Unleashed Education Blog
With Charlotte Reeves
Polona was the winner of the December 2022 Edit My Photo challenge in the Unleashed Education community.
As the winner of the...
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...
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...
Working with natural light, especially on a bright sunny day can be challenging at times. However, the resulting warm and engaging portraits...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Featuring flying ears, long flapping tongues, and crazy eyes, action shots are hilarious and always front runners with dog lovers. A must include...
It seems like only yesterday that we began the first Empower course, our third and final Unleashed Challenge series.
With the students having...
What’s better than one dog? Two, of course! For the tenth challenge of Emerge, we're looking for perfect portraits of two dogs.
Dogs are...
It's time for the final challenge of Empower and as always, we finish off with a fun action challenge, Jump!
For the Jump! challenge, we were...
For many of us, pet ownership is a big part of our modern urbanized life. It's become commonplace to see pets out and about in cities and suburbs....
Shooting after the sun goes down is what the penultimate challenge of our Empower course is all about.
Heading out during twilight or later presents...
Emerge challenge number nine is called Mirror Image. Capturing an image with a full reflection is so much fun to do. You can use a mirror image in...
The Soul Searcher or puppy dog eyes style of shot can be a great way to introduce variety into your session, especially if you usually shoot from a...
The Product Placement challenge is the fourth and final challenge of Empower where we are joined by special guest instructors. Who better to lead...
Photos of dogs can usually be classified into one of two main categories - portrait, where the dog is still, or action, where the dog is doing...
One dog photography technique that works wonders for dogs who tend to wander is putting them up on something. Fallen logs, benches, rocks or steps...
For our 9th challenge of Empower, we were joined by special guest instructor An Di Prima of The Faithful Hound Photography. Andi is an...
We're up to challenge number seven of Emerge, Silhouetto. Silhouettes eliminate textural detail and black out facial expressions, relying instead...
Shooting landscapes was an early photographic love for both of us, even when photographing our canine friends these days, there's a real...
When we were setting the Empower briefs, we immediately had a multi dog challenge in mind, building on the skills we taught for the Double Trouble...
