Unleashed Education Blog

We're up to challenge number seven of Emerge, Silhouetto. It's another of our personal favourites and it seems we're not alone! Our challengers create...

We're half way through Embark already, can you believe it! So for this challenge it's time to do a little soul searching.

This style of shot can be a...

Since our pets are such unique looking creatures, they will always have particular features that their owners love.

You must have heard people talk a...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

This week we provided feedback on all the submissions for the Spaced Out challenge which is the 2nd challenge of our Emerge course, boy did we have so...

Embark is back for 2025, 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...

When we started the Unleashed Challenges four years ago, we had no idea how they would grow into courses that would help over 500 pet photographers ar...

Congratulations to all our winners, all the challengers who received highly commended portfolios, and to those who completed all 12 challenges too! 🎉

It's time to party! Our fun-loving furry friends spend so much of their time engaging in play. Most dogs are always up for a game and capturing these ...

We've reached the penultimate challenge of Embark 2024 and this one is called Splash!

There's just something about playing in the water that screams ...

Working with natural light, especially on a bright sunny day can be challenging at times. However, the resulting warm and engaging portraits created f...

Wow you are in for a visual treat in this post. Today we held the Emerge Award ceremony and we can now share all of the winners.

For the past six mon...

We've reached the final challenge of our Emerge course and as with all the Unleashed Challenges, we're ending with a fun one, Shake!

Shaking off wate...

Dog photos are most successful when they're engaging, when they show the personality of the dog and make you feel like you're right there with them wh...

How we love a background brimming with colourful, sparkly bokeh! These bubbles of light create a beautiful effect and add interest and life to a soft,...

Featuring flying ears, long flapping tongues, and crazy eyes, action shots are hilarious and always front runners with dog lovers. A must include in a...

It seems like only yesterday that we began the first Empower course, our third and final Unleashed Challenge series.

With the students having already...