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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I’m never caught up with blogging! I am trying!! LOL Yes! Another Senior! It’s that time of the year when spring has hit and graduation is right around the corner! Meet the beautiful Lauren. This San Marcos Senior is very active in her community as well as her school! We did a studio as well...
Okay… so I’m really bad about updating my senior blog!! But I do update THIS blog more often so I figured I’d just post these in both places!! Meet lovely Caitlin! Caitlin is a Senior at Wimberley High. We had a great session! I photographed her at her family ranch! It was a windy day...
This beautiful San Marcos Senior Torrey! Torrey has great taste in music! She made some great CDs to play during our session. We had a lot of fun shooting… I think she looks like Salma Hayek! She was very photogenic! Here are just a few from our session!
So I dragged my little one up to the studio today and we did my final bunny session! Isn’t he handsome!! Okay so I’m a little biased. I got some fun images of him! I promise mom I’ll make some prints for you!! XOXOX
Saraya is another one of my beautiful babies! She’s also all grown up!! She’s in my gallery a few times. She has the most beautiful eyes!! We had a great time shooting this session. She talks SOOOO much! She was a lot of fun! So was mommy and daddy!! Next weekend we’re doing a full...
Cousins & Bunnies! Here are some favorite images from the Zinkgraf cousin’s bunny session! Ava really liked the bunnies! In this first picture she was pretending to eat the bunny!! LOL We hoped to get them together but it just didn’t happen that day. Aren’t they photogenic kiddos though!! I can’t believe Ava is about...
Emily and Jr. joined us for our bunny sessions! I loved their little outfits! They were too cute! I was a wee bit afraid to put a bunny in Emily’s lap because they’ve been known to chew fabric so we kept them in the basket! Jr. did so good! It’s hard for an 18 month...
All my babies are turning one!!! This is Brandon! Doesn’t his smile just melt your heart??? I’ve photographed him since he was a newborn! How fast the time has gone!! We did our cake collage with him and he went to town!! He loved eating cake!! He laughed and laughed! He’s such a happy baby!!...
I’ve had so many newborns lately! They’re all so different in personality too. This is baby Logan. He’s so sweet and has some good lungs on him!! Grandma came to our session and like all grandma’s she had that special magic that just makes baby’s calm down. I think I need to hire a grandma...
Kendall and Karley came to meet the bunnies!! I’ve photographed them many times now! Kendall was so brave! She had no fear of the bunnies and Karley squealed in delight!! Here are a few favorites from the session! I’m excited that Kendall is going to be in my son’s daycare class! I hope they’ll be...
Ahhh yet another beautiful belly!! This is Monica and Johnny they expecting their first baby any day now!! Mom is REALLY ready for this baby to come into this world!! LOL We did lots of beautiful portraits of this couple here are a few quick ones. I hope to meet their little one soon!! Monica...
This week we’re shooting our Special Bunny sessions! So far they’re going so well! We have two bunnies! Milky and Tuku ( my son named them) They’re soooo cute! I’m trying to not fall in love with them because they’re only ours on loan! Milky looks like chocolate milk and Tuku is white with spots....
I love family portraits. I wish I had one of my family! LOL My son is four years old and I have yet to take a family photo!! How sad is that!! It’s on my to-do list though!! That’s what happens when you’re a photographer I suppose!! Like a carpenter or builder who builds homes...
How I love new babies!! The newer the better!! LOL I always joke that I want my clients do drive from the hospital here because those first two weeks of life are the best time to photograph newborns!! This is sweet baby Daven. I did his Mom’s maternity portraits a month or so ago. Isn’t...
My Sweet baby Jack Jack is turning one!! This year has been SOOOO fast!! We did our cake session and some fun 1st birthday invitatations. Jack Jack did smile for me this time!! LOL He had fun with the cake initially…but then got tired of it pretty quick! Good thing Mommy didn’t mind getting covered...
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