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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Just wanted to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas! I hope your holiday has been wonderful and filled with much love and cookies! It’s hard to believe how quickly this year has gone! Thank so much for allowing me to capture your family memories! I feel so blessed to get to do a job that...
I love a good love story. Imagine a school cafeteria with decorations and some loud music and kids being kids dancing the “evening” away (because the dance probably ended at 10pm. Haha) Ally was a cute girl from another school. Handsome Blair was just another student at Hill Country Junior High. Ally crashed the dance… ...
Karen is one of my favorite blog stalkers! Haha She may have even checked when she got home from our great session to see if I had blogged yet!! Had a wonderful time with you guys today! More to come of course but here a few quick ones of sweet baby Chloe! (I want...
Tonight I photographed the dress rehearsal for the annual River City Ballet holiday performance! It was wonderful and I really hope (especially if you’ve never seen a RCB performance) that you’ll go see the show! It makes for a great holiday tradition and you’ll be supporting the arts here in San Marcos! There are two...
I know I have like a million blogs to do!! I’m really not a slacker! I’ve been busy getting out holiday orders! I promise once holiday orders are filled I will get to blogging and catch up! I just HAD to share these cute sweet portraits!! She’s my new favorite newborn!!
I had an awesome time with Ally and Blair right before Thanksgiving! We were blessed with a beautiful day and great weather! Just wanted to share a few quick teasers!
Meet beautiful Julie and handsome Brian. This is one of my favorite all time sessions! I had a wonderful time getting to know this great couple. I love to meet with my clients before we do a session for a few reasons… One good planning always makes for great portraits and two I love to...
I’m alive! Sorry for the delay folks! Just really really busy! I have lots and lots of blogs to come! So many portraits I’m dying to share!! I wanted to share a few more special peeks out!! These are for Jennifer, Katherine, and Cash and Jenn.
Meet the beautiful Martinez family! Again… more teasers!! The Holidays are in full swing here! More to come!
Meet beautiful Lauren! Another Senior! Another quick peek! I promise I’ll get real blogs done soon!
Meet beautiful Rikki! A college graduate from UT! We rocked it! Just a quick peek!
I’m totally behind on blogs… but I’m doing good with the peeks! This is Sweeeeeet baby Noah! Oh he’s adorable! Love him! Just a quick one I had to share! Lots of great images of this cutie!
Here are a few sneak peeks from Addie’s outdoor session! Addie is a Rockstar! I was worried for a minute that we’d be rained out… but the sun came out! We had a beautiful afternoon! How I love fall! More of this beauty to come!
Dance has always been one of my favorite things to photograph! I love the excitement before a performance. I love to watch children wide eyed and dressed in their pretty holiday outfits sitting in the over sized theatre chairs ready for the curtain to open. Then the lights dim and the room goes silent. The...
Here’s sneak peek part two for Addie! We were lucky enough to have great weather for her outdoor session! Right as we were finishing it up it started to rain!! Addie totally looks like Jennifer Aniston to me in shot of her in the grass! We have lots of gorgeous stuff! I love the wings...
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