My parents gave me a Canon AE-1 Program when I graduated from high school in 1982. I thought it was the coolest thing ever. For a while, I carried that camera around everywhere, photographing everything I could think of.

Most of my friends did not have cameras, or if they did they rarely carried them. The problem with having a bunch of no-camera-having friends is that there are not that many photos with me in them. Most of the photos of me at that age involve either a mirror or a tripod and self-timer.

A friend of mine recently sent me a shot he took during our post-graduation class camping trip. And what do you know, I’m in it (and using my new Canon.)

It reminded me of one that I’d taken, and sure enough, mine was the exact same scene, but from the opposite end.

Would have been neat if we’d have done more like that.