Cathy Leaycraft

VLV I S U A L L A N G U A G E

contemporary fine art

VLMay 2013Volume 2 No. 5

VL Studio Visit with Cathy Leaycraft

Studio Visit with Cathy Leaycraft artspanI am on my knees in a bed of decaying twigs and leaves. The ground compresses under the weight of my body. My camera dangles from my neck, swinging back and forth like a pendulum as I maneuver myself into position.

I have chosen a spot in the shade behind a large tree. Here I can set up my “still life” of reflective glass without capturing my neighbor’s chain link fence. I have been photographing landscape using this technique for many years now. I am still amazed at the natural beauty that reaches my camera’s sensor. Every shoot brings me a new vision.

I squat and lean; I looking through the viewfinder at the layers of reflection that shift as my body movies. The shutter clicks as I capture a composition, and move on to find and capture another.

After an hour or two of looking, arranging, and photographing I collect my props and return home to download.

The new images seem magical as they appear on my screen. I search through the new files for the image that speaks to me, the one that transmits the essence of the objects I had been surrounded by.

When I find it, there is joy.

-Cathy Leaycraft

VL Studio Visit with Cathy Leaycraft

artspanStudio Visit with Cathy Leaycraft

VL Studio Visit with Cathy Leaycraft

Studio Visit with Cathy Leaycraft artspan