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This live editing session took place in May 2020 via a group Zoom call, and features the full edit of one of my award-winning images. Since I'd...

Welcome to Episode 5 of the Edit My Photo Challenge series!

In my RealShoots Complete Course Facebook group, we run monthly editing challenges. How...

Just a fun little "behind the scenes" peek into what goes on at a dog photography session at the beach!

Ben the Border Collie and Juniper the...

A couple of weeks ago I had a chat to Geryah from YouTube Channel - Dingle Days about all things dog photography!  

We dove into a huge...

Welcome to Episode 4 of the Edit My Photo Challenge!

In my RealShoots Complete Course Facebook group, we’ve just...

Join me for the first few days of EOS R5 ownership, as I test out the Animal Autofocus capabilities of this revolutionary new mirrorless camera...

I've always thought unboxing videos sounded fun to create, so when I received my much anticipated Canon EOS R5, I decided it was the perfect...

Welcome to Episode 3 of the Edit My Photo Challenge!

In my RealShoots Complete Course Facebook group, we’ve just...

Welcome to Episode 2 of the Edit My Photo Challenge!

In my RealShoots Complete Course Facebook group, we’ve just started...

Speed edits are just so much fun, right?

I photographed Tess the White Swiss Shepherd last year as part of my Action Superstars series.

When I...

Welcome to the first video in my new Edit My Photo series!

In my RealShoots Complete Course Facebook group, we’ve just started running...

Photos of dogs running directly towards the camera are often hilarious and always incredibly popular, but as you may have discovered, capturing...

Dog photography is challenging at the best of times, but that challenge quickly multiplies when you’re attempting to get that one perfect...

Over many years of reviewing my student's images during portfolio reviews and image critiques, I keep seeing many of the same issues...

Designing albums is just one of the extra skills often required when you are running a full service pet photography business.

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Black dogs can look seriously stunning in photographs, however black is probably the most challenging of fur colours to capture.

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If you’re like most pet photographers, at some point you’ve struggled with setting the correct white balance of your images in the...

Have you ever shot with backlight and ended up with flare in your image?

Flare occurs when direct sun hits the end glass element of your lens, and...

Designing albums for my clients is something I love to do - there's just something special about a beautiful collection of images that tell...

We’re all guilty of it.

When it comes to social media, we only tend to share the highlights, the good stuff. And it’s only natural. No...

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Adobe Photoshop's awesome Content-Aware Fill feature is nothing short of amazing and in this video, I demonstrate...

In 2019 at the annual Mally Muster fundraising event for Brisbane dog rescue group Shamroq (Siberian Husky and Alaskan Malamute Rescue of...

When editing your images in Lightroom, if the dog has some white fur you can quickly and easily set the correct white balance with this simple...

A question I see posted over and over again in online pet photography groups is this:

"What's the best lens for dog photography?"

And you know...