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12 Of The Most Beautiful Shots, As Selected By The Dog Photographer Of The Year 2022 Awards
Dog Photography Awards organizes monthly contests for professional, amateur and student photographers worldwide, as well as an annual competition creating one of the most interesting contests in dog photography today. Our purpose is to promote talented dog photographers all over the world thanks to our worldwide known and experienced judges specialized in dog photography.
There were four categories for the 2022 Dog Photography Awards: Portrait & Landscape, Studio, Action and Dogs & People. Judges worked hard to select the first, second, and third-place photos from each category. This year’s winners are some of the most beautiful dog images you’ll ever see.
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#1
Francesco Mura, 1st Place Winner In The Action Category
Final score:
209points
Winners of the Dog Photography Awards received prizes of up to €2,000 in cash (€500 for each category) as well as recognition from top media and newspapers. For this year's edition, we received about 1400 applications from 50 different countries!
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#2
Dalia Fichmann, 1st Place Winner In The Portrait & Landscape Category
Final score:
182points
Lakota Wolf 3 years ago
A Border Collie named Kyron, actually! Borders can be merle, it's just not common :)
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Kjara Kocbek, 2nd Place In The Action Category
Final score:
164points
Haaaapppyyyyy! 3 years ago
Love the color red in the white and black background. Gives it a good focus in the photo. Also the jump ♥
Luna Crow 3 years ago
Me too! And that's quite an impressive jump - wondering if doggo launched off the trainer's back even
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We are amazed by the quality of the work submitted and how different the winning images are. We are also happy about their originality, coming with the wonderful stories behind them, which makes the competition even more interesting also for us, judges and creators of the competition, discovering new talented photographers around the world.
#4
Daniela Schmid, 3rd Place In The Studio Category
Final score:
155points
Lakota Wolf 3 years ago
That is why we must protecc, so they stay safe :) I met my current puppy when he was 10 days old... he looked a lot like this little one :) Now he's 60 lbs!
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#5
Sophia Hutchinson, 3rd Place In The Portrait & Landscape Category
Final score:
141points
Our 2022 jury was composed of six different renowned dog photographers: me, Audrey Bellot, - a 25-year-old dog photographer from France, Claudio Piccoli - a professional dog photographer from Italy, Iza Łysoń - a 25-year-old photographer and an ambassador for 500px photography website, Heike Willers - dog photographer based in Germany, Travis Patenaude - a studio dog photographer based in the United States and Anne Geier - a dog photographer from Austria.
#6
Sophia Hutchinson, 2nd Place In The Portrait & Landscape Category
Final score:
137points
Jessica J. 3 years ago
↖️ We may be biased, but we always approve of, and upvote, the spotted puppers!
Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 3 years ago
Gorgeous photograph! This is one of my personal favourites.
#7
Su Kaye, 1st Place Winner In The Studio Category
Final score:
123points
Ann Pattinson 3 years ago (edited)
Wrinkly poofy dogs, and I know I'll probably get down voted for this truth, often have associated health problems. This shouldn't be glorified.
Our criteria for choosing the winners were the following for this 2022 edition: a dog's body language refers to the expression of the dog and its posture. Settings refer to the sharpness of the subject, the overall exposure and the lightning used for studio images. Composition is about colors, light, layers, story and overall impact of the image. Artistic choices are related to the chosen idea and its execution, its difficulty of realization and its rarity. Editing refers to the final look of the image and the techniques that seem to be used. We can detect problems in the editing such as masks, color banding, unrealistic flares, overlays, etc.
#8
Julia Haßelkuß, 3rd Place In The Action Category
Final score:
112points
#9
Russell Charters, 3rd Place In The Dogs & People Category
Final score:
106points
Haaaapppyyyyy! 3 years ago
Wonderful picture! I love the beach, walking, and dogs. So, this is a great combination of the three.
#10
Sabrina Theden, 1st Place Winner In The Dogs & People Category
Final score:
101points
Lakota Wolf 3 years ago
Agreed! I've had dogs my entire life. I can't imagine a life without them. When I was adopted at birth, my parents had a Great Dane. When I was 2, we got an Aussie mix who was 1. She was my best friend for 17 years.
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#11
Jane Thomson, 2nd Place In The Studio Category
Final score:
94points
Diana Lundin 3 years ago
You know what this dog’s face looks like just from her back. So much texture. 🤩
Maureen Thomson 3 years ago
Is she in a huff? never!……she just knows her backside is as good as her frontside
Lea-anne Baxter 3 years ago
Love love love this photo! Feels like you could reach out feel this lovely creature! Bravo !
#12
Sarah Ebner, 2nd Place In The Dogs & People Category
Final score:
89points
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Nessbit the Russian Spy 3 years ago
Dogs are such a blessing ❤️ I have three and I can’t imagine life without my canine companions
Deborah Rubin 3 years ago
My pom is my psychiatric service dog, trained to perform specific tasks. I couldn't function without her. Dogs are so special.
Nessbit the Russian Spy 3 years ago
Dogs are such a blessing ❤️ I have three and I can’t imagine life without my canine companions
Deborah Rubin 3 years ago
My pom is my psychiatric service dog, trained to perform specific tasks. I couldn't function without her. Dogs are so special.
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