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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Mother’s day is upon us. As the family historian’s mothers are often left out of the family photo albums. I know that I too am guilty of never being in any family photos. Mom’s understand the importance of documenting those fleeting moments in time but yet we often don’t make a point to have our...
Another Easter has come and gone. I hope everyone had a very blessed Easter and enjoyed the holiday with their family and loved ones! Easter was so early this year! Seems it just came and went! We had our family over for the holiday and had a great time. The Easter bunny left eggs, toys...
Meet the way handsome Will!! He’s a San Marcos Senior. I photographed him this weekend out at his family ranch! We had a great time and have some beautiful images! He was a good sport too! Will is very photogenic! Much more to come!! We have so many great images it was hard to pick...
Twins always have a special place in my heart! Especially Boy/Girl twins because I am one!! I have a twin brother that lives in San Antonio. Meet the adorable Zipp twins! Aren’t they sweet?? Twin sessions are always fun because they tag team! Photographing twins always makes me have so much more respect for my...
I’m still out of the office… yes I’m working on vacation!! But I just wanted to get up Tressa’s sneak peek! We’ve got some awesome stuff from her session!
Just wanted to let everyone know I’m out of the office for a few days. I’ll be checking email and phone messages as I can! I hope everyone has a great spring break!!
These portraits were taken at Kendra’s mother’s home out in Lakeway! This beautiful home made for a great setting for these portraits and I’ve been dying to blog these bridals for a few weeks! Saturday Troy and I photographed Kendra and Jeremy’s beautiful wedding at Lakeway Resort. We had a blast! They’re such a fun...
Meet Handsome Adrian! He’s a Lockhart Senior. He loves Anime and Art! He brought some of his drawings with him! They were awesome! He’ll be going to the Art Institution in Austin after graduation! We had a really fun session! Even if he made me work extra hard to make him smile! LOL He did...
Meet the beautiful Katie! Katie is a San Marcos High School Senior! We did a simple style studio session and also a deluxe outdoor session! This girl has AMAZING hair. I’m sooo jealous! We had a really fun session! Mom was a great help too! We had really beautiful amazing light that afternoon! Beautiful light...
The beautiful Heather works next door to us at Bob&Kay Keller Williams! She came over one afternoon for a new headshot! We had a great time! Heather use to model so I was inspired and we played the last two images were “extra” shots! I can’t stress enough how important it is to have a...
Our duck sessions were a huge success! This year I wanted to do something special for our Easter promotion. LOL Let me just say however that is the last time I will ever do ducks. Everyone does bunnies (we’ve done them for three years) so I was pretty “over” doing them for another year. Now,...
Sweet Baby Megan! I really love to do cake sessions! I love cake and I love birthday’s what better way to celebrate. I’m always excited to see how each baby will react. Some LOVE the cake and some are a wee bit freaked out by it. Some hate to be dirty and some don’t seem...
Okay… I really meant to blog this one a long time ago! This family is so much fun! They really enjoy each other! I first photographed them many years ago! Now their oldest is graduating college soon! It’s amazing how quickly time flys! Sometimes family sessions can be a little stressful but this family really...
Okay So I’m really late blogging this! It was from February! Isn’t she a cutie pie though!! This is the second time we’ve done a family portrait for this lovely family! Cecily keeps getting cuter and cuter each time I see her! She has so much personality and made all these adorable faces!! We had...
My friends from Florida had their baby girl last week! I’m so excited and happy for them! I had gone to Florida to photograph Karin’s baby shower! It was a great party and lots of fun! Check out this amazing cake!! Let me also just say that it’s completely unfair that Karin had her FOURTH...
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