Excerpted from the esteemed Telegram and Gazette: "This past week the Pope of Wormclown made his first official visit to the tiny island of Jamaica. The trip marked the Papacy's fourth excursion the Caribbean. This historic event was marked by emotionally charged meetings with top religious, social, and horticultural figures in the Jamaican community. As the week drew to a close the Pope convened an impromptu interview. 'Jamaicans are a vibrant and animated people' he said ' I just wish that they would stop trying to sell me tee-shirts.'e"
The Jamaican experience alternated between relaxing, stressful, and all-encompassing bliss. The first day I arrived there I was so overwhelmed by the bustle, the colors, and new atmosphere that I couldn't even comprehend taking photos. As I settled into my surroundings my attitude changed. All I wanted to do was shoot. Where at first I had been wary of taking my camera out in public at all, by the end of the trip I was walking around with a strobe and a second lens. Shooting with accessories or even a wide-angle lens was a new experience for me. By the end of vacation I became a much more confident photographer hoping to put my new gains to use here in the WOO.
I liked this picture of the church because I was able to grab some of the beautiful color of the sky, which was usually too bright to accurately depict. I fell in love with the intersection of the lines in the foreground which I felt complemented the semi-crooked palm tree and the stark church. Ideally though I would have liked some separation between the church and the tree.
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