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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My baby is in Kindergarten! I can’t believe it. I’m so happy we went ahead and started him in Kindergarten. He was sooo bored in preschool… well at his last preschool anyway. He’s also thrilled that there is no more nap and so are we!! He REALLY hated to take naps. It would mess his...
It’s hard to believe it’s been a year! Jonah is one of those babies with an unforgettable face. He had SO much hair when he first visited us! Even then he had such mature expressions. What’s funny is he really looks very much the same! He’s as cute as ever and boy is he a...
I got an email the other day from a client asking why her baby wasn’t on the blog! I love to share our session images on my blog but I only do so if you’ve signed my model release giving me your consent. So if you’re not included on here… it’s because the release wasn’t...
Meet Beautiful Meagan! She’s a cheerleader at San Marcos High School! I photographed her for our new highschool football program! Here is a quick one from our session as well as the way cool ( if I do say so myself! LOL) design I made her for her senior ad in the program!! I’m excited...
Ahhh a young couple in love!! Meet Michael & Rayna! My shooting partner Troy and I photographed this awesome couple last weekend in Austin! They were sooo much fun and you could just “see” the love! We’re very honored to be photographing their wedding in October at Lakeway Resort and Spa. We LOVE shooting at...
Ahhh sweet baby Mattison! I’ve photographed her a few times now! She’s got such bright pretty eyes! She’s now 2.5 years old and talking! We took portraits of her in her pretty dresses and oh how she loved to help mommy put on lipstick! All things girly! Mattison goes to the same school as my...
Catarina is another one of my favorite babies. Actually *sniff sniff* I don’t suppose I can still call her a baby! She just turned three!! I met her when she was just three months old! Wow has the time flown by!! We did a tutu session a few weeks ago! These are some of my...
I can’t help but to post a few more favorites from Brinkley .Now that her mom has picked out her favorites too! We did a really cute collage of her and of course the cow print pink ones make me want to run out and get a baby girl so I can buy girl stuff!!
Meet Handsome Clint and Keegan. We did some portrait of them and their beautiful mom Michelle. It was a funny session because the boys simply did NOT want to get close to each other and in portraiture that’s really the thing you try to do! You want both subjects to be close so that the...
Yes! I know I know I know! It’s been a very busy month! I’m sorry I’ve been so behind on blogging… so without further adieu…. Meet Sebastian and Sasha! It was Sasha’s first portrait session and she has THE BEST HAIR EVER! I love love love her little spikey hair! I’m so happy that I...
Yes! I’m behind on blogging! I know you guys are waiting!! I’ll get some new blogs up soon!!
Yes! I’m 29 AGAIN!! LOL Today is my birthday and yesterday some very dear friends came into town to celebrate with me. We went to The Grist Mill in New Braunfels. After we ate dinner (and it rained on us and we were outside so you have to forgive the flat hair) we went to...
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