Meet The Original LOLCats [Vintage PopSci]
Majestic kitty Walter ChandohaThis 1951 PopSci article offers a handy guide to photographing cats. I can haz clickclickclick? PopSci mastered the Internet-age art of photographing feline antics in 1951, just four millennia after the domestication of the cat and 83 years after the Kodak box camera went on sale. In this article, renowned pet photographer Walter Chandoha describes his tested strategies for posing your kitty, lighting the shot, and framing those glorious whiskers. Republished in full from our December 1951 issue (with our most prescient headline ever), here is "Cats Are Fun to Photograph," by Walter Chandoha: Cats are easy to photograph - if you can tap an unlimited supply of patience. Beyond that, all you need is a camera (I prefer a reflex) with flash attachment. An assistant, portrait lenses, a tripod and a flash extension are helpful, but by no means essential. The best place to work is a...