Nov 01, 2023
Today we wrapped up the last 6 months of Embark 2023, the first in our Unleashed Challenge series of courses. The awards ceremony was hosted live on Zoom and streamed to the Pet Photography Unleashed Facebook group.
We had the pleasure of announcing all 12 of the individual challenge winners, the overall 3rd, 2nd and 1st place winners for the whole challenge. As well as a couple of special ‘Most Improved’ awards and a handful of Highly Commended portfolios.
Amazingly, there were 61 people who completed all 12 challenges by the deadline and WOW, what an inspirational group that set the standard and then blew us away as every challenge went by. If you’ve been keeping your eyes on the top 10 blog posts, you will no doubt have loved the images as much as we did.
Congratulations to everyone who participated, and extra special congrats to the winners. We’ve loved seeing you all grow in skills and confidence over the last 6 months.
Let’s take a look at the winning images, up first, al the individual challenge winners…
01 Colouriffic
Winner: Annette Hagemeijer | Furry Friend Photography
02 Get Down
Winner: Shandess Griffin | Shand and Your Dogs Photography
03 Composition 101
Winner: Julie Cork | J Cork Photography
04 Dogscapes
Winner: Erin Waggoner | Paw Prints Pet Portraiture
05 Up Ups
Winner: Elle Manton | Rogue Paws Photography
06 Soul Searcher
Winner: Lisa Olson | Pets R Family
07 City Slicker
Winner: Shandess Griffin | Shand and Your Dogs Photography
08 Front Runner
Winner: Ginger Wick | Ginger Wick Photography
09 Say What?
Winner: Eva Duerkop
10 Glow-Up
Winner: Eva Duerkop
11 Splash!
Winner: Teran Buckner | Phido Photography
12 Party Time
Winner: Desiree Nickerson | Born 2 Run Photography
Overall Winners
Most Improved
Patricia Mattes | Patty Mattes Photography
3rd Place
Dianne Willemsen
2nd Place
Desiree Nickerson | Born 2 Run Photography
1st Place
Shandess Griffin | Shand and Your Dogs Photography
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