I believe this is the first 35 mm photograph I ever took, using the new Practika camera (from East Germany before the Berlin wall fell), given to me by my parents as my high school graduation present in 1971. I used slide film like my dad (step-father) who had taken pictures all across the country right after working in the photo group in the army overseas in Japan. Previously, I had used only Polaroid and Instamatic cameras.