Unleashed Education Blog

By Charlotte Reeves

Struggling to nail focus on fast-moving dogs? And what do you do if the animal eye detection and tracking isn't working for you? ...

Are you ready to dive into the adorable world of puppy photography?

We host regular Lounge calls in our Premium Membership, focusing on a particular ...

By Craig Turner-Bullock

Coloured Powder is a controversial topic and, like it or not, these highly stylised colourful images are hot stuff in the wor...

With Craig Turner-Bullock

The weather can play havoc with our schedules sometimes, especially when clients expect sun-drenched, backlit, bright and v...

By Craig Turner-Bullock

I'm going to get right to it and level with you. Nothing spoils an incredible landscape image, whether there is a dog in it o...

By Craig Turner-Bullock

With 64% of NZ households being home to at least one pet*, Kiwis have more domesticated animals than almost anywhere in the w...

By Charlotte Reeves

Photos of dogs running directly towards the camera are often hilarious and always incredibly popular, but as you may have discove...

By Charlotte Reeves

Black dogs can look seriously stunning in photographs, however black is probably the most challenging of fur colours to capture.

By Charlotte Reeves

We’re all guilty of it.

When it comes to social media, we only tend to share the highlights, the good stuff. And it’s only natur...

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?...

With Charlotte Reeves

Back in 2017 at Barkjour in southern France (another out-of-this-world pet photography retreat), one of our attendees, Leslie, ...

By Charlotte Reeves

Maybe (like me) your journey into professional pet photography started out with you photographing your own dogs. Also maybe (like...

By Charlotte Reeves

Pet photography is a super specialised field and with that comes specialised equipment and tools of the trade. Find out the five ...

By Charlotte Reeves

Taking your photography up a notch means understanding and using some common, but often overlooked, elements of composition. Rang...

By Charlotte Reeves

Often we specialise in pet photography because we relate to animals better than people, am-I-right? There will inevitably come a ...

By Charlotte Reeves

Welcome! You're probably here because you've heard about this mystical "BBF" - and wondered what it is and why people would want ...

By Charlotte Reeves

Downy soft fur, needle sharp teeth, little waggly tails and puppy breath… is there anything more adorable than a puppy? As tricky...

By Charlotte Reeves

Photographing cats and kittens is a whole different game than working with dogs. In some ways, they are easier, but in others, th...

By Charlotte Reeves

Shooting in urban environments can be challenging. In this series, I take you through some super helpful tips for working in busy...