Welcome to my photography blog where I share clients sessions and my life experiences on my little corner of the web.
Thank you for visiting my blog. Here you'll find my most recent client sessions as well as stories about my life and my family. Here is some information about me!
My name: Laura Kay Wootan
Age: 35 (although I am going to stop counting after this year)
Birthday: August 5th, 1973
My Family: I have a wonderful husband named Bryan and a six-year-old son that I love very much. My son only makes funny faces at my camera. He might just be slightly over photographed.
Education: Bachelors of Fine Art in Photography from The University of Texas Arlington. I graduated in 1997.
My style: I’m a journalist at heart. My portraits are story telling mixed in with classic portraiture. I strive to create timeless portraits. I believe that portraits are an investment in your family history. I believe children should see what their great grandparents looked like. I believe that every family should have a yearly family portrait. I believe a portrait really can say 1000 words.
The technical aspects of photography are every bit as important to me as the emotions and relationships I capture. You'll never find me shooting on anything but "full manual." I make all the decisions when I'm photographing. I don't photograph on automatic and hope the camera will do a good job.
I pose people. Photographers who claim not to pose because it looks "fake" just don't know how to pose their clients. Not posing people can make a beautiful Mom look ten or twenty pounds heavier than she really is!! I’m so not kidding. Posing people is an art. You can absolutely pose people and still have them look natural and animated. I pose my subjects because I want you and your family to look the best they can. If posing was a bad thing Tyra Banks on Next Top Model wouldn’t spend so much time talking about “the pose!!” Posing… it’s not just for supermodels! Posing is the difference between “snapshot” photography and real portraiture. I believe if you’re hiring a custom photographer they should be providing you a top-notch beautiful product that isn’t something you could do yourself.
I love beautiful light. I am comfortable shooting on location, in the studio and with natural light. I’m always prepared for whatever lighting situation I will encounter. I am obsessed with finding beautiful light and if it’s not there I can create it.
I believe without a doubt Mothers are the ultimate family historians. Mom’s that love photography are my favorite people. I fall in love with every baby and child I photograph. I love nothing more than to see how much they change over the years. I consider it an honor to be your family photographer.
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Meet the beautiful Weisberg family! They’ve graced my blog many times now! Once again I had the pleasure of photographing the fabulous four! They’re so sweet! I love photographing them probably more than they like to be photographed haha! Can’t help it!! Beautiful kids in the great location of Florida and I can’t help myself!!...
Play hard or go home!! I love it when people are open to doing awesome images for sports portraits!! The Lady Rattlers were looking to create some posters that would really stand out and grab attention! I think we totally made that happen! I love this poster! It was so much fun to create! I...
Meet beautiful Addie! She’s a senior from San Marcos High school! She’s also one of my senior models! So if you’re Addie’s friend make sure you ask her for a referral card to get 50% off your own session fee! We had a wonderful session! I love so many of these images! Here are few...
I love a good love story. Imagine a school cafeteria with decorations and some loud music and kids being kids dancing the “evening” away (because the dance probably ended at 10pm. Haha) Ally was a cute girl from another school. Handsome Blair was just another student at Hill Country Junior High. Ally crashed the dance… ...
Meet beautiful Julie and handsome Brian. This is one of my favorite all time sessions! I had a wonderful time getting to know this great couple. I love to meet with my clients before we do a session for a few reasons… One good planning always makes for great portraits and two I love to...
It was a full moon the night Sutton Price graced the world with his presence. I feel so blessed to have had the opportunity to photograph the home birth of sweet little Sutton. Let me just say it was one of the most amazing experiences I’ve ever had. To be there when someone comes into...
Once again I had the pleasure of photographing another wonderful family. I spent the afternoon with a couple still very much in love surrounded by their children and their grandchildren. I listened to Grandpa tell stories and photographed him playing with his grand babies. I heard so many “I love you’s” and was reminded personally...
I’m afraid that words will fail me when I try to describe this wedding. It was so beautiful. I think my portraits convey far more than I can say. Sometimes I wish that I too was a writer because I don’t always find the words. Mark & Lindsay truly are perfect for each other. They...
Meet beautiful Halea. She’s a San Marcos High School senior. She’s a volleyball player too! This summer she’ll be on her way to University of Dallas! This is one of my all time favorite sessions from this year so I decided I would showcase it! We did a studio session an outdoor excursion out at...
I’m going to do something new with my fancy blog!! Every month I’m going to showcase one or two of my favorite sessions of the month including the slide show. If you’ve never been to The Smile House before we make a slide show presentation of every session. The slide show always has my favorite images from...
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