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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Ahhh the joys of a toddler! LOL Here are some images of Emily and Jr. I’ve photographed them several times now and always end up with some really funny awesome images. Emily was a trooper! She has the most beautiful long curly hair! As one can tell Jr. is really walking and not the least...
Due to popular request I will be doing bunny portraits again with real bunnies!! I am designing the set right now and will get the promotion out ASAP!! It will be March 20th – March 24th! I am already booking appointments for those days so space is limited! More information to come!!
Another beautiful maternity! You know I really do believe it’s true… Pregnant women do have a “glow” to them. This is the beautiful Melissa! Daddy loves football and already has big plans for his little one!! Here are some favorites from our session! I love when clients are open to a more artist approach to...
Sweet baby Kaide! Kaide is new to our studio. She’s so cute with her big blue eyes and her gentle smile. She’s only three months old but already very long! She was so cooperative! We got many great images of her! I created our classic “Kissable’s” Collage of her. I love to capture all the...
I promise I will learn to spell it right!! LOL Meet the beautiful Coburn Family. They’re expecting their third baby! And these boys are going to make great big brothers!! Again… another beautiful belly!! We did some family portraits and some maternity. Robin has beautiful red hair which you can tell in these black and...
Sweet baby Devin is turning one! Let me just say I have never seen a baby walk as well as Devin. He’s been walking since I think 8 months his mom told me. He doesn’t toddle… he can run! We did our cake collage with him and he wasn’t too thrilled about the idea of...
So I don’t have a wedding blog on my wedding website. It’s on my to do list!! But I had such a good time shooting these portraits I wanted to share them! Incase you didn’t know aside from family portraiture I also photograph weddings. Weddings take me back to my journalism days! I love to...
I so appreciate your emails regarding my blogs!! They make me want to blog more!! I also wanted to mention that there is a place to leave comments at the end of each blog!! So please feel free to leave comments there too!
Sweet baby Jack Jack! How I love Jack Jack and how he smiles at me soooo big at me when there isn’t a camera in my hands!! LOL Jackson is another one of my babies that I’ve photographed several times. He is mister tough and tumble too! He’s all over the place and has no...
Usually when I photograph siblings either two things happen… they’re extremely sweet to each other or you’d think I asked them eat spinach when I ask them to give each other a hug! LOL Harper and Shelby are sooo sweet to each other. I love little girls in white dresses! The only thing missing was...
I was going to try and wait and post these images on Valentine’s Day but I’m pretty booked this week and I knew I’d forget to! So since I’ve been blogging a bunch tonight I thought I’d go ahead and share my son’s Valentine card. I made these cards for him to share with his...
Another new maternity session! This is the beautiful Laurel! I first met her when I photographed her son Daniel. Daniel is the orginial cupid baby!! (The first baby I shot with my baby wings). He’s now getting so big! Laurel bless her heart came in at 37 weeks for her session. I know she was...
The beautiful Linda came in to pick up her portraits and said I could share this one from her session! It’s another one of my new all time favorites! I must say that I’ve shot about six maternities in the last few weeks and every single one of them have had amazingly BEAUTIFUL bellies. Not...
Brayden is a new baby to the studio. I had the honor of shooting his First Year Portraits. We did one of our popular collages with him. He has the cutest smile and was soooo good. He would smile on demand!! He was such a flirt too! One thing I love about his images were...
Meet handsome baby Jacob. I first met his mom Lisa when we did her maternity sesson. Jacob is so sweet! We had a really fun session with him. At 9 months he’s all over the place! He’ll be walking so soon. I love the images of him in his blue jean overalls. Overalls have to...
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