The UWI Camera Club Exhibition - Aug. 30 - Sept. 26, 2010

The UWI Camera Club hosted its annual black and white exhibition, which launched last night at the Phillip Sherlock Centre (UWI), and will continue for the month of September. 10 members of the club exhibited, with two new members included. I was one of these new members.

The layout this year is a minimalist approach, allowing more focus to be placed on the images being exhibited.

I am proud to have been given the opportunity to exhibit my work (13 pieces total)....
Each member had a picture and Bio put up at the beginning of their work, giving the visitors a glimpse into their creative minds and experience. My bio is stated below:

Krystal Moodie is fairly new to the world of photography. In Sept. '09, Krystal made the decision to pursue photography as a hobby and joined the UWI Camera Club.

Since then Krystal has gone on several outings to capture images across the island with a small group of fellow photographers, headed by her fiance, professional photographer Julian Dadag.

In May of this year, Krystal entered the JCDC National Visual Arts Competition for the first time, winning a silver medal for her piece entitled 'An Island Awakens', also featured in this exhibition. The piece also earned Ms. Moodie the award for 'Most Outstanding Newcomer' as well as an award for 'Most Outstanding Emerging Artist'.

Ms. Moodie will be featured in Panache Magazine later this September as one of the Caribbean's outstanding young photographers.

The first series: "It's a bugs life"
The typical human response towards bugs and insects is to squash them on sight. However, these tiny creatures are fascinating to watch and they all have a purpose on this earth.

Reborn

She had just emerged from her cocoon, showing simple perfection. She stayed there for quite some time, drying her wings in the early morning sun. I used a 75-300mm lens with an extension tube to capture her beauty and grace, without getting too close to disturb her.

Trust in hand

While this image is different from the rest in that it contains the human element, I could not help but marvel in the level of trust this butterfly had. Found up in the hills past hollywell, this little guy probably welcomed the warmth from human hands, which helped him to fly.

Let's get it on

This image was taken on the grounds of UWI, at the site of their cotton tree. As you can see, these two were not at all shy about their public displays of affection (to put it mildly). These bugs are the Giant Metallic Ceiba Borer Beetle. The scientific name is Euchroma Gigantea. This bug is the largest jewel beetle in the western hemisphere.

Pollen Thief

Taken also in the hollywell area, this bee seemed very much to be a worker bee...travelling from one flower to the next, gathering pollen to take back to his hive.

96° degrees in the shade

I found this fellow somewhere in Port Antonio. He was just hanging around on the stem of a plant, with the leaves over him sheltering him from the sun, the wind swaying his branch back and forth. It was a bit hot that day, so maybe, just like us humans, he relished in the cool breeze that blew by.




The second series: A Misty Morning
We left kingston very early one morning, with one mission in mind...capture the beauty of the morning as the sun rose over the hills. This series was captured in Lluidas Vale, in St. Catherine. Around 6am, the mist started to really roll in over the hills, while the sun slowly rose. Rays of light peaked through the clouds and the mist, making it a magical experience

Third Series: Life in the skies
This body of work was taken very early one morning at the fishing village in Old Harbour Bay. Pelicans were out in hordes as the local fishermen left the shore and returned with their catch...hanging out on boats and in the shallow waters, they enjoyed the scraps that were thrown their way. This fellow was coming in from a distance, and he was magnificent. This series features him in varied stages of flight.

I hope you have the opportunity to visit the UWI CC exhibition at the Phillip Sherlock Centre before its gone, and i sincerely hope you have enjoyed the work displayed above.