Me and My Domke
In the picture above, you’ll see a Domke F2. But mind you, that’s not just any other Domke, or at least, that’s what I like to believe.
Long story short, this F2 was given to me by Raymond Toh, a photographer I worked for when I was 17.
I still remember vividly the day he gave me this bag. It was my last day of work since I had to go back to school, and in the evening after I was done packing up, he came up to me with the F2 and said that he didn’t have much to give me as a farewell present but he’d like me to have this bag. For his work, Raymond used a large Lowepro then, and I only saw the F2 a few times in his cabinet. So imagine my surprise when he gave it to me. Being a man of few words, Raymond just said that his “shi-fu” (master) gave this bag to him, and he’d like me to have it.
It’s quite an honor, really, to be the 3rd “generation” to use this rather battered looking carrier. Romantically speaking, I like to imagine this bag to be the witness of the rise and tears of 2 other photographers before me.
I bought new inserts and a shoulder pad for the F2, and when I was 18, I served my internship at Straits Times, and this Domke served me faithfully everyday. I waxed the canvas to make it water resistant, got a small carabiner to secure other items to it and other little modifications, such as a small pouch to hold the flash on the strap.
Later on, I bought a smaller Domke F5X-B and used lesser of my F2. Today, I don’t used much of both bags anymore, but once in a while I take them out and dust them thoroughly, remembering the times we shared.
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