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Diallo Dixon
I am a Jamaican photographer who captures a wide variety of subjects through his viewfinder. As my roots lie in black & white film work, I tend to lean towards b&w for digital work. My non-commissioned work tend to lean towards fine art or wall art works, however im also available for commissioned work such as weddings, product photography and more. My official portfolio can be viewed at www.diallodixonphotography.com
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Pecha Kucha

  • Tuesday, November 23, 2010
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  • Last week Thursday I participated in Kingston's first showing of Pecha Kucka. When I got the invitation my instinctual reaction was to say "no", but I really had no reason to say no, so I went with it. Im not fond of presentations, especially to a crowd of strangers, and the other presenters that I knew who were also presenting were all lecturers/teachers, so theyre used to this sort of thing. So that had me a bit intimidated but I tried not to let that affect me too much.

    So what is Pecha Kucha? Taken from their website:

    "PechaKucha Nights are informal and fun gatherings where creative people get together and share their ideas, works, thoughts, holiday snaps - just about anything really, in the PechaKucha 20x20 format. PechaKucha 20x20 is a simple presentation format where you show 20 images, each for 20 seconds. The images forward automatically and you talk along to the images."

    I didnt know that Pecha Kucha was a worldwide event until I got there. Its been held in 370 cities so far. So of course you know, once I realized this I immediately got even more nervous lol. However, despite a rocky start I think it ended up ok. One or two of the photos got a reaction from the audience, which had me feeling pretty good about the selections I made. A part of me wishes I knew about Pecha Kucha before, I probably  would have done my presentation differently, but then again had I known how big it was I probably wouldnt have done it at all! There's a reason for everything I guess.

    What was also pretty cool was that the next presenter plays in the same steel band I do, his presentation was on our band "UWI Panoridim" and some of the photos he used was mine. So got some double exposure there.

    All in all it was a good experience, I like the idea and I encourage any creative individual (poets, visual artists, graphic designers, djs, photographers, illustrators, actors, floral artists, architects, landscape designers, sculptors, chefs, furniture designer, fashion designers) to come and share their work and thoughts, and network a little bit. The event will be staged every couple months. Keep up to date on the facebook group for Pecha Kucha Kingston.

    Below are the photos I presented, in order:



























    Old Harbour Bay part 2

  • Sunday, October 24, 2010
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  • Part 2 as promised.

    This is an empty shell I found on the beach.



    The first kinda looks like a planet that is on the verge of falling apart. The surrounding environment seems fiery and harsh, the surface of the planet is anything but lush and green, and there's a hole in the center, almost as if it has lost its soul. Thats what i see anyway....

    Next set is a potential series:







    And a few more landscape:

    In this one I see a woman in the sky dancing. Does anyone else see that?




    And a few of these are available as prints for order at http://dillyseyes.exposuremanager.com. Enjoy!

    Delayed post: A bit of the Palisadoes

  • Monday, October 11, 2010
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  • These photos were taken on October 25 2008 on a club trip. The UWI Camera Club met up at UWI at 4 am I think it was to be out to Palisados by 5:30 am to do some shooting. Below were a few of what I captured:
    8 second expourse of i recall correctly:
    Also 8 seconds

    Old Harbour Bay part 1

  • Tuesday, September 21, 2010
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  • Ok, so ive never been a landscape person, never really had an eye or much of a feel for it. However, these actually did not come out too bad..

    Saturday August 14 (i know, long overdue) saw me leaving home at 5 am to get to Old Harbour Bay by dawn with a few other members of the UWI Camera Club. We were to do a 3 hour tour of the harbour in a fishing boat. Pretty cool if you ask me.Started off rocky (no eye for landscape) so the first few were pretty much rubbish. Eventually started to get into it a bit:





    We were also blessed with a rainbow:




    Then, further down, coming towards us, RAIN:


    Thats right, rain. In the middle of the open seas. In a fishing boat. Yah. Our giude said that during rain we cant go anywhere, we just have to sit tight and wait it out. And so we did. I wasnt sufficiently prepared, luckily a fellow member had a spare "poncho in a pack" that i was able to use to shelter from the rain.

    Eventually the rain stopped and we were on our way again, and stopped by the 1st of 3 intented quays around the harbour (the name escapes me at the moment). Can you say PRETTY!!











    Think this was most of the landscape shots. In part 2 i'll post some non-landscapes I took on the quay(s).

    ...and more flowers

  • Tuesday, August 24, 2010
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  • A bit more colour this time. I think this might be it for a while....maybe...need to move on to something else.









    My next post is actually long overdue....did a photo trip two saturdays ago with a few people from the UWI Camera Club in Old Harbour Bay...literally in the bay...you'll see what I mean...will post when I go through those photos.

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