Harry On Photography

I like taking pictures, then, it was with an SLR Canon T70. At that time for a teenager it was cool. I took lots of pictures of friends and took several pictures of certain animals. There was one that I remember, it was a dragonfly.

During the school term break I went to my parents' hometown in Bogor. The place was close to rice fields. I was on one rice field then, and the rice has already been harvested.

The field was dry. There were many dragonflies around. Fortunately I saw one dragonfly staying still on a grass. I got closer to it. Then, with the telephoto lens, I shot a picture.

It was only a one shot.

Then, I got it developed. Yes, you had to develop the films, very primitive you might say. Anyway, got the pictures processed, and it turned out A-OKAY.

A cousin of mine asked if I could lend him the camera for a competition. I lent him the camera with my dragonfly pic, and thank God, he won First Prize.

The booty was cash, certificate and a photography book. I didn't get the cash but I got the book. It was a great team work. Anyway this was in 1992.

A long time ago huh?