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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Here is the handsome Donovan!! I’ve been photographing him for a few years now. He’s the original Harley baby! We always have such a fun session when they comes in! They’re one of my favorite families!! Donovan did so good during this session he was a BLAST he looked sooo stinking cute in his little...
One thing to know about photographers is that we love camera gear and accessories. I actually own more camera bags than I do purses! I personally hate to shop for pretty much everything except camera stuff. (My husband is lucky that way ) Now, I LOVE to buy camera gear. I mean really love it....
I finally have a chance to share my portraits of The Weisberg Family! These are the kiddos I went to Florida to photograph! Their mom Karin has been a friend/client for gosh… I hate to say this but has it really been nearly ten years!! We’ve worked together on many many projects! This is the...
Meet beautiful Heather! I’m so glad I finally got to blog her bridals! Troy and I photographed her wedding last weekend. It was a beautiful event! It was held in San Antonio. I’ll be blogging those soon too. I just wanted to share some of these bridals. She is such a beautiful bride!
Meet the beautiful Spriegal Family. We had a great session! It was a hard decision what to choose! We got some really beautiful photos! Even if I do say so myself! LOL I love the color of these portraits. They’ve got such a warm feel to them! Here are some of my favorites from our...
Kaitlynn and Jennifer are now six months old!! They’re so cute! I have that special place in my heart for twins because I myself am a twin! I have a twin brother. Every times I photograph twins I feel like I need to call and thank my mother! I have no idea how she did...
Meet the beautiful Martinez Family. This was one of those family sessions that just went really well! It’s funny because parents often times worry about how well their session went… sometimes it may seem chaotic and feel like the kids aren’t smiling and no one is cooperating but what I see with my camera is...
Sometimes portraits can really say how a person feels! LOL I love that first image of Daven crying and Daniel’s expression of… “Here we go again!” LOL Sometimes I feel just like Daven! Sometimes I feel just like Daniel! LOL I’ve photographed these sweet boys many times now. They really are so cute! We did...
Here is sweet Baby Sydney. I photographed her as a newborn and now it’s a year later and my goodness… what a change! She is walking and even running!! LOL She gave us quite the workout! We created many cute images of this little darling. Here are some favorites from the session. There’s also a...
I love Halloween. I love Halloween Candy more! LOL I really appreciate people who get into Halloween. I love love love to see little kids in costumes!! Miss Bianca’s Mom Lori and her Aunt Jennifer are all about Halloween too!! LOL Every year I’ve photographed Bianca for Halloween she has at least two costumes and...
The beautiful Madeline now has a baby brother!! What a great big sister she is too! We had a wonderful session with some great photos of these kiddos! I’ve photographed Madeline several times now and she really has such a classic beauty about her. She’s turning into such a little lady! Here are a few...
Awww brotherly love! Meet handsome Jared & Oliver. They’re new to our studio! We had a really fun session with these two! They were so nice to each other! Sometimes when I’m photographing siblings and I ask them to sit close to each other “all heck breaks loose” LOL they start picking on each other...
Meet the Handsome Sergio! Isn’t he just adorable! He makes some of the cutest expressions and I really love kids in hats! I’m so tickled that he kept his hat on with out much protest!! Sergio’s Daddy is a solider and in Iraq! I hope he has internet access and will get to see these...
Here is the beautiful Sandy! Sandy is an old friend of mine and I’ve photographed her beautiful daughter many times! If you fly with Continental Airlines you too might get to meet the lovely Sandy!! That’s right she’s a “Fly Girl!” I’m so proud of her! It’s very difficult to become an airline attendant incase...
I can’t believe Jack Jack is now 18 months old!! Man has the time flown by! In case you can’t tell Jack Jack makes an adorable puppy!! He gave us a workout but we got some really cute stuff this sweet little boy!! He smiling at me again too!! I wonder how much longer I...
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