Unleashed Education Blog

Embark Splash! Top 10 embark top 10 unleashed challenges Oct 12, 2023

We've reached the penultimate challenge of Embark 2023 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 05, 2023

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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Embark Say What? Top 10 embark top 10 unleashed challenges Sep 14, 2023

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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Embark Front Runner Top 10 embark top 10 unleashed challenges Aug 31, 2023

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

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2023 Emerge Award Winners emerge awards unleashed challenges Aug 30, 2023

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...

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Editing Toolbox: Using Photoshop's New AI-Powered Remove Tool editing toolbox free editing tutorials Aug 25, 2023

By Charlotte Reeves

AI-powered tools like Generative Fill are the biggest new thing in editing programs like Adobe Photoshop, but what about...

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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...

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Editing Toolbox: Craig's Top 5(ish) Photoshop Shortcuts editing toolbox free editing tutorials Aug 17, 2023

By Craig Turner-Bullock

Following on from his last Editing Toolbox covering his favourite Lightroom Shortcuts, in this video Craig takes you...

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Embark City Slicker Top 10 embark top 10 unleashed challenges Aug 17, 2023

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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Editing Toolbox: Is Adobe's Super Resolution worth using? editing toolbox free editing tutorials Aug 11, 2023

By Charlotte Reeves

Have you heard of Super Resolution? Along with Denoise and Raw Details, it's available in Lightroom, Lightroom Classic and...

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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...

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Unleashed Edit: Kara's Autumn Forest Run (speed edit version) speed edits unleashed edits Aug 09, 2023

By Charlotte Reeves

This "speed edit" is sped up around 40x from the full 23 minute editing tutorial, which is available in our...

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Editing Toolbox: Craig's Top 5 Lightroom Shortcuts editing toolbox free editing tutorials Aug 04, 2023

By Craig Turner-Bullock

Are you ready to save a little time when you're editing? Some things take too many clicks to get to. Thankfully, Adobe...

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Embark Soul Searcher Top 10 embark top 10 unleashed challenges Aug 03, 2023

We're half way through Embark already, can you believe it! So for this challenge it's time to do a little soul searching.

This style of shot can be...

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Editing Toolbox: How to Choose a New Prime Lens Using the Library Filter editing toolbox free editing tutorials Jul 28, 2023

By Charlotte Reeves

If you've started off shooting with zoom lenses and have decided it's time to invest in a prime (fixed focal length) lens, but...

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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...

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Edit My Photo September 2022 - Ewan edit my photo free editing tutorials Jul 21, 2023

With Charlotte Reeves

Ewan was the winner of the August 2022 Edit My Photo challenge in the Unleashed Education community.

As the winner of the...

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Editing Toolbox: How to Avoid Breaking Depth of Field editing toolbox free editing tutorials Jul 21, 2023

By Craig Turner-Bullock

Planes of focus are those parts of an image that is in sharp focus. If you're shooting at a low angle, using a long lens, a...

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Embark Up Ups Top 10 embark top 10 unleashed challenges Jul 20, 2023

One technique that works wonders for dogs who tend to wander around is putting them up on something.

In natural areas, fallen logs make great...

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Editing Toolbox: Creating Better Vignettes in Lightroom editing toolbox free editing tutorials Jul 14, 2023

By Charlotte Reeves

This tutorial is all about vignetting! What it is, where it comes from, why you might want to remove it from your images, or...

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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...

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Editing Toolbox: Photoshop Brush Opacity and Flow Explained editing toolbox free editing tutorials Jul 07, 2023

By Craig Turner-Bullock

There are so many different applications for brushes in Photoshop, applying colour, dodging and burning, masking, cloning,...

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Unleashed Edit: Benson at the Orchard (speed edit version) speed edits unleashed edits Jul 06, 2023

By Craig Turner-Bullock

This "speed edit" is sped up around 40x from the full 22 minute editing tutorial, which is available in our...

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Embark Dogscapes Top 10 embark top 10 unleashed challenges Jul 06, 2023

Shooting landscapes was an early photographic love for both Craig and Charlotte!

When photographing your canine friends these days, there's a real...

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