spellboundsama Make sure display_errors is turned on in your system's php.ini file. Or put this code in your setup.php file:
ini_set('display_errors', 'On');
My first guess would be that you're hitting a memory limit. PHP sets a cap on how much memory a request can consume, and if the cap is exceeded the process is killed. We can't catch that error - things just stop.
You might also want to try setting the php.ini memory_limit setting high and see if that helps. This can be done in php.ini or by adding this line to your setup.php:
ini_set('memory_limit', '384m');
384m is a good number to try. Unless you're uploading very very large images that is a limit that you'll never hit.