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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Awww Young Love!! I had the pleasure of photographing beautiful Mark & Lindsay a few weeks ago! I’m so excited to be photographing their wedding on Sunday at the awesome Vintage Villas in Lakeway. Mark and Lindsay are yet another one of those couples where you can really see their love and feel it when...
Meet beautiful Casey! She’s a senior from Texas State. She majored in Accounting or something to do with numbers! Haha. I just know this girl can do some numbers in her head! She was calculating away during her ordering session and I of course totally suck at math and must use a calculator for everything!...
Yep… baby fever in total overdrive!! I got to hold her too and she has that sweet baby smell! I fall in love with all my new babies!! Meet sweet baby Chloe. She’s the new daughter to Karen and Chris one of my all time favorite bride & groom’s! I am SO happy for them....
Meet beautiful Halea. She’s a San Marcos High School senior. She’s a volleyball player too! This summer she’ll be on her way to University of Dallas! This is one of my all time favorite sessions from this year so I decided I would showcase it! We did a studio session an outdoor excursion out at...
They’re finally here! The long awaited Dettmer Boys! Alex and Zach are adorable and make my ovaries twitch. I’ve been photographing big brother Donovan for a few years now and I’m so excited to be photographing the boys too! I’m sure there will be some super cute Harley outfits in their future! Congratulations guys I’m so...
I am SO behind on blogging! But I’m doing good and catching up! I meant to blog these before the Dettmer twins arrived! They have the best birthday date too 03-03-09! Isn’t that the coolest?? This is a very beautiful and very pregnant Sharryl. She had a most impressive belly! She’s a rockstar and a...
My favorite session in the first year is always the 6-8 month session. I love it when a baby can sit and smile but the stranger anxiety hasn’t kicked in. It’s the BEST session. Sweet Adelaida was no exception! We had a wondeful session! She is so cute! Course big brother came to help and...
Meet the lovely and beautiful Luna family! This year they’ve had a new addition to the family. Meet baby Gavin! Isn’t he cute! He’s a big time flirt! He likes the ladies! Big brother Gideon has grown so much! He is still super cute of course. He is really talking! He’s really funny too! He...
It’s always fun and also nerve wracking to photograph another photographer! LOL Teri has been so patient… but I know she’s dying… Cause she’s stalking my blog LOL Here ya go! We have some really cute stuff More to come!
I’ve been photographing Mattison for a few years too! My goodness she’s grown so much since last year! She’s so full of life and energy. She makes the best expressions and is so animated. She also loves princesses! LOL We sang songs and she told me some stories! It was a fun session! I think...
Meet Baby Nik! He just turned 1 year old and is the cutest little flirt. He loves the ladies! We did our classic cake collage and then we added some cute cousins! Katie and Will if you’re a blog stalker you’ll surely recognize them! I’ve photographed them many times! They are so cute together! It’s...
Meet the beautiful Williams family. It’s been a few years since I had seen Hunter! My goodness he’s grown! Not only that he’s also got a new brother named Walker. He too is as cute as can be! We did a family session as well as some portraits of the boys! They did so good!...
I suck! I’m sorry! I need more hours in the day! I really did plan on blogging some full sessions sooner than later! I just don’t have enough hours in the day between last minute seniors and our “Field of Dreams” sessions! It’s just been busy! So please forgive me! Here are a few quick...
Meet beautiful Bliss! We had a great session on Friday! More of this beauty to come! Just wanted to share this quick sneak peek! I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter. We had a great day with family!
I know I know! I’m full of teases! We’ve been slammed this week and last with lots of sessions so I haven’t had a chance to blog! But orders are on time! So please don’t hate me! I just wanted to get up these cute images of baby Adelaida. Isn’t she adorable! We had a...
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