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 Susie and Michael! I had the pleasure of photographing them a few weeks ago. Michael is sweet as can be and three years old. Just like my four year old he loves spider man!! I love the shot of him sticking out his tongue just like the “bad” spiderman! LOL He has some beautiful...
This is the beautiful Lourdes! She was visiting her Grandma this summer and so we did some really beautiful fun portraits of her. She was full of life and had this beautiful golden tan!! She likes to swim!! Here are a few favorites from the session! Every so often we have people bring their pets...
This was another really fun family! We initially were going to do an outdoor session but the wind made that pretty much impossible… so we converted it into an indoor session. It was a tight squeeze but we managed to get every one in! We shot the whole family as well as just the brothers...
Meet the Hansen Family! Aren’t they a good looking family! Again, I love it when people coordinate! It makes all the difference in a portrait!! We did some family portraits as well as some portraits of the kiddos. It was a great session and I got to use my new favorite prop my fancy green...
Meet Jennifer and Kaitlynn! Aren’t they sweet! Twins have a special place in my heart because I myself am a twin. It always makes me have more respect for my mom because wow she had us and my older sister who was 2 years 9 months old when we were born! I don’t know how...
Meet the beautiful Hayley. She’s a dance student at Betty Jack’s School of Dance. We had a great session. She’s so graceful! We photographed each of her costumes! I love how each costume has a very particular feel. I love the colors of her ballet costume! I did a custom college showcasing our favorites from...
Here are some of my favorite portraits of Maddie and Ben. Maddie goes to dance at Betty Jacks here in San Marcos and her mom Erin teaches there! Erin is a great teacher too! I took tap dance lessons with her this fall! It was a lot of fun! I didn’t get to see Betty...
Did I mention that I love dance?? I went to The Pointe’s dress rehearsal to photograph the Rainosek cousins. I also took photos of some of my other clients! Let me just say that The Pointe knows how to put on a recital! It was a great production. When I’m photographing people at an event...
The Rainosek cousins studio session! For the last four year’s I’ve photographed these darlings in their dance costumes and each year it amazing me how much they’ve changed! They’ve all become quite the little dancers!!
Meet the beautiful Bert Family! I had a great time photographing this family. They are some of the nicest people!! We did family portraits as well as individual portraits. They all signed their names too and I scanned them in and added them to this wall portrait for a really personal touch! I loved the...
Meet the handsome and strong Connor! He’s a tiny thing but boy is he strong! He can already roll over and he’s only 4 months old! He can also REALLY push up too! He’s the son of Marissa and John. I’ve had the pleasure of photographing his older siblings! This coming week we’re going to...
A new product we offered this year is senior albums! I’ve been meaning to blog some of these albums but I haven’t had the chance yet! Here is Sarah’s album I love the way it turned out. It’s way cool! These books are printed with ink and hard bound. They’re quite beautiful and clients love...
Yes, I’m behind! I just wanted to let those that are waiting for their sessions to be blogged that I am going to get them up as soon as I can. It has been dance recital time. I love little girls in costumes. I’ve had so much fun shooting them lately. I can’t wait to...
Here are a few quick ones for Katy! They’re one of my out of town families and I know hard waiting is! So here are some early favorites many more to come!
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