Free Pet Photography Resources

Behind the Scenes with Ben and Juniper

With Charlotte Reeves

Just a fun little "behind the scenes" peek into what goes on at a dog photography session at the beach with two gorgeous pups - Ben the Border Collie and Juniper the Australian Shepherd.

Taking Amazing Pet Portraits in Bad Weather

With Craig Turner-Bullock

The weather can play havoc with our schedules sometimes, especially when clients expect sun-drenched, backlit, bright and vibrant images. But sometimes, it's good to break the mould and push your creativity in less than ideal circumstances.

Photographing a Camera Shy Dog

With Charlotte Reeves

This behind the scenes video covers the process Charlotte uses for working with a dog that has an aversion to cameras, to help them overcome their fear and see it as a positive instead!

How to Use Lightroom's Flags, Ratings and Colour Labels

With Craig Turner-Bullock

In this week's Editing Toolbox video, I'll take you through how to use and apply Flags, Stars, and Colour Labels, as well as share my own system for using these tools.

Workflow Hack: Creating a Custom Filename Template in Lightroom

With Charlotte Reeves

In this Editing Toolbox video, I'll show you how you can set up a custom filename template for Lightroom to use as part of the import process.

Why Taking Photos Without Dogs Can Save your Dog Photos

With Craig Turner-Bullock

In this Editing Toolbox video, Craig is going to talk about how empty frames without the dog can save your images, some good habits to get into when you're out on a shoot and he'll show you exactly how easy removing people is if you've shot a blank frame.

Removing a Red Colour Cast from the Shadows in Lightroom 

With Charlotte Reeves

In this Editing Toolbox video, Charlotte will show you a super quick and easy way to get rid of red in the shadows in Lightroom (making use of the RAW data), using the Tone Curve.

Locating Lost Files & Folders in Lightroom

With Craig Turner-Bullock

In this week's Editing Toolbox, Craig is going to go through the most common reasons Lightroom can't access files and folders.

Setting White Balance with One Click in Lightroom

With Charlotte Reeves

In this Editing Toolbox video, Charlotte shares one of her favourite tools in Lightroom that you can use if your subject has some white fur receiving clean light - the White Balance Selector.

Rescuing Blurry Images with Topaz

With Craig Turner-Bullock

In this Editing Toolbox, Craig will show you how he likes to use Topaz and Photoshop combined to get the best results.

The Ins and Outs of Zooming

With Craig Turner-Bullock

In this week's Editing Toolbox, Craig will be delving in to the zoom tools and shortcuts in both Lightroom and Photoshop.

Improving the Look of Blown-out Bokeh in Backlit Shots

With Charlotte Reeves

In this Editing Toolbox video, Charlotte will show you a quick technique for minimising areas of blown-out bokeh in the background of backlit shots. 

Setting a Default Camera Profile on Import in Lightroom

With Charlotte Reeves

In this Editing Toolbox video, I'll help you find out how to apply a default Camera Profile on Import. Plus, if you shoot with different camera bodies and prefer a different profile for each, you can override the default import preset for that model only.

Managing and Merging Lightroom Catalogues

With Craig Turner-Bullock

In this week's Editing Toolbox, I'll show you how I use Lightroom catalogues, I believe one master catalogue is the best and most efficient way to save, edit and find images.

Enlarging Your Images in Photoshop to Print BIG

With Charlotte Reeves

In this Editing Toolbox video, I will show you how you can find out exactly how big you can print with NO loss of quality.

What Are XMP Files & Why MIght They Be Useful?

With Craig Turner-Bullock

In this week's Editing Toolbox, I'll be explaining what XMP files do as well going through a few scenarios where having them in addition to a Lightroom catalogue might be useful.

Using Reference Mode in Lightroom to Perfectly Match Edits

With Charlotte Reeves

In this Editing Toolbox video, I will show you the awesome mode in Lightroom you need to know about to help speed up your editing workflow and get your images looking consistent.

How To Batch Process Your Christmas Mini Sessions

With Craig Turner-Bullock

In this Editing Toolbox video, I'm sharing a really quick tip on how to make your Christmas mini sessions or Santa Photos editing as speedy as possible.

Awesome Subject Selection with One Setting in Photoshop

With Charlotte Reeves

In this Editing Toolbox video, I'll show you a very useful subject selection tip in a recent update in Photoshop!

The Best Way to Use Topaz for Photoshop

With Craig Turner-Bullock

In this week's Editing Toolbox, Craig's going to show you how to use Topaz most effectively to give you the most amazing results you won't believe!

Super Quick Object Selection and Removal in Photoshop

With Charlotte Reeves

In this Editing Toolbox video, I'll show you how to use the Object Selection tool to help you cut down your editing time, big time!

How to Make Multiple Dogs Eyes Sparkle

With Craig Turner-Bullock

In this week's Editing Toolbox, I'll take you through my method of making multiple dogs eyes sparkle on an image of 7 chihuahuas!

Unleashing Lightroom 12.0 for Pet Photographers

With Charlotte Reeves

In this Editing Toolbox, I will guide you through some new changes and features in Adobe Lightroom 12.0.

How to Balance Shadows with Highlights

With Craig Turner-Bullock

In this Editing Toolbox, I'm working on an image I took on the island of Guernsey with Cody the Cocker Spaniel.

How to Rescue a Flared-out Photo

With Charlotte Reeves

In this Editing Toolbox, I will show you how to fix that flared-out image instead of giving up and tossing it out!

What's This Weird Fringing and How Can I Fix It?

With Craig Turner-Bullock

In this Editing Toolbox, I will show you how to fix the weird fringing that appears on the edges between the foreground and the sky.

Photoshop Selection Tool Secrets

With Charlotte Reeves

In this Editing Toolbox, I'll share a crucial subject selection tip and show how to get a more Lightroom-like selection experience, right in Photoshop.

The Worst Way to Fix Colour Casts and How to Do it Properly

With Craig Turner-Bullock

In this Editing Toolbox, I will show you a couple of techniques in Photoshop, so you can leave those saturation sliders alone in the future and have realistic coloured pets in your images.

How to Cull Your Pet Photos Super Fast in Lightroom

With Charlotte Reeves

In this Editing Toolbox, I take you through the process I use to choose my final images (and reject unwanted images) using Lightroom's flagging system.

How to Change the Colour of Bright Dog Collars

With Craig Turner-Bullock

In this Editing Toolbox, I'm sharing a quick trick to help you deal with collars that really distract you in all their colourful brightness to help you bring more harmony to the image.

Using Gradients in Lightroom to Paint with Light

With Charlotte Reeves

In this week's slightly-longer-than-normal Editing Toolbox video, Charlotte takes you through how she uses masks in Lightroom, applying gradients, brushes and subject selections, to improve the look and feel of the image.

A Quick Hack for Fixing White Balance

With Craig Turner-Bullock

In this Editing Toolbox video, I have a quick and easy white balance hack for you in Adobe Lightroom.

Using Camera Profiles in Lightroom

With Charlotte Reeves

Find out how to browse, apply and organise profiles in Lightroom so you can quickly and easily choose the perfect profile to suit your style of pet photography.

3 Fab Ways to Use Liquify for Dog Photography

With Craig Turner-Bullock

In this Editing Toolbox video, I'll show you exactly how to use Liquify in Photoshop.

Workflow Hack: Best Practices for Cropping

With Charlotte Reeves

In this Editing Toolbox video, I'll be covering the best practices for cropping in Lightroom and Photoshop (with a fairly extensive side-rant about aspect ratios).

How to Fix Banding in the Sky

With Craig Turner-Bullock

In this Editing Toolbox video, I'm sharing a few tips for the best shooting and editing practices to help prevent banding.

Workflow Hack: How to Swap Between Lightroom and Photoshop

With Charlotte Reeves

In this video, I'm going to give you a brief rundown of my own personal workflow, showing you how to get from the RAW file, to Photoshop, back to Lightroom (and then maybe back into Photoshop to fix up that thing you forgot to fix the first time 🙈).

De-mystifying the Colour Grading Tool

With Craig Turner-Bullock

In this Editing Toolbox, I'll give you a tour of the controls and show you how to use the colour grading adjustments.

Creating Export Presets in Lightroom

With Charlotte Reeves

In this video, I'll show you how I export images for editing in Photoshop (a much better way than just Command + E) - the settings I use for Facebook - and most importantly, how to set up, save, update and organise your own Export Presets.

Correcting Colour Casts on Grey/Blue Dogs

With Craig Turner-Bullock

In this weeks Editing Toolbox video, I'm going to show you how to correct these colour casts in Photoshop that'll get the fur looking exactly as it should.

Working with Layers for Pet Photographers (5 Parts)

Part 5: Organising Layers

With Charlotte Reeves

In this fifth and final episode, we tie up a few loose ends. 

How to Use and Apply Cropping Tool Overlays

With Craig Turner-Bullock

In this Editing Toolbox video, Craig takes you through how to access the overlays in both programmes, what the overlays are for, what compositional rules they relate to and how to apply them to your images.

Working with Layers for Pet Photographers (5 Parts)

Part 4: Layer Masks

With Charlotte Reeves

In this fourth episode, we tackle a much-requested topic - how to work with masks in Photoshop.

Stitching Images to Make a Panorama

With Craig Turner-Bullock

In this Editing Toolbox video, I'll show you how to get started with stitching images in Photoshop to create a panorama.

Working with Layers for Pet Photographers (5 Parts)

Part 3: Opacity and Blending Modes

With Charlotte Reeves

In this third episode, we'll be discovering how to get layers interacting with each other using opacity and blending modes.

Using Photoshop's Auto Align to Remove Objects

With Craig Turner-Bullock

In this Editing Toolbox, I'm showing you a very simple trick that will be an absolute lifesaver, if you plan for it a little in advance.

Working with Layers for Pet Photographers (5 Parts)

Part 2: Managing Layers

With Charlotte Reeves

This second episode is all about managing layers - changing visibility, moving them around, naming them and using groups to organise them.

How to Identify and Remove Chromatic Aberration

With Craig Turner-Bullock

In this Editing Toolbox video, I'll explain everything and show you some super simple ways of tackling Chromatic Aberration in Adobe Lightroom.

Working with Layers for Pet Photographers (5 Parts)

Part 1: Introduction to Layers

With Charlotte Reeves

In this first episode, I cover what layers actually are, how they work (including a super helpful analogy) and the different types of layers that it's possible to create.

How To Create Time-Saving Photoshop Actions

With Craig Turner-Bullock

In this Editing Toolbox video, I'm going to show you how to create an action. 

Rescuing Slightly Out-Of-Focus Eyes with Topaz

With Charlotte Reeves

My technique for fixing slightly out-of-focus eyes using Topaz Labs Sharpen AI in Photoshop is one you definitely need to add to your editing toolbox.

Creating Mist & Fog to Add Atmosphere

With Craig Turner-Bullock

In this editing toolbox video, I’ll show you how to create mist to add atmosphere to an image using Photoshop.

Creating a Matte-look Image Using Gradient Maps

With Charlotte Reeves

Here's a quick video showing you my preferred method for creating this looks-like-film, low contrast feel in Photoshop using a Gradient Map

Creating an Animated GIF of Your Dog Running

With Craig Turner-Bullock

In this video, we’re taking several shots from an action sequence and turning them into an animated GIF.

Creating a Golden Glow in Lightroom

With Charlotte Reeves

A great little technique to add to your editing toolbox when your backlit images need just a bit more warmth and sparkle.

Changing Seasons

With Craig Turner-Bullock

In this video I’m going to show you how you can quickly change the season in Lightroom.

Leash Removal Tips for Photoshop

With 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?

How to Fix Cataracts in Photoshop

With Craig Turner-Bullock

In this video Craig shows you a couple of quick tricks for correcting doggy cataracts.

Quickly Removing Grass Distractions in Photoshop

With Charlotte Reeves

In this video Charlotte shows you exactly how to remove all the bits of grass in with only two steps.

Changing the Colour of a Distraction

With Charlotte Reeves

In this video I'll show you a super easy technique for changing the colour of the distraction, without actually having to remove the object completely.

Correcting Perspective Distortion in Lightroom

With Craig Turner-Bullock

In this video I’m going to show you a quick trick to correct perspective distortion in Lightroom so you can say goodbye to those converging buildings!

Non-Destructive Dodging & Burning

With Craig Turner-Bullock

In this video I’m going to show you a quick non-destructive technique for dodging and burning in Photoshop.

Quick Head Swap

With Charlotte Reeves

In this video, I share my technique for quickly and easily performing a simple head swap using a very handy feature of Photoshop.

Extending the Image Canvas to Improve Composition

With Craig Turner-Bullock

In this quick Photoshop tutorial, Craig shares a couple of techniques for extending the image to add more space in to the composition and improve image flow.

Removing Blue from Black Fur in Lightroom

With Charlotte Reeves

I'm sharing a new technique I've discovered for quickly and easily removing a stubborn blue colour cast from black fur, using Lightroom's new masking tools.

Straightening Wonky Horizons in Lightroom and Photoshop

With Craig Turner-Bullock

In this video, I’ll show you a couple of ways you can straighten your horizons in Lightroom and Photoshop.

Removing a Photo Bomber

With Charlotte Reeves

Steal Charlotte's technique for quickly and easily removing a photo-bomber using a little bit of foresight and a super handy feature of Photoshop.

Cleaning Eva's Teeth In Photoshop

With Craig Turner-Bullock

I recently had a special request from a client; to whiten her dog Eva's teeth.

Fixing a Yellow Colour Cast in White Fur

With Charlotte Reeves

Learn how to fix a yellow colour cast in a dog's white fur using masking in Adobe Lightroom.

Edit My Photo - June 2022

With Craig Turner-Bullock

Jannie Lou was the winner of the May 2022 Edit My Photo challenge in the Unleashed Education community.

Edit My Photo - May 2022

With Charlotte Reeves

Fernanda was the winner of the April 2022 Edit My Photo challenge in the Unleashed Education community.

Edit My Photo - April 2022

With Craig Turner-Bullock

Fernanda was the winner of this month’s Edit My Photo challenge in the Unleashed Education community with her fantastic composite of Lenny & Marley.

Edit My Photo - March 2022

With Charlotte Reeves

Fiona was the winner of this month’s Edit My Photo challenge in the Unleashed Education community, with her lovely clean but also moody edit of Opal at the seaside.

Edit My Photo - February 2022

With Craig Turner-Bullock

Rebecca was the winner of this month’s Edit My Photo challenge in the Unleashed Education community, with her interpretation of my image of Maggie in the Broom flowers.

Edit My Photo - January 2022

With Charlotte Reeves

Elijah was the winner of this month’s Edit My Photo challenge with his classic interpretation of a backlit image of Zephyr.

Edit My Photo - December 2021

With Craig Turner-Bullock

Annabel was the winner of this month’s Edit My Photo challenge in the Unleashed Education community, with her fantastic edit of Roley the Maine Coon.

Edit My Photo - December 2021

With Charlotte Reeves

Kim was the winner of this month’s Edit My Photo challenge in the Unleashed Education community, with her gorgeous pastel edit of June’s action shot at the beach.

Edit My Photo - November 2021

With Craig Turner-Bullock

Ina was the winner of the Edit My Photo challenge for November 2021, Cesar's Hilltop Howl.

Edit My Photo - October 2021

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.

Edit My Photo - September 2021

With Craig Turner-Bullock

Lydia was the winner of this month’s Edit My Photo challenge in the Unleashed Education community, with her wonderful edit of Charlie jumping for his ball at the beach.

Edit My Photo - August 2021

With Charlotte Reeves

Jacqueline was the winner of the Edit My Photo challenge for June 2021, with her moody and emotional edit of Bijou in the pine forest.

Edit My Photo July 2021

With Craig Turner-Bullock

Amanda was the winner of the Edit My Photo Challenge for May 2021, with her fabulous edit and excellent sky replacement of Tabasco the Border Collie in the hills above Christchurch, New Zealand.

Edit My Photo - June 2021

With Charlotte Reeves

Sherry was the winner of this month’s Edit My Photo challenge, with her technically perfect and sunny edit of Luna and Mae.

Edit My Photo May 2021

With Charlotte Reeves

Astrid was the winner of this month’s Edit My Photo challenge with her amazingly atmospheric edit of Jasper the Beagle.