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Emerge 12 Shake! Top 10 emerge top 10 unleashed challenges Sep 23, 2024

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 wate...

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Emerge Bokehlicious Top 10 emerge top 10 unleashed challenges Sep 11, 2024

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 soft,...

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Emerge Double Trouble Top 10 emerge top 10 unleashed challenges Aug 28, 2024

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 social creat...

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Emerge Mirror Image Top 10 emerge top 10 unleashed challenges Aug 14, 2024

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 so ...

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Emerge Slow Motion Top 10 emerge top 10 unleashed challenges Jul 31, 2024

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...

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Emerge Silhouetto Top 10 emerge top 10 unleashed challenges Jul 17, 2024

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

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Emerge All In The Details Top 10 emerge top 10 unleashed challenges Jul 03, 2024

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...

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Emerge Pantastic Top 10 emerge top 10 unleashed challenges Jun 19, 2024

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...

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Emerge Under Cover Top 10 emerge top 10 unleashed challenges Jun 05, 2024

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...

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Emerge Highs and Lows Top 10 emerge top 10 unleashed challenges May 22, 2024

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....

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Emerge Spaced Out Top 10 emerge top 10 unleashed challenges May 08, 2024

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...

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Emerge Framed Top 10 emerge top 10 unleashed challenges Apr 24, 2024

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...

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Emerge Shake! Top 10 emerge top 10 unleashed challenges Aug 24, 2023

We've made it to the final challenge of Emerge, Shake!

Shaking off water is a distinctly animal thing to do, and also a behaviour that can look super...

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Emerge Bokehlicious Top 10 emerge top 10 unleashed challenges Aug 10, 2023

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 soft,...

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Emerge Double Trouble Top 10 emerge top 10 unleashed challenges Jul 27, 2023

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 photographers will...

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Emerge Mirror Image Top 10 emerge top 10 unleashed challenges Jul 13, 2023

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 touc...

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Emerge Slow Motion Top 10 emerge top 10 unleashed challenges Jun 29, 2023

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...

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Emerge Silhouetto Top 10 emerge top 10 unleashed challenges Jun 15, 2023

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 create...

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Emerge All In The Details Top 10 emerge top 10 unleashed challenges Jun 01, 2023

Since our pets are such unique looking creatures, they will always have particular features that their owners love.

You must have heard people talk a...

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Emerge Pantastic Top 10 emerge top 10 unleashed challenges May 18, 2023

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...

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Emerge Under Cover Top 10 emerge top 10 unleashed challenges May 04, 2023

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 bett...

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Emerge Highs and Lows Top 10 emerge top 10 unleashed challenges Apr 21, 2023

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 key...

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Emerge Spaced Out Top 10 emerge top 10 unleashed challenges Apr 06, 2023

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 ba...

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Emerge Framed Top 10 emerge top 10 unleashed challenges Mar 23, 2023

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 we're ...

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