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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Finally I get to blog Stephanie’s bridals!! It always kills me when I shoot bridals and I can’t show anyone the images until after the wedding! LOL We had so many weather issues that we decided to do a studio session instead of an on location session for these bridals. Which in the studio you...
We had the pleasure of photographing Junior & Stephanie’s wedding on April 26th! Happy Birthday to Stephanie too! It was her birthday I think the next day as well! The wedding was held at Texas Old Town in Kyle! It’s a beautiful venue! I love all the wood. It has a great country feel to...
Hey Blog Readers!!! You know I love you all! I promise to blog soon! It’s been SO busy!! In fact we’ve been busier the last two months that I was at Christmas!! Busy is good but it does mean that I get behind on blogging! I know many of you are waiting and I will...
I admit it. I love all things girly! Glitter and Pink make me happy!! I also always loved dolls growing up!! I’ve had the idea to offer these “Smile House Doll” portraits for some time now but I’ve finally had the chance to promote them! It’s been a super crazy busy spring!! I must say...
I am out of the office for a few days! Shelby and I are going to New Orleans for a photography workshop! I’m so excited about going!! I always try to go to few workshops each year! They’re always fun and really I still love learning about photography. I’m always looking to improve my craft...
Meet beautiful Jody & Katie! They joined us for our Mother’s Day special! And… I’m also photographing Jody’s wedding in September! (See the engagement sneak peek below!) Jody and Katie have such a sweetness between them! They were a blast to photograph! My favorite image from the session is the one when Jody was swinging...
So I have a new favorite location to photograph at!! I had a wonder time photographing Ethan’s senior portraits! He was such a trooper!! I had a really hard time picking these images to share!! I can’t wait to finish processing this session we’ve got some really fun stuff with beautiful light! We were certainly...
If you’re a blog stalker then you’ve seen Lori & Bianca many times! They joined us for our mother’s day special! I have many more Mother’s day blogs to come but I know she’s waiting so I wanted to go head and get these up for her! Aren’t they beautiful!! I wish I had a...
I’m old. LOL Just watching Gentry run around the soccer field made me exhausted! LOL But it was well worth the walk out there because we have some really cool images!! Here is a quick sneak peek for handsome Gentry! Much more to come!
Meet handsome Will! He’s a student at San Marcos High School. We did a great outdoor session! Boy we had rain and cloud issues!! Spring time in Texas! You just never know what the day will be like! We took a chance and still headed out and ended up with some really beautiful portraits. I...
Wedding season is in full swing!! Troy and I have so many weddings coming up! I’m off tomorrow to college station to shoot another engagement session! I really enjoy shooting engagements and bridals because the time we spend together getting to know each other always makes the wedding day even more relaxed and fun!! That...
Just wanted to share the slide show of Les & Melanie’s engagement session! (there’s a sneak peek a few blogs back) We had a great session and shot out at a friends ranch in the Weimer area. These were such fun images. We had some really beautiful light! They are so cute together!! We’ve got...
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