Unleashed Education Blog

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 somethi...

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 all...

For our 9th challenge of Empower, we were joined by special guest instructor An Di Prima of The Faithful Hound Photography. Andi is an accomplished po...

We're up to challenge number seven of Emerge, Silhouetto. Silhouettes eliminate textural detail and black out facial expressions, relying instead on t...

Shooting landscapes was an early photographic love for both of us, even when photographing our canine friends these days, there's a real storytelling ...

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 cha...

Since our pets are such unique looking creatures, they will always have particular features that their owners love. We’re sure you’ve heard clients ta...

For the Composition 101 challenge in Embark, we're looking at a couple of the basic rules of composition. Centring and symmetry. Centring feels very n...

Using off camera flash has become very popular in the pet photography space, thanks largely to the popularity of Dog Breath Photography’s vibrant wide...

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...

What if we told you there was one tiny little thing that you could do right now that will dramatically change your dog photography mages forever. This...

Attempting to represent our three dimensional world through a two dimensional medium such as a photograph is no easy task, but that’s the challenge we...

They say a home is just a house without a dog. Those of us with dogs know this very well, I bet you can’t wait to get home for those joy filled cuddle...

For the first challenge in our Embark course, we tasked our challengers to find areas of bold colour. We wanted to start with something simple and fun...

Challenge number five in Empower is Monolicious, we asked challengers to create images in black and white or other monochromatic styles, like sepia or...

We're on Challenge number three of Emerge, Highs and Lows. The use of high key and low key imagery is very common in the world of art and photography....

The popularity of dog sports has exploded over the last decade! And where there are dog sports, there are photographers eager to capture those competi...

Positive space in an image refers to the area that draws attention, almost always, the main subject. Conversely, negative space is the area of the ima...

The love between a pet and its owner is really special. It brings out strong feelings and makes memories that last a long time. When taking pictures o...

Framing your subject is a fantastic, no-mistaking way to bring attention straight to your subject. At the same time, framing allows you to introduce e...

Side light can be difficult to get to grips with, but there are ways to use this direction of light to create images with huge impact.

There is impac...

Welcome to the first top 10 of our brand new challenge based course,  Empower! The final in the Unleashed Challenges series. We're back with 12 fresh ...