Behind the Artwork Costume: Santa Paws Ho ho ho! Our own Santa Claus / Father Christmas in two jolly variations. This might be our most recognisable artwork, as we all know what he looks like – wether you call him Father Christmas, Santa or St Nicholas. We all recall his name fondly, in our case...
Dog Portrait Illustrations – Digital File Nellie has melted all of us at the office with her big puppy eyes and big feminine bow. As all our illustrations are bespoke we couldn’t help wondering what her personality is like. Cai, who ordered his artwork as a present for his mum, kindly painted a picture of...
Behind the Artwork Costume: Winston Churchill Winston Churchill is the second blog in our ‘behind the artwork’ series as we highlight historic details that make our costumes look the way they do. We make the costumes ourselves, so we make sure to keep them jam-packed with accurate historical references. Perhaps one of the most recognisable...
Custom Dog Portrait Best in Show Award Name: Scrumpy Age: Six years old Breed: Boxer Owner: Susie We receive orders from all over the world, so we love it when we get to meet the owners and (especially) their dogs in person during a dog show – particularly when we can give all the good...
Behind the Artwork Costume: The Aviator The Aviator kicks off our first deep dive in ‘behind the artwork’ as we highlight historic details which make our costumes look the way they do. All our costumes are made entirely in-house and are exclusive to us. We might not shout about it too much but we always...
Floating Canvas Frames of Your Dog We are super pleased to now offer a new display product called ‘Canvas Floating Frames’ that we introduced at a recent dog show and they were a great success – our dog owners loved them! A floating wooden frame creates a “floating” effect on the canvas that is mounted...
Custom Dog Portrait Best In Show Award Name: Rocky.Age: 16 months.Breed: Rocky is a rescue from Battersea. He is a mix of 51% Beagle and 40% Spaniel … 10% other dogs!Owner: Stuart. This is our first ‘Best in Show’ – to kick start the dog show season for 2022. All About Dogs (Newbury) was held...
Platinum Jubilee Souvenir Greeting Cards Our Greeting Cards cost £3.75 and include free UK delivery. Celebrate the the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee by sending a corgi inspired greeting card that is designed by us in Windsor. Choose from Corgis having a tea party, a Corgi wearing a crown and a fun ‘god save the corgi’ card....
Our Latest Custom Pet Dog Designs We hope you like our 6 new bespoke custom pet dog designs of Marie Antoinette, Frida Pawlo, Pirate, Astronaut, Judge & Barrister. From these designs we can create custom portraits of your dog, all you have to do is send us 3 images of your furry friend and we...
Your dog photo on canvas We thought it would be fun to post some Before & After images showing how the photos we receive from our furry friends owners are transformed into renaissance masterpieces!
Nipper the Iconic His Maters Voice (HMV) Dog Nipper (1884 – September 1895) is quite possibly one of the most recognised dogs around the world. The Jack Russell terrier (mixed) served as a model for an 1898 painting by Francis Barraud titled His Master’s Voice. Most of us would not know of the painting, but...
Championship Dog Show Dates 2022 Thankfully last year in our second COVID Pandemic year we saw most dog shows take place.This year we are keeping our fingers (and paws) crossed that all dogs shows and events are going ahead! So that thousands of dog owners, exhibitors, spectators, judges, and not least – dogs themselves have...
Dog Shows 2022 – Come and meet us!We are currently booking our favourite dog shows and events for this year and the first show booked in the calendar is over the Easter Bank Holiday weekend in Newbury. Please visit this post often for future updates. All About Dogs held at the Newbury Showground, Sunday 17th...
Custom Dog Portrait Best In Show Award Name: Juno.Age: 18 months old.Breed: Pug.Owner: This artwork was gifted to Daniel from his friend Caroline. This particular costume was chosen as it was Daniel’s grandmother’s favourite painting, being in memorandum of her. We all feel incredibly touched to have created this custom artwork for this considerate and...
A Dog has a bath at a Parlour in London 1930. A dog dressed up as a Policeman 1929. Old Dog Photos and Postcards As dog photographers, we’re drawn to and intrigued by other photographers’ work, specifically vintage analog black and white photos. It’s warming to see how strongly someone’s great-great-great-grandparents felt about their family...
Cavapoo Photography Ellie, a year and a half old Cavapoo was a fun dog to photograph. A Cavapoo is a mixed breed dog — a cross between the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel and Poodle dog breeds. Jasmine her owner had already told us that “She’s very lovely and energetic” and she did not disappoint and...
Custom Dog Portrait Best In Show Award Name: AxelAge: 22 months old.Breed: Labrador RetrieverOwner: His owner Will was a Professional Golfer in a past life and now works in the golf industry as an Area Manager for a brand in the game. So it was a no brainer for Will to select this costume for...
DogFest is back with 3 shows this year – Win Free Entry Tickets Each show will have lots of adventurous and exciting have-a-go activities in a fun festival style.We are exhibiting at DogFest South at Knebworth House in Hertfordshire 11th-12th September and we look forward to meeting our past & new clients. Over on our...
Custom Dog Portrait Best In Show Award Name: Scampi.Age: 6.Breed: Jack Russell / Shih Tzu cross.Owner: Sarah who took Scampi as a rescue dog last year. As a bit of fun we are going to start presenting our own Four Legs One Tale Best in Show Award to our favourite dog that we created into...
Custom Dog Canvas Our custom dog canvasses can now be viewed in our favourite dog boutique A Dog’s Life in the Windsor Royal Station shopping arcade. We are showing 8 from our Costume Collection that can be viewed from both the outside & inside of the shop – where you must visit if you’re looking...
Dog Greeting Cards We have just launched our own Four Legs One Tale collection of Greeting Cards that we have designed and produced & are made in the UK.Our cards are perfect for all special occasions such as Birthday Cards, Christmas Cards, Valentine Cards, Mother’s Day & Father’s Day Cards – or when you want...
Dog Shows & Events 2021 – Come and meet us!We are delighted to be exhibiting at 3 dog shows this summer & autumn: dogstival held at Burley Park in the New Forest, Saturday 5th – Sunday 6th June. All About Dogs held at the Newbury Showground, Saturday 31st July – Sunday 1st August. Dogfest held...
Personalised Dog Illustration & Watercolour Portraits We are delighted to release 2 new dog art collections to our Shop. We can now offer Illustration & Watercolours both of which can be personalised, they will look great hanging on your wall or as gifts to dog lovers. Both collections can be customised and ordered in our...
Ridgeless Ridgeback Photography Peter asked us to document a fascinating game of fetch that he played with Grace who retrieved a ball he threw into the River Thames. Grace loved this playful game and taking off from the embankment she lived up to her name and flew gracefully through the air before landing in the...
UK Dog Shows 2021 Dog Shows & Championship Shows have been mainly cancelled this year due to COVID-19, a great disappointment to thousands of dow owners, exhibitors, spectators, judges, stewards, volunteers and not least – the dogs themselves! Hopefully all the planned dog shows will go ahead next year – paws crossed! As an aide...
The Most Popular Dog Names in the UK 2020 Poppy was a popular dog name in 2020 and still is in 2021. The pandemic has changed the way we name our dogs. Over the past pandemic year, we have been reliant on our four-legged friends. Everyday life has been flipped upside down; we’ve been spending...
Corgi Dog Photography We love that Jam the Corgi is from the Windsor area – just like her royal counterparts.Her Royal Majesty The Queen and her corgis reside just a stone throw away from where Jam usually has her daily walks. It felt like the streets outside Windsor Castle was a natural choice as it...
Custom Pet Art Canvas We have exciting news! In a stroke of genius or madness we have been working hard on a new side of our dog photography business and the result is finally here – it’s launch day! Our experienced professional digital artists use our own refined photo retouching and blending processes, which turn...
Two Salukis called Honey and Teasel We photographed Honey and Teasel amongst a 25-acre lavender farm in Surrey on a warm summer’s day. The stunning location and bright purple colours felt like the perfect backdrop to capture the elegance and femineity of the two sisters. They both had fun running down the lanes of blossoming...
Border Collie Photography If you recently found a wonderful secret poppy meadow and your next photo assignment was with a dog called Poppy then the location for the photo shoot was a given. In fact we had to bring the session forward as the poppies were starting to fade and forecasted strong winds potentially would...
Labrador Photography We had seen this pile of logs in a field in Eton and thought at the time that this would be a nice location for a photo shoot … which we did a couple of weeks later with the grand old lady Pearl, a twelve year old Labrador. We picked the day and...
Labradoodle Photography Alice’s personality was very affectionate & sociable and at just 1 year old she was highly active and it seemed like she had an unlimited energy supply – which is characteristic of a Labradoodle. She loved running across the wet South Meadow field in Eton and had lots of fun! We also had...
French Bulldog Photography We loved 1 year old Freddie’s character and his friendly tough demeanor – we new straight away that we needed to photograph him in an urban environment. We felt the black & white graffiti under the Royal Windsor Way bridge worked very well and it nicely matched his urban cool Pirate Dog...
Sheltie Terrier Photography Like most dogs Weeman was a mixed dog breed, his owner Mo thought he was a mix between a Jack Russel and a Shetland Sheepdog – often known as a Sheltie Terrier.Sadly Weman has passed away since these images were taken, he reached a fine age of some 16 years. His strong,...
Four Legs One Tale is born! Welcome to our new website that we launched today! We are very excited to be able to offer affordable professional dog photography in Windsor & Eton, Berkshire and Kingston upon Thames, London and further a field if required. We offer a relaxed on location documentary style of dog photography...