I’ve always believed that the photographs we choose to put on our walls should mean something to us.
For me, this one certainly does.
Meet Alfie.
I’ve photographed him countless times over the years, but I wanted something different. I wanted a portrait of him that didn’t simply look like a photograph of my dog. I wanted something that felt timeless, something with depth and character, and ultimately something I would be proud to have hanging in my home.
That became the starting point for my new Fine Art Dog Portraits.
It starts with the dog
Every dog has a character of their own.
Some are calm and dignified. Some won’t sit still for more than three seconds. Some are inquisitive, some serious and others seem determined to make the entire session as difficult as possible.
I don’t want to photograph that character out of them.
The aim is to create a portrait that still feels unmistakably like your dog, but presented in a much more considered, artistic way.
Alfie was my first.
I photographed him against a simple black background before carefully working on the portrait afterwards, building the dark tones, texture and painterly quality that you see in the finished image.
The result is deliberately understated. There are no elaborate sets or distracting props.
Just Alfie.
Created for the wall, not the phone
This is also quite different from the way many photography sessions are sold.
I won’t be offering collections of full resolution digital files.
Each commission is created with one purpose: to produce a finished piece of fine art for your home.
There will be just three sizes.
One carefully selected mount.
One signature frame.
Each portrait will be professionally fine art printed, mounted, framed and supplied ready to hang.
A low resolution digital copy of your chosen portrait will also be included so you can share it online, but printable high resolution files won’t be supplied.
I want the finished artwork to remain exactly as I intended it to be seen.
Why dogs?
Because they’re never with us for long enough.
That’s something I find myself thinking about more as Alfie gets older.
We take hundreds, sometimes thousands, of photographs of our dogs on our phones. They’re wonderful memories, but most of them remain there.
I wanted something different for Alfie.
One portrait.
Beautifully printed.
Beautifully framed.
And hanging somewhere I’ll see it every day.
His portrait is currently being produced as the first finished piece in this new collection, and I can’t wait to see it on the wall.
Fine Art Dog Portraits by Raymond Jones Images.
More details will be coming soon.
