Believe it or not, it was Edward Furlong’s 1998 movie Pecker that first sparked my interest in photography. Being a college student dependent on my meager allowance, I didn’t have the funds to buy a simple camera so I set the matter aside. Years later, when Butch and I were already together, I purchased my first cell phone with a camera. Butch started taking pictures randomly and I noticed despite the poor resolution, the picture appealed to me. He seemed to know what angle to take. He had potential, I thought. I tried taking pictures myself but I wasn’t happy with the outcome.
After we got married our first camera was a 4.0 mega pixel Kodak. We had a blast taking pictures of anything around us- friends, objects, sceneries etc. We took the camera with us everywhere we went. He would take the picture but I would point to him what he will get a shot of. Butch dreamt of getting a nicer camera. He wanted a Pentax, the kind professional photographers use. It was very ambitious I thought but I also wanted to get a better one- something with 5 mega pixels at least. Nevertheless we were enjoying having one until the unthinkable happened. A nephew of ours dropped the camera damaging the LCD. Butch took the camera to the Kodak shop where he purchased it hoping repair won’t cost much. He wasn’t confident that the warranty would cover the rep
air because it was clearly our fault but he took his chance. Fortunately, Kodak repaired it using the warranty.After two weeks, we got our camera back. Later on, we discovered another damage we seemed to have overlooked. The battery’s power duration was much less than it used to be before the fall. Butch returned it to Kodak and they happily accommodated the repair (nice customer service I should say! Where’s your supervisor, I will recommend you for promotion.) Two weeks later, Butch got a call from Kodak saying that they couldn’t repair the camera anymore. However they were ready to replace it with a new one but we had to wait for a few more weeks. We were a bit disappointed because we were looking forward to using it at a much-awaited church activity. But for them to replace it for free was already a blessing.
Just a week before the church event, Kodak called and said they couldn’t find the same model anymore. Instead, they will give us a brand new 7.1 mega
pixel camera! I didn’t believe it when Butch told me over the phone. That night he came home happy showing me our new camera. “There must be some kind of catch! Are you sure that camera is new?” I said with slight cynicism. “Yes I am sure it is. I saw them remove the seal when they removed the box. I’ve been testing it on the way home. It seems new.” Butch said with much confidence. At that point, I had no choice but to believe. Man, this is beyond good customer service, I thought. This is indeed the Lord’s blessing! At the dinner table during meal prayer, Butch and I thanked the Lord for our brand new camera.
