Craig Turner-Bullock
Christchurch, New Zealand
Craig Turner-Bullock
Self confessed crazy cat daddy, puppy parent & patisserie addict Craig Turner-Bullock has been photographing pets since 2001. Craig’s business, Furtography, is based in Christchurch, New Zealand. He works with private and commercial clients all over the world to capture images filled with colour, purrsonality and sparkle!
Craig is the photographer/author of three bestselling books, Quake Dogs (which spent 10 weeks at #1 on the NZ Bestsellers list), Quake Cats and A Dog’s Life (also bestsellers), published by Penguin Random House. The Quake books have sold almost 40,000 copies in New Zealand and raised over $35,000 for animal rescue organisations that assisted pets in the devastating aftermath ofd the 2010/11 Christchurch earthquakes.
An accredited Master of Photography of the New Zealand Institute of Professional Photography. In 2018 Craig won the title of New Zealand Portrait Photographer of the Year, the first time in the 80-year history of NZIPP that the award has been given to images of non-humans. Craig has now won more than 100 awards and titles for his pet images around the worlds. He is also an official ambassador for Fujifilm Global.
As well as client work, Craig loves working with charities on adoption photographs and is an ambassador for the Kotuku Foundation Assistance Animals Aotearoa, who train and place assistance dogs with those who need them.
Unleashed Education is an online education resource for pet photographers that Craig launched with renowned Australian pet photographer Charlotte Reeves early in 2021. It focusses on the creative aspects of pet photography, including Craigs Foundation course “Unleash Your Style”, which helps photographers find their creative voice, or as he calls it, their glitter. Craig has been teaching online and in person workshops and speaking at national and international events since 2015.
CRAIG’S CLASSES
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Did you know that just looking at the color red can actually increase your heart rate? Or that blue can make you feel calm and relaxed? The way that humans perceive color has been studied for centuries, from the technicalities of color to its psychological impacts. The way you use color in your dog photography will influence the way people see your work — and most importantly, will inform them how to FEEL about your work.
In this class we’ll take an epic journey through the magic and power of color with none other than your host - multi-international award-winning New Zealand-based dog photographer Craig Turner-Bullock! Want to know how to make your dog photography stand out and shine above the rest?! Join Craig on this journey into color to discover how to apply it in breathtaking and impactful ways in your imagery!
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Craig Turner-Bullock and Charlotte Reeves have 38 years of combined experience as professional dog photographers and boy do they wish they knew back then what they know now! As the duo behind one of the industry’s leading learning platforms - ‘Unleashed Education’ - they have seen, guided and critiqued thousands of pet photographers’ images. There’s so much to learn and remember when it comes to photographing dogs and making mistakes is an essential part of that learning. In this class Craig and Charlotte will identify the top 10 mistakes they most commonly see in the world of dog photography, and will share all the insider info on how to spot and fix them, so you dont make the same mistakes yourself!
