Unleashed Education Blog

By Charlotte Reeves

A good system for culling in Lightroom is essential if you shoot pet photography in sessions - whether that be of your own dogs o...

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 wh...

By Craig Turner-Bullock

Have you ever found a dog's collar so distracting you felt it spoilt a photo?

It's not uncommon. It's not always the easiest t...

By Charlotte Reeves

We're BIG fans of Adobe Lightroom here at Unleashed Education, and one of the most useful Lightroom editing tools available is th...

Featuring flying ears, long flapping tongues, and crazy eyes, action shots are hilarious and always front runners with dog lovers. A must include in a...

By Craig Turner-Bullock

Do you often struggle with getting White Balance correct in your images? Do you find it difficult to see whether an image is ...

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. Inc...

By Charlotte Reeves

Camera profiles are a frequently overlooked aspect of editing - a hidden setting that many photographers don't even know exists!

With Craig Turner-Bullock

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

By Craig Turner-Bullock

Have you ever looked at the outline of a silhouette and thought the shape could do with some tweaking? Or thought a fluffy do...

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 al...

By Charlotte Reeves

"Don't crop before exporting from Lightroom!"

"Free cropping is a disaster waiting to happen!"

"Down with the 8x10 aspect ratio...

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 ve...

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 shoot...

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 streamed ...

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 flying, d...

By Charlotte Reeves

**IMPORTANT NOTE: Download the free flowchart here before pressing play!**

If you use Lightroom and Photoshop for editing and al...

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...

By Craig Turner-Bullock

Have you ever wondered what the colour grading adjustments in Lightroom actually do?

Well, wonder no more! In this Editing T...

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 so...

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 form...

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

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 defin...

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 photographer, at som...