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The Smile House – Photography by Laura Kay Wootan bio picture

Welcome To My Blog

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.

Thanks for visiting! Please leave comments! I LOVE them!

Monthly Archives: October 2009

More Peeks!

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!

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Another sneak for Addie

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!

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Annual Charity Sessions Benefiting River City Ballet November 13th-14th

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...

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Sneak Peek Number Two for Addie

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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More Sneak Peeks!

Awww young love! This teaser is for beautiful Matt and Cheryl! We had a great session last weekend out in Gruene!  The mosquitoes were fierce but we survived!!  They were so fun!  So sweet!  Here are a few quick teasers!  More to come!

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A sneak peek for the Lopez Family

Isn’t he sweet! I had a great time photographing baby Aiden at his home. He has such cute little expressions.   He didn’t much like the doing the bear portrait! Haha we sure worked to get that one…but he rewarded us with some other really sweet images too!   More to come of this sweet boy!

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Flashback Engagement Session

Okay.. I know I have many other blogs and sneak peeks I need to do…but I just HAD to blog these first! I really wanted Brian to have a chance to see a few of these beautiful images we created of him and his beautiful bride Julie. Brian is a helicopter pilot  serving in Iraq...

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Julie + Brian = Super Cute Couple

This session was so fun! Meet gorgeous Julie and Brian!  I love when couples will try anything! Thank goodness the San Marcos River is a balmy 72 degree’s year around! Haha!  We have one more session coming up and I’m so excited it’s going to be awesome! Much more to come here’s just a little...

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I have another Addie!

Meet beautiful Addie this one is a senior from New Braunfels though! Can’t believe I had two Addie’s in the same week!   We had a great time! Addie loves Zebra print! I do too! We also have an on location session coming up soon!  Here a few sneak peeks! More to come! 

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Another Peek!

Meet beautiful Addie! She’s a San Marcos senior! Here’s two quick ones from our studio session! Can’t wait to do our onlocation session! Hoping for no rain!! More of this beauty to come!

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More Sneak Peeks!

I’m behind on blogging but I’m trying to catch up on sneak peeks!!  She’s Soooo sweet! Another new baby! I loved this image of Baley (I hope I spelled her name right!)  My Ovaries are twitching! We had a great session lots of cute images! Here’s one of Mommy too!! More to come!

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The Dettmer Boys – Sneak Peek

Oh how I love them!! Just a sneak peek!  I know a proud Grandma who’s been checking the blog!  It was a great session! More to come!

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