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Embark Awards 2024 Winners embark awards unleashed challenges Nov 03, 2024

Congratulations to all our winners, all the challengers who received highly commended portfolios, and to those who completed all 12 challenges too!...

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Embark Party Time Top 10 embark top 10 unleashed challenges Oct 30, 2024

It's time to party! Our fun-loving furry friends spend so much of their time engaging in play. Most dogs are always up for a game and capturing...

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Embark Splash! Top 10 embark top 10 unleashed challenges Oct 17, 2024

We've reached the penultimate challenge of Embark 2024 and this one is called Splash!

There's just something about playing in the water that...

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Embark Glow-Up Top 10 embark top 10 unleashed challenges Oct 03, 2024

Working with natural light, especially on a bright sunny day can be challenging at times. However, the resulting warm and engaging portraits...

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Emerge Awards 2024 Winners emerge awards unleashed challenges Sep 30, 2024

Wow you are in for a visual treat in this post. Today we held the Emerge Award ceremony and we can now share all of the winners.

For the past six...

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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...

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Embark Say What? Top 10 embark top 10 unleashed challenges Sep 19, 2024

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...

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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...

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Embark Front Runner Top 10 embark top 10 unleashed challenges Sep 05, 2024

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

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Empower Awards 2024 Winners empower awards unleashed challenges Aug 30, 2024

It seems like only yesterday that we began the first Empower course, our third and final Unleashed Challenge series.

With the students having...

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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...

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Empower 12 Jump! Top 10 empower top 10 unleashed challenges Aug 28, 2024

It's time for the final challenge of Empower and as always, we finish off with a fun action challenge, Jump!

For the Jump! challenge, we were...

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Embark City Slicker Top 10 embark top 10 unleashed challenges Aug 27, 2024

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....

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Empower 11 Embrace the Night Top 10 empower top 10 unleashed challenges Aug 15, 2024

Shooting after the sun goes down is what the penultimate challenge of our Empower course is all about.

Heading out during twilight or later presents...

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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...

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Embark Soul Searcher Top 10 embark top 10 unleashed challenges Aug 08, 2024

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...

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Empower 10 Product Placement Top 10 empower top 10 unleashed challenges Aug 01, 2024

The Product Placement challenge is the fourth and final challenge of Empower where we are joined by special guest instructors. Who better to lead...

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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...

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Embark Up Ups Top 10 embark top 10 unleashed challenges Jul 25, 2024

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...

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Empower 09 Dogumentary Top 10 empower top 10 unleashed challenges Jul 18, 2024

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

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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...

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Embark Dogscapes Top 10 embark top 10 unleashed challenges Jul 11, 2024

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

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Empower 08 Multi Mania Top 10 empower top 10 unleashed challenges Jul 04, 2024

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...

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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...

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