Need some pet portraiture inspiration? Well take a look at the winning images from the 2017 Dog Photographer of the Year awards. Now in its 12th year, the competition attracted over 10,000 images from 74 different countries all over the globe, including Russia, Brazil, New Zealand and Canada.
The competition saw 10,000 entries - (c) Tracy Kirby
This action portrait won the 'Dogs at work' category (c) Sarah Caldecott
The competition’s overall winner was Maria Davison, a photographer based in Portugal who began taking photos of her dogs and other pets three years ago. Maria’s mage of an adorable puppy resting his head, was also placed first in the ‘Man’s Best Friend’ category.
This cute portrait was the competition's overall winner (c) Maria Davison
Other winners included Kaylee Greer from the United States, who won the ‘Dogs at Play’ category with a photo of Petey the Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier, playing on the south coast of Boston. Kaylee is a pro dog photographer known for her innovative use of off-camera flash lighting in and around water which produces amazing results, particularly during golden hour lighting.
Kaylee uses off-camera flash to capture amazing dog portraits (c) Kaylee Greer
All category winners will have their images on display at the Kennel Club in Mayfair, London from 26th June until 31st August 2017. Prizes for the winning photographers include courses with Nikon School, who supported the awards. For more information, visit www. dogphotographeroftheyear. org. uk
Entries were submitted from 74 different countries (c) Noel Bennett
Of course, cute puppies got their own category (c) Ruud Lauritsen
This fine-art frame took first place in the Portrait category (c) Anastasia Vetkovskaya
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