The Dog Photographer of the Year 2022 Awards Selected These 12 Beautiful Images as the Best

One of the most intriguing contests in dog photography today is produced by the Dog Photography Awards, which runs monthly competitions for professional, amateur, and student photographers worldwide, as well as an annual competition. Thanks to the judges, who are experts in dog photography and well-known throughout the world, their goal is to support exceptional dog photographers everywhere.

The 2022 Dog Photography Awards featured four categories: portrait and landscape, studio, action, and dogs and people. The top three images from each category were carefully chosen by the judges.

The winning entries this year are among the most exquisite canine photographs you'll ever see. The Dog Photography Awards presented monetary prizes of up to €2,000 (€500 for each category) as well as recognition from prominent media outlets.

The Dog Photographer of the Year competition held its inaugural event in 2021. The response and quality of the photographs submitted in each category were astounding.

Claudio Piccoli and Audrey Bellot are the two founders of this contest. As dog photographers themselves, they find it much easier to judge the entries when they understand what is acceptable and what is not.

Six distinguished dog photographers, including Audrey Bellot, Claudio Piccoli, Iza Yso, Heike Willers, Travis Patenaude, and Anne Geier, comprised the jury for the year 2022.

1. Francesco Mura, 1st Place Winner in the Action Category

2. Dalia Fichmann, 1st Place Winner in the Portrait & Landscape Category

3. Kjara Kocbek, 2nd Place in the Action Category

For the 2022 edition, the following criteria were used to determine the winners:

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 lighting used for studio images.

Composition involves colors, light, layers, story, and the overall impact of the image. Artistic choices relate to the chosen idea and its execution, its difficulty of realization, and its rarity.

Editing refers to the final appearance of the image and the techniques that appear to have been used. We can detect problems in the editing, such as masks, color banding, unrealistic flares, overlays, etc.

4. Daniela Schmid, 3rd Place in the Studio Category

5. Sophia Hutchinson, 3rd Place in the Portrait & Landscape Category

6. Sophia Hutchinson, 2nd Place in the Portrait & Landscape Category

7. Su Kaye, 1st Place Winner in the Studio Category

8. Julia Haßelkuß, 3rd Place in the Action Category

9. Russell Charters, 3rd Place in the Dogs & People Category

10. Sabrina Theden, 1st Place Winner in the Dogs & People Category

11. Jane Thomson, 2nd Place in the Studio Category

12. Sarah Ebner, 2nd Place in the Dogs & People Category

The caliber of the work submitted, as well as the distinctiveness of the winning photographs, astounds the judges. They are delighted by the creativity and the compelling stories behind them, which add to the competition's intrigue for both the judges and contest organizers as they discover new, innovative photographers from around the world.

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