RAW images for me to combine into o...

Welcome to Episode 3 of the Edit My Photo Challenge! In my Learn Pet Photography Facebook group, we run monthly editing challenges. How it works is: I provide one of my RAW images for group members to download and edit They post their final edits of my photo From all the submissions, I choo...

Welcome to the first video in my new Edit My Photo series! In my Learn Pet Photography Facebook group, we run monthly editing challenges. How it works is: I provide one of my RAW images for group members to download and edit They post their final edits of my photo From all the submissions, ...

By Charlotte Reeves In 2019 at the annual Mally Muster fundraising event for Brisbane dog rescue group Shamroq (Siberian Husky and Alaskan Malamute Rescue of Queensland), we ran a "Out of this World" themed photo booth. The beautiful backdrop was custom painted for the occasion by Danni from Ru...

By Charlotte Reeves A question I see posted over and over again in online pet photography groups is this: "What's the best lens for dog photography?" And you know what? I don't really have the answer. 🤷‍♀️ Because everyone is different. Just because we're all pet photographers doesn't mean w...

In 2018 at the annual Mally Muster fundraising event for Brisbane rescue group Shamroq (Siberian Husky and Alaskan Malamute Rescue of Queensland), we ran a "Northern Lights" themed photo booth. The Northern Lights backdrop was set up in a white marquee which provided a nice soft diffused natural ...

BEST VIEWED FULL SCREEN IN HD (click icon at bottom right of video) In this super quick video, I demonstrate the quickest and easiest way I know to remove the leash if the background is not too complex and if the leash forms a straight line. Here's the final image.

This video is based on Photoshop CS6. The techniques have changed with more recent updates. If you're on a more current version, you might like to check out Editing Toolbox: Leash Removal Tips for Photoshop from 2022. Please note this is a demo only (not a tutorial) and as such, there is no comm...

At the annual Mally Muster fundraising event for Brisbane rescue group Shamroq (Siberian Husky and Alaskan Malamute Rescue of Queensland), myself and fellow Brisbane pet photographer Kelly from Hairypants Photography ran a "Winter Wonderland" themed photo booth. We used a backdrop of snowy trees...

Following on from my leash removal video tutorials that deal with simple and complex techniques to deal with editing out the leash in dog photos, I decided to share a similar but more complex job of removing the lead rope in a horse photography image. The difference with lead ropes is they often...

This is a speed edit only and as such does not include a voiceover. The long black lead snaked down from Turbo's collar, across Andy's blue jeans and puddled in front of his shoes. This was going to be a complex one! So complex, in fact, I decided not to waste the experience and instead share t...

Note: while this information is still relevant to Photoshop CS6, there are significant improvements in later versions. Check out our Editing Toolbox from 2022 here: Editing Toolbox: Leash Removal Tips for Photoshop. BEST VIEWED FULL SCREEN IN HD (click icon at bottom right of video) A longer vi...

Note: while this information is still relevant to Photoshop CS6, there are significant improvements in later versions. Check out our Editing Toolbox from 2022 here: Editing Toolbox: Leash Removal Tips for Photoshop. BEST VIEWED FULL SCREEN IN HD (click icon at bottom right of video) A quick vid...