My parents bought me my first real camera when I graduated high school. It was 1982 and the camera was a Canon AE-1 Program. The above photo is a self-portrait taken with it. Nice hair.

I don’t remember much about the camera, other than it was “serious” and I loved shooting with it. Whatever ended up happening to it is a mystery. Some day I’ll probably kick in the $50 it would take to pick up another one, just for nostalgia’s sake.