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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Yet another round of teasers for all my J girls! I’m catching up on blogs! Here are some quick teasers before the holiday weekend! The studio will be closed Saturday thru Monday. I hope everyone has a safe and wonderful Memorial Day weekend. I’ll be thinking of and giving thanks to those that have made...
So my friends all know that my absolute favorite cafe in San Marcos is The Blue Goat Gourmet. I love “The Ben Franklin” (Turkey, Avocado, Basil Mayo, and Cheese on French Bread) If I’m lucky they will have Tomato Basil Soup which is is my other very favorite thing. Then of course there’s the bread...
Meet beautiful Bliss. She’s a senior from Texas State. Bliss is super cute! We did our road trip location session and went to New Braunfels. I LOVE to photograph there. In fact I just might move there! My favorite piece is the collage of all her different looks! The invitations we did were pretty cool...
Meet the beautiful Head Family. We photographed them out at the Ranch which is my new favorite place to shoot. I had a great time photographing this family. It’s always makes me jealous when I photograph a big family. I always wished we had more brothers and sisters. I wanted to be a big sister...
Addie Grace came in for her 4 month portrait. We did our classic baby pushing up portraits! It’s a very important milestone! Addie issuper adorable! I love how expressive her little face is! I can’t wait to photograph her again! She’ll be sitting up soon! This is one strong little girl!
Meet the beautiful Zipp family. They’ve graced the blog many times! They joined us for our field of dreams sessions. The twins did so good! They’re talking too! It was so funny about 10 minutes into the session Bowden starting saying, “Bye!” LOL he was ready to go! Too cute!! Here are a few of...
Meet handsome Brandon & Stacy from Lockhart. These two guys are best of friends. We did their sessions together and had a great time. They were pretty funny! Both are football players! Stacey was in Track too. I love the one of him with his hoodie on. I also love the shots of them in...
Meet the beautiful Rojas family. They joined us for our Field of Dreams promotion. They brought this beautiful sign that had all the family members names on it! I just loved that family portrait with it! Makes me wish I had more kids because I want one! I don’t think it would be as cool...
I had a great afternoon yesterday with Jamie and John! Here’s a quick teaser from our engagement session! I love when couples are fun and willing to try anything!! More of this beautiful couple to come!
I’m a bad blogger I know!! I’ve still got many sessions to blog from a few weeks ago so please don’t fret! I promise I will blog soon! I haven’t forgotten about you! It’s been an extra busy week because I was gone all last week! Just wanted to share a few quick teasers for...
So poor Max… Today he’s exactly six months old. It was time for him to make a little visit to the vet. While I was away at Texas School Max apparently he became very “interested” in a few items around the house including our other dogs. It was difficult to explain it all to Guy....
Just two quick wedding teaser for Mark & Lindsay! They have a beautiful wedding on Sunday! We were so blessed with beautiful weather too! I’m still out of town and Texas School but wanted to share these quick ones! Have a wonderful honeymoon!
Just wanted to let everyone know I will be out of the studio Monday May4th through Monday May 11th! I’m going to Texas School which is a rocking cool photography workshop. Each year I try to attend at least one educational event to further develop my art and keep me inspired! I’m really looking forward...
More teasers!! Been crazy busy! I’ve got more blogs coming soon! Just had to share these quick ones!! More to come! Adorable Lady Elaine with her pretty mommy Polly Super Cute Tori from Wimberley High Beautiful Miss Addie Grace
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