Unleashed Education Blog
With Charlotte Reeves
Fiona was the winner of this month’s Edit My Photo challenge in the Unleashed Education community, with her lovely...
By Charlotte Reeves
"Don't crop before exporting from Lightroom!"
"Free cropping is a disaster waiting to happen!"
"Down with the 8x10 aspect...
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...
By Craig Turner-Bullock
Have you ever noticed weird stuff happening in the sky in your image?
I'm not talking about accidental UFO captures or...
Today we wrapped up the last 6 months of Emerge, part of our Unleashed Challenge series of course with the awards ceremony, live on Zoom and...
Shaking off water is a distinctly animal thing to do, and also a behaviour that can look super cool when captured in a photo. Water droplets...
By Charlotte Reeves
**IMPORTANT NOTE: Download the free flowchart here before pressing play!**
If you use Lightroom and Photoshop for editing...
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...
By Craig Turner-Bullock
Have you ever wondered what the colour grading adjustments in Lightroom actually do?
Well, wonder no more! In this...
Oh 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...
By Charlotte Reeves
We all love editing in Lightroom, but what's the best and fastest way of getting the images out of Lightroom into other file...
Shooting landscapes was an early photographic love for both of us. Even when photographing our canine friends these days, there's a real...
By Craig Turner-Bullock
Do you find your images of grey and blue dogs take on weird colour casts?
You're not alone! Dogs with blue or grey fur...
What’s better than one dog? Two, of course! Dogs are social creatures and many dog owners have more than one, so, if you're a pet...
By Charlotte Reeves
Organising Layers
Understanding layers is essential for anyone who wants to do more than the basics in Photoshop. We've had so...
For the Composition 101 challenge, we're looking at a couple of the basic rules of composition. Centering and symmetry.
Centering your compositions...
By Craig Turner-Bullock
Did you know that you can change the crop overlay in both Lightroom and Photoshop? .
In this Editing Toolbox video, Craig...
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...
By Charlotte Reeves
Layer Masks
Understanding layers is an essential Photoshop skill. We've had so many requests for this topic that I've created a...
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...
By Craig Turner-Bullock
One thing I absolutely love doing is creating panoramic images, it's a great way to showcase the dog in a landscape. I've...
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...
By Charlotte Reeves
Opacity and Blending Modes
Understanding layers in Photoshop is an essential editing skill that is often overlooked in editing...
We have a brand new set of Challengers in Embark and if the first challenge, Colouriffic, is anything to go by, this is going to be an incredible 6...
