20 Adorable Pics That Made It To The Winning List Of The "Dog Photography Awards 2022"
Yes, this competition is for dog photographers!
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Don't you love clicking pictures of your furry buddies? What if you can enter those adorable pictures in a competition and win a prize? Yes, of course, there are contests for dog photography!
The International Dog Photography Awards organizes annual competitions for professional, amateur, and student photographers from around the world. Around 1400 submissions were received from 50 different countries this year. There were four different categories: Portrait and Landscape, Studio, Action, and Dogs and People. Check out some of the awesome winning images of 2022. And if you couldn't enter this year, then try your luck next year as the contest will be open for submissions on July 13, 2022.
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“The first obstacle of the course is the moment I prefer most of all. There, where it all begins, where the bond between Human and Dog is expressed in such a clear way by such a magnetic look, where you can see the power of dog’s muscles contracting and releasing energy at every handler’s nod.”
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“Away from the pistes, away from the hustle and bustle, enjoying the softness of the powder snow, the untouchedness. The dark side of it: every year people are buried by avalanches. The search in rough terrain is usually very difficult. The avalanche rescue dogs are often the first responders, fighting their way through the avalanche cones on their four paws with a lot of perseverance to look for the buried people, who are sometimes buried several meters under the snow masses. In Melchsee-Frutt (Switzerland) I have accompanied the rescue teams led by Nicole Dammann with the camera for a day. The dogs are trained using positive reinforcement to keep them enjoying the search. To capture the moment when the dog finds the buried person and digs through the snow, I lay down with the camera in a small, dark ice cave and let the dogs search for me. The moment when the snow cover opens up, the first ray of light penetrates the cave, the paws dig away the snow and the dog's nose sniffs towards you is wonderful.
A big compliment to all the dog handlers with their four-legged friends who invest a lot of time and patience.
In an emergency, they risk their own lives. Thanks to all!
The picture shows Border Collie Kyron, who was looking for me and fortunately found me.”
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“Just trying to do something different from the norm and create something unique in my studio and a new style. Not something I've seen other people doing and has created a great response and good reactions.”
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“Unconditional Love”
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“This shot of Amber my Dalmatian is so special to me as this was one of the first walks we were able to do off lead since her two leg operations. It fills me with emotion seeing her so independent and captivated by the beauty of nature and wildlife.”
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“Took at sunrise in Slovenia."
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“Mimi's Backstory”
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“These photos are of Greenland Dogs (Greenlandic: Kalaallit Qimmiat, Danish: Grønlandshund) in Ilulissat, Greenland behaving naturally on the land provided to them by the government. There used be 30,000 Greenland Dogs and now there are only around 15,000. In Greenland they are exclusively used as working sled dogs. Climate change has reduced their use in favour of skidoos, which are better able to handle marginal ice conditions. Puppies up until about 6 months of age are allowed to roam untethered in order to socialize them and are friendly and playful. Adults are chained and kept separate. Housing and veterinary care is provided by the government.”
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“I took this picture during our vacation in Norway. It was very foggy that day, so I wanted to create a friendly and sunny look.”
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“Walking the dog along the beach. Photo taken by DJI Mavic Air2 drone of my partner walking our dog, Luna.”
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“An azawakh, on lookout. Always on look out and ready for action.”
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“Luis is our friend Karin's Afghan, he's relaxing on the couch.”
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“This was the first picture I edited after the workshop in Belgium with Claudio.
I saw it already during the shooting on the beach and it made me so excited. The post-processing was not easy because I don't like the blue colour so much. It was really difficult to edit the picture in those blue tones because I feel more comfortable with the warm colors. At the End I was satisfied with the result and thankful for that workshop.”
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#1 Francesco Mura, 1st Place, Action
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“The first obstacle of the course is the moment I prefer most of all. There, where it all begins, where the bond between Human and Dog is expressed in such a clear way by such a magnetic look, where you can see the power of dog’s muscles contracting and releasing energy at every handler’s nod.”
#2 Dalia Fichmann, 1st Place, Portrait and Landscape
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“Away from the pistes, away from the hustle and bustle, enjoying the softness of the powder snow, the untouchedness. The dark side of it: every year people are buried by avalanches. The search in rough terrain is usually very difficult. The avalanche rescue dogs are often the first responders, fighting their way through the avalanche cones on their four paws with a lot of perseverance to look for the buried people, who are sometimes buried several meters under the snow masses. In Melchsee-Frutt (Switzerland) I have accompanied the rescue teams led by Nicole Dammann with the camera for a day. The dogs are trained using positive reinforcement to keep them enjoying the search. To capture the moment when the dog finds the buried person and digs through the snow, I lay down with the camera in a small, dark ice cave and let the dogs search for me. The moment when the snow cover opens up, the first ray of light penetrates the cave, the paws dig away the snow and the dog's nose sniffs towards you is wonderful.
A big compliment to all the dog handlers with their four-legged friends who invest a lot of time and patience.
In an emergency, they risk their own lives. Thanks to all!
The picture shows Border Collie Kyron, who was looking for me and fortunately found me.”
#3 Su Kaye, 1st Place, Studio
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“Just trying to do something different from the norm and create something unique in my studio and a new style. Not something I've seen other people doing and has created a great response and good reactions.”
#4 Sabrina Theden, 1st Place, Dogs and People
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“Unconditional Love”
#5 Sophia Hutchinson, 2nd Place, Portrait and Landscape
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“This shot of Amber my Dalmatian is so special to me as this was one of the first walks we were able to do off lead since her two leg operations. It fills me with emotion seeing her so independent and captivated by the beauty of nature and wildlife.”
#6 Kjara Kocbek, 2nd Place, Action
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“Took at sunrise in Slovenia."
#7 Jane Thomson, 2nd Place, Studio
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“Mimi's Backstory”
#8 Sarah Ebner, 2nd Place, Dogs & People
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#9 Joanne Liu, 3rd Place, Portrait and Landscape)
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“These photos are of Greenland Dogs (Greenlandic: Kalaallit Qimmiat, Danish: Grønlandshund) in Ilulissat, Greenland behaving naturally on the land provided to them by the government. There used be 30,000 Greenland Dogs and now there are only around 15,000. In Greenland they are exclusively used as working sled dogs. Climate change has reduced their use in favour of skidoos, which are better able to handle marginal ice conditions. Puppies up until about 6 months of age are allowed to roam untethered in order to socialize them and are friendly and playful. Adults are chained and kept separate. Housing and veterinary care is provided by the government.”
#10 Julia Haßelkuß, 3rd Place, Action
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“I took this picture during our vacation in Norway. It was very foggy that day, so I wanted to create a friendly and sunny look.”
#11 Daniela Schmid, 3rd Place, Studio
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#12 Russell Charters, 3rd Place, Dogs and People)
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“Walking the dog along the beach. Photo taken by DJI Mavic Air2 drone of my partner walking our dog, Luna.”
#13 Sanna Sander, Finalist, Portrait and Landscape
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“An azawakh, on lookout. Always on look out and ready for action.”
#14 Emma Pope, Finalist, Dogs and People
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#15 Cornelia Deigner, Finalist, Portrait and Landscape
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#16 Tanja Zech, Finalist, Studio
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“Luis is our friend Karin's Afghan, he's relaxing on the couch.”
#17 Christin Scholz, Finalist, Portrait and Landscape
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#18 Fleur Scholte, Finalist, Portrait and Landscape
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#19 Sylvie Lettal, Finalist, Action
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“This was the first picture I edited after the workshop in Belgium with Claudio.
I saw it already during the shooting on the beach and it made me so excited. The post-processing was not easy because I don't like the blue colour so much. It was really difficult to edit the picture in those blue tones because I feel more comfortable with the warm colors. At the End I was satisfied with the result and thankful for that workshop.”
#20 Desina Zbranková Albaniová, Finalist, Action
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