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 beautiful Sarah! She is another San Marcos High Senior. We did our deluxe studio session as well as our outdoor excursion! Let me just say she’s a real trooper!! During our outdoor session she jumped off the water fall and banged up her knee!! I felt sooo bad!! But she’s tough!! We actually waited...
Meet beautiful Hanna! She’s another San Marcos High Senior. I really love when people bring things they’re into to their portrait sessions! I can’t say it enough how much it makes a difference in capturing personality! Hanna is a belly dancer and I’m so happy she brought her dance costume in with her. We created...
I really love when I get the chance to photograph someone at their home. Meet handsome Will! He’s a San Marcos Senior. I had the pleasure of photographing him out at his family ranch. It was such a beautiful location and just perfect for an outdoor session. We had a wonderful time. He’s SO photogenic!!...
Meet Handsome Trevor from Leahman High School. We did our deluxe studio session as well as an outdoor adventure. Trevor was a lot of fun and we had a great time! You might recognize him if you attended Hays Performing art centers Guys and Dolls! He performed in that play! I think he told me...
Meet Baby Zaiden our newest baby club member! He has the most amazing hair!! He’s such a cute baby. He’s got some really grown up expressions! I love his little lips! We had a fun session and he held out as long as he could but he did eventually fall asleep! LOL I love this...
It’s amazing how fast time fly’s!! Baby Elaine is now a little lady!! We did her two year old portraits and Wow! She’s sooo big now! I loved the way she says ” Ohhhh” when she knocked over our hat boxes!! It was too cute! Here is a link to her ONE year portraits! She’s...
Oooh how I love babies!! If you follow my blog you’ve seen baby Daven before! He’s so cute and funny! He makes some great expressions! Daven turned one so of course we had to do our famous cake session! Daven really liked the icing after the initial shock of being messy wore off! LOL He...
I think they just grow them pretty in San Marcos!! Meet Ashley another beauty from San Marcos! She’s another natural who the camera just loves! We did our deluxe session with an add on excursion! We had great time! We were so lucky to have good weather too! Ashley’s mom was a very good sport...
Meet Tressa! This stunning beauty is a San Marcos High Senior. She’s a dancer too! Let me just say Tressa was a natural! The camera loves her! With those amazing long legs and grace she should totally try out for Next Top Model!! We did our deluxe studio session and also some Aqua Locks! That’s...
Meet the Murphy family! This is the second time I’ve photographed them! I really love to do family portraits! These kiddos were up for trying some fun things too! Casey was a ham and as most little brothers do he stole the show!! He was all about dog pile! LOL That is always a fun...
Oh how I love red haired kiddos!! Meet Emma & Maddie! I’ve photographed them several times and each session they just keep getting cuter and cuter! We had such a good session! These are such sweet girls too! They play so nice together! I makes me wish I had another kiddo so my boy would...
Meet Handsome Matt. He is a San Marcos High student. He’s going to go to Texas State and he’s interested in journalism and photography!! Which of course is near and dear to my heart since that’s what I majored in!! LOL We did our simple style studio session. We had a fun afternoon and have...
Meet super cute adorable Laney!! She makes my ovaries twitch!!!!!! I so need a girl!! I had a great time photographing Laney’s portraits. She was sooo patient! We even changed her outfits FIVE times to do the super cute name collage!! She was soo good! I love her in the lion costume too with her...
Meet beautiful Shawn and Lorna! Shawn is the mother of Amanda in the post below this one! These ladies are writers!! They needed some head shots for their book jackets! So we had a fun afternoon and did some cool shots of them! I kind cringe that she might see my blog because I am...
Meet beautiful Amanda. Amanda is actually the very first child I ever photographed! Oh about 13 year ago!! So this session was really wild for me!! I can’t believe we shot her senior portraits! Let me give a little history here. Amanda is the daughter of my college friend Shawn. (Shawn will be in my...
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