A gift for dog owners that is about their actual dog

Dog owners do not want dog gifts. They want their dog.

The bandanas, the mugs and the "dog dad" caps are about dogs in the abstract. This is about the one asleep on their couch right now — lit like a studio portrait, printed, and delivered to their door.

Framed and ready to hang — or bare paper, if they prefer.

It is almost never the dog. It is the ceiling.

A bulb directly overhead throws shadow into the eye sockets and flattens the muzzle. That is why 4,000 phone photos produce nothing worth printing. Move the light off to one side and the same face acquires shape, which is all a studio setup really is.

The portrait here is generated by an AI model from the photo you upload — no appointment, no car ride, no forty minutes of a dog refusing to sit.

What each kind of dog needs from the photo.

Black and dark coats

Shoot near a window, never against it. Detail in black fur is the first thing a phone throws away.

Flat faces

Bulldogs, pugs, boxers: get level with the head. From above, the muzzle vanishes and the eyes take over the whole face.

Long or double coats

Shepherds, collies, spitzes: daylight and a step back. Fine hair needs resolution, and resolution needs light.

More of this in the guide to photographing your pet with a phone — five minutes, and it improves the source photo more than any setting on the site can.

Three steps, and only the last one costs anything.

Upload one photo

A phone photo is fine. Face visible, eyes open. Nothing has to sit still and the photo does not have to be good.

Pick the light

Seven studio setups, from the gentlest to the most dramatic. You see each one applied to your own photo.

Look, then decide

The finished portrait appears on screen. If you like it, choose a size and we print it. If you do not, you close the tab.

Four ways it can arrive.

€29.95

Print

Cotton paper, no frame. Frame it yourself or clip it to the wall.

€54.95

Canvas

Stretched over a wooden bar. Hangs as it comes, no glass in the way.

€64.95

Framed print

Wooden frame and mat board. Arrives ready to hang, hanger fitted.

€89.95

Framed canvas

Canvas in a floater frame. The heaviest of the four, and the one that reads as a piece.

Try it free Ships to 169 countries · 4–6 days to most US addresses

Questions people ask

Does it work with black dogs?

Yes, and better than a home photo usually does. Black coats lose all detail under a ceiling bulb; a studio setup with a rim light separates the dog from the background so you can see the shape of the head again. The source photo still needs the face lit well enough to make out the eyes.

What about very hairy or very small dogs?

Both work. Both also benefit from a photo taken in daylight, because fine coat detail and small faces are where a dim, noisy phone photo runs out of information.

My dog never looks at the camera.

A three-quarter angle is fine, and often better than a straight-on stare. What you need is the eyes open and the face unblurred. There is a short guide on getting that with a phone.

Can I use a photo of two dogs?

If both are in frame, both are in the portrait. Separate photos mean separate portraits.

How long does it take to arrive?

The portrait itself is generated in about a minute. Printing and shipping take a few days: most US addresses receive it in 4 to 6 days, printed at the workshop closest to the delivery address.