My First Photograph Taken In a Studio with My Mother
I was a little girl of only 10 years. I needed to get a passport-sized photo for admission in a new school. I was about to be admitted in Auxilium Convent, Bandel, for which I was quite excited. My parents asked me to be dressed in my previous school’s uniform for this photo shoot session. My mother got me dressed in the red and white checked tunic and white shirt, with a little red tie, which was the uniform of my previous school. I went to a studio in Bandel with my mother, as my father had to work overtime that day. The photographer uncle was a kind and cheerful person. He asked me to sit upright on a pouf in his studio and clicked my photo. He clicked twice to make sure of getting a good-quality passport photo of mine. When I was asked to get up after the photo shoot, I thought of having a photo with my mother as well. I requested the photographer, “Uncle, please can you click a photo of me and mother too?” He readily agreed and asked me and my mother to...