How many Snapshot Guild mem-lly good pictures of the pets?—not just "pop shots" snatched hurriedly without much attention to idea or background, but pictures with expression and action that give a genuine key to the pet's s like this are well worth all the planning and patience they require and indoors is a good place ake them because it is so much o associate the pet with a background that identifies it a member of the family.
Frequently humour can be obtained in these indoor pictures—a frolicsome kitten tangled up in a skein of yarn snd looking battled, or snatching at the dribble of water from a faucet; puppy barking excitedly at a fully bit of r—as here—thoughtletter-writing.
Pictures that present the animal in a definite mood or illuminate its character abound for the watchful photographer—the Scotty, like a little old man, his head cocked to one side and inquiry in his shaggy-browed eyes; the majestic Persian cat, dignified in repose, paws extended and chin sunk deep in the soft fur of his chest; the mournful-eyed bloodhound, the silken-coated coolie with brown eyes sympathetic und thoughtful, the paddle-footed cocker spaniel pup almost lost between his enormous ears.
There is a delightful field here, too, for the photographer who likes to experiment with lighting effects. Consider, for example, the long: furred white cat posed on a window sill in silhouette, so tht the outdoor light, diffused through the window curtains, surrounds him with bright silken glow.
Indoor animal pictures can be made either with daylight or amateur flood bulbs. Supersensitive film should be used, because of its extra speed. Where direct sunlight streams into a room and illuminstes the subject, s can be almost as brid as outdoors. Where sunlight is diffused through curtains, it should be aided amateur floodlights.
At night, two big No. 2 amateur flood bulbs in reflectors four feet from the subject give enough light for snapshots with box cameras; the lens should be et its widest opening.
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Dark-coated pets demand more h lights closer up. Portrait can be used over the lens, for close-ups of smal}- pets, without changing the exposure time.
It's all simple—so fire away.
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