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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I wanted to share this very special session. Thanks for reading! Please click on the images for the large version of the portraits. Please watch the slideshow to really enjoy the portraits and experience the session. I’ll attach a youtube at the end for those on Macintosh computers. A few weeks ago I received an...
Here’s a quick sneak peek for beautiful Jenn. She’s a high school senior from College Station. We had a great session. We shot in my new studio and on location! Much more of this beauty to come! Thanks for making that drive guys!
School’s started and football season is here and although the tree’s don’t really turn colors here the light actually does change. I always love this time of year when the days start getting shorter. I think it seems even more golden in the fall. I could tell today during my on location session that the...
I had the pleasure of photographing a wedding on Sunday with the fabulous Donna Quarles! She’s based out of Lufkin. She called and asked if I’d be her second shooter for this wedding and I jumped at the chance! I’ve been a fan of her work for some time now. She is very talented! That...
We’re moved in!! A few hiccups with the new floors but finally… we’ve moved!! I’m so excited! We’re still not fully functioning but I will be by Thursday! I’m determined!! I do apologize for my delayed response returning phone calls. It’s truly been hectic. Much worse than I anticipated. But there is light at the...
It’s that time again! Back to School!! I’m again offering our very special Custom Designed ABC books! These make such wonderful keepsakes! Imagine your child as a grown up reading these beautiful books to their own children!! These sessions are VERY limited. Each book is custom designed and is real hard back book! We have...
My baby had his first day of school today! Well I guess he’s not “really” a baby. Oh how quickly the time has flown. Guy is now going to Bowie Elementary. It’s a beautiful school. It’s nice and new and very state of the art! Even though Guy attended Kindergarten at Wonderland we decided that...
It was suppose to be a rainy Saturday but really it only sprinkled! Which was good news for Parker and Amy’s beautiful Lakeway wedding. The wedding was held at the Lakeway Church and the reception followed at the Lakeway Resort and Spa. Amy and Parker were surrounded by so many of their family and friends....
I’m off to shoot a wedding in Austin today but will be back packing on Sunday! Monday is moving day!! (Assuming all things go as planned) I’m so happy to finally be moving. The floors are looking great! I’ll be unpacking this next week and we’ll be back open very soon! Thank you everyone for...
I cannot believe Catarina is going to be FOUR!! It’s amazing how fast time flies! I just wanted to share a quick sneak peek! Catarina has always had the most amazing eyelashes!! I love her looking down expression it’s SO pretty! I hope she has a wonderful birthday party!! More to come!!
Meet Carmen, Emily and Will! They came in for some family portraits this summer and as a gift to Dad for his birthday! We had a really fun session! Will is a ham! He totally stole the show of course as little brother’s sometimes do! He was SO funny! I love four year olds! He...
So just a little update on the move! Phone lines – Transferred (if you called and didn’t go through today please try again!)Alarm – InstalledCable modem – InstalledPainting – Done except for touch upsFloors – Carpet in… other flooring still in the worksMovers – Coming next MondayPacking- In the process Basically the floors and packing...
Man time flies! Baby Zaiden is already four months old! He’s as cute as ever! I LOVE LOVE LOVE all his hair!! He has the sweetest smile too! They say that baby smiles are like crack to a mom!! I can see why!! He’s not even mine and I couldn’t get enough of those smiles!!...
I had a great time today with Suzanne, Danny and little Daniel! (and Melvin & Stella!)We had a great session! He did SO good! Here is a little sneak peek for you guys! See you next week!
Meet beautiful Aletha! She’s an actress! She was in town visiting her daughter Sherryl (my favorite blog stalker!) and needed some head shots for her theater shows! We had a great time and made some beautiful portraits! Here are our favorites!! Thanks for lunch ladies! I had a great time hanging with you!! XOXO
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