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Embark Say What? Top 10 embark top 10 unleashed challenges Sep 13, 2022

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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Editing Toolbox: How to Change the Colour of Bright Dog Collars editing toolbox free editing tutorials Sep 09, 2022

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...

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Editing Toolbox: Using Gradients in Lightroom to Paint with Light editing toolbox free editing tutorials Sep 02, 2022

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...

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Embark Front Runner Top 10 embark top 10 unleashed challenges Aug 30, 2022

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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Editing Toolbox: A Quick Hack for Fixing White Balance editing toolbox free editing tutorials Aug 26, 2022

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...

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Embark City Slicker Top 10 embark top 10 unleashed challenges Aug 22, 2022

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: Using Camera Profiles in Lightroom editing toolbox free editing tutorials Aug 18, 2022

By Charlotte Reeves

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

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Edit My Photo April 2022 - Fernanda edit my photo free editing tutorials Aug 15, 2022

With Craig Turner-Bullock

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

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Editing Toolbox: 3 Fab Ways to Use Liquify for Dog Photography editing toolbox free editing tutorials Aug 12, 2022

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...

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Edit My Photo March 2022 - Fiona edit my photo free editing tutorials Aug 09, 2022

With Charlotte Reeves

Fiona was the winner of this month’s Edit My Photo challenge in the Unleashed Education community, with her lovely...

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Editing Toolbox - Workflow Hack: Best Practices for Cropping editing toolbox free editing tutorials Aug 05, 2022

By Charlotte Reeves

"Don't crop before exporting from Lightroom!"

"Free cropping is a disaster waiting to happen!"

"Down with the 8x10 aspect...

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Embark Soul Searcher Top 10 embark top 10 unleashed challenges Aug 02, 2022

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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Editing Toolbox: How to Fix Banding in the Sky editing toolbox free editing tutorials Jul 29, 2022

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...

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Emerge Awards Winners emerge awards unleashed challenges Jul 29, 2022

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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Emerge Shake! Top 10 emerge top 10 unleashed challenges Jul 25, 2022

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...

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Editing Toolbox: How to Swap Between Lightroom and Photoshop editing toolbox free editing tutorials Jul 22, 2022

By Charlotte Reeves

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

If you use Lightroom and Photoshop for editing...

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Embark Up Ups Top 10 embark top 10 unleashed challenges Jul 19, 2022

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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Editing Toolbox: De-mystifying the Colour Grading Tool editing toolbox free editing tutorials Jul 15, 2022

By Craig Turner-Bullock

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

Well, wonder no more! In this...

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Emerge Bokehlicious Top 10 emerge top 10 unleashed challenges Jul 13, 2022

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...

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Editing Toolbox: Creating Export Presets in Lightroom editing toolbox free editing tutorials Jul 08, 2022

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...

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Embark Dogscapes Top 10 embark top 10 unleashed challenges Jul 07, 2022

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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Editing Toolbox: Correcting Colour Casts on Grey/Blue Dogs editing toolbox free editing tutorials Jul 01, 2022

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...

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Emerge Double Trouble Top 10 emerge top 10 unleashed challenges Jun 28, 2022

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...

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Editing Toolbox: Working with Layers for Pet Photographers (5 parts) Part 5 editing toolbox free editing tutorials Jun 24, 2022

By Charlotte Reeves

Organising Layers

Understanding layers is essential for anyone who wants to do more than the basics in Photoshop. We've had so...

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