Unleashed Education Blog
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...
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...
What’s better than one dog? Two, of course! Dogs are social creatures and many dog owners have more than one, so at some point, pet...
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...
Capturing an image with a full reflection is so much fun to do. You can use a mirror image in so many ways that enhance an image and add a little...
Shooting landscapes was an early photographic love for both Craig and Charlotte!
When photographing your canine friends these days, there's a real...
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...
Challenge number 3 of Embark, Composition 101 is all about centered compositions.
Centering feels very natural and is probably one of the first...
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...
What if we told you there was one tiny little thing that you could do right now that will dramatically change your images forever? This thing that...
Since our pets are such unique looking creatures, they will always have particular features that their owners love.
You must have heard people talk...
We're back with a brand new set of students in our challenge-based course, Embark!
Over the next 6 months, we'll see them complete a series of 12...
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...
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...
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...
The Spaced Out challenge is the latest to have been completed by our Emerge participants.
The negative space in an image can help to emphasise and...
Emerge is back for 2023, we're very excited to be back with a new set of students in the second in the series of Unleashed Challenges.
This week...
Today we wrapped up the last 6 months of Embark, the first in our Unleashed Challenge series of courses. The awards ceremony was hosted live on...
It's time to party! Our fun-loving furry friends spent so much of their time engaging in play. Most dogs are always up for a game and capturing...
There's just something about playing in the water that screams fun and our best furry buddies seem to agree.
Whether it be swimming, leaping,...
Working with natural light, especially on a bright sunny day can be challenging at times. However, the resulting warm and engaging portraits...
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...
Featuring flying ears, long flapping tongues, and crazy eyes, action shots are hilarious and always front runners with dog lovers. A must include...
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....
