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’m a member Professional Photographers of America. PPA is one of the biggest professional orgaizations for photographers. They recently had a contest for the cover of their monthly magazine. I entered a photo that I call “Coffee with Katie.” Turns out they had 50,000 entries!! I came in 5th place! Sooo I just wanted to...
Okay…so I have like 10 blogs I need to blog! I know I know you guys are waiting! I’m sorry!! I’ve been SO busy I’m behind but I will catch up and blog a whole bunch over the weekend! I went out to the Zipp family ranch in New Braunfels yesterday and had a great...
Once again I had the privilege of photographing another family to be part of the CTMC Hospice gallery. This was a very special session. It’s not every day you get to photograph a new baby with his great grandfather! Mr. Oliver Bertram is 93 years old. He has worked in the pharmaceutical industry all of...
I drove to Dallas yesterday to photograph Gianina and Chris’s engagement session! Oh how I love Dallas! Everytime I’m there I want to move back! So apparently Sunday is the day that all photographers venture out to photograph in the Dallas area! Photographers were everywhere!! I’m going to post a shameless brag though… I do...
Better late than never! I’ve been so busy I’m behind on blogging! I’m trying to catch up! I’ve got more coming very soon! I couldn’t not post photos of my most favorite boy! Guy turned 6th last month! He still gave me way more “stink face” photos than smiles of course LOL! But I did...
You know… you can never have too many photos of babies in tutu’s! LOL Meet sweet Lexi! She is the neice of Shawn! Shawn is the amazing stylist and makeup artist we’ve been working with! Baby Lexi popped in for a few quick portraits! Isn’t she adorable! I SO need a girl!!
Just wanted to share a sneak peek of the Errett family! They’re always a blast to photograph! I can’t believe how big Katie and Will are now! When did our babies grow up!! Much more to come! You guys are going to love the silly ones!!
I just wanted to thank everyone from coming today to our open house! It was a great success and so good to see everyone! We had such an amazing turn out! Thank you guys SO much! Thanks to Jaime too of Blue Goat Gourmet for all the amazing food!! Of course I’m sure you’re all...
If you’re one of my Blog Stalkers you probably know by now the studio has moved! I’m loving my new place! So I’m inviting everyone to our Open House on Friday Oct. 10th. from 4:00pm until 8:00pm. I’m giving away a gift certificate for $500!! Which if that’s not reason enough to come there will...
So I got tagged. Thank you, author Sean Rackley, for the tag. Now it’s my turn to share the fun. Okay, these are the rules;1. Link to the person who tagged you Sean Rackley2. Post the rules on your blog3. Write six random thoughts about yourself4. Tag six or so people at the end of...
Meet the amazing beautiful Katherine. She’s a 2008 senior from New Braunfels! She’s now a college girl!! I’m working on her Senior album and I realized I hadn’t shared ANY images from this amazing session! I have SO many favorites!! So I thought I’d blog a few real quick! I’ll also share her album when...
I had the honor of photographing Jody and Sam’s beautiful wedding the end of September. I am working on developing the images and I just had to stop and share this quick one! I love all the rich colors! I can’t wait to share the rest from when you first saw each other!! So much...
Meet beautiful Lauren! I just wanted to share this quick sneak peek! Lauren is a Senior from New Braunfels! I can’t wait to do her outdoor session! Lauren had one of the most beautiful prom dresses I’ve ever seen! I’m so happy they did hair and makeup with our MakeUp Artist and Stylist Shawn! She...
I can’t believe it! Alana is turning 10! Once again I’m amazed at how quickly time has flown!! I have photographed Alana countless times now. I’ve enjoyed documenting all her changes and my goodness!! Where did my little girl go? (Okay so she’s not really mine but I’m going to say that because I don’t...
Wow! When did October get here?? We are filling up SO quickly right now for fall. I have no weekend appointment open right now for October! Ekk! I wish there were more Saturdays but those are my prime sessions and they just go quickly! I do have a few week day appointments still open towards...
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