dianamlottphotography.com

Hi, I’m Diana. How did I get here? Well, my mother always said I would be either a teacher or an artist… I never really believed her. I guess mother does know best. I thought I would be a marine biologist or a lawyer… I’m glad I was wrong, I really can’t imagine doing anything else. There is just something about capturing fleeting moments, and knowing you’ve made them more permanent – long after memories fail and we have moved on to new moments. I was lucky enough to have a very talented photographer in the family, my father. Amateur sure, but friends often comment how they wish they had pictures like mine of their childhoods – their moments recorded.
My father gave me my first camera when I was 14, an Olympus OM 10. Great little camera. That was the start of a hobby that back then I never imagined would develop into such a fun and interesting career. I put that camera on a shelf many times for a newer, more automated model...none of those cameras stood the test of time, but I still have that old Olympus.
I am drawn to color, to emotion – I’m drawn to what makes people who they are. I want to capture what makes you unique.

Because we all are.

I’ve lived in Austin since I was 11… and let’s just say that is a long time ;) I wish I could say I was a native austinite – but my actual austinite friends might (definitely would) protest. I was born in Houston, and I still try to get down there at least once a year for my favorite bad for me food ever, James Coney Island hotdogs. I love inky, jammy red wines (Napa is my heaven), I am addicted to and have a more than mild obsession with fancy salts. I love to cook, read, and I was a little bit of a True Blood junkie a few years back (the books and the series). My current show obsession, Cobra Kai (don't make fun until you have watched it!! But I think you had to have been a Karate Kid fan back in the day to truly appreciate it) I also love The OA, Seven Seconds, Game of Thrones and Shameless (and I'm a scifi freak, I loved Battlestar Gallactica years ago and too many others here to list - Farscape anyone? I think I might be the only person who watched and loved that show). I make a dangerously good bloody mary. I love my friends (and family, of course!). Seriously. I love them. I’m a foodie and I am so thankful that I have other foodie girlfriends who love finding new amazing restaurants to go to – no matter where we are in the world. And that leads me to – I LOVE to travel. Next on my list are Ireland and Iceland. I may be going to Iceland alone though as no one else has shown much interest!! I have shot destination weddings in Mexico, Aruba, Turks and Caicos (one of my favorite places!), Crested Butte, Estes Park, Napa, Jamaica, Florida, Croatia, Nevis Island and Oregon. I’m still hoping for Alaska, Nova Scotia and Maine (did I mention I love seafood). I am a little more than a touch OCD about my photo editing. I love dogs. I have too many. Aries and Earl, my first dog loves (pugs!), both passed at 16.5, I'll never forget those two buddies. My mom called them The Bookends cause they were always sitting side by side. Cajun, my token beagle, was next and he’s now 10… then there is Boz at 13 (Bozaroni) who was the first pug to come thru Pug Rescue Austin, and I foster failed. Heidi is next, the white lab mix whose litter was born at my house and I, of course, had to keep one! And lastly my sweet tiny girl Tinsel, a chihuahua with a leg injury on the euthanasia list in San Antonio at Christmas time... I had no intention of keeping her but you know how that goes... she's a heart stealer, what can I say? Currently I am a foster for Austin Pets Alive, as well as other rescues. I have been actively fostering for 15 + years and it is definitely a passion project of mine. If you follow me on instagram you can follow my business page as well as my 'farm' page where I showcase all of my foster stories!

Oh, and my favorite movie is Love Actually. Which would seem to mean I’m kind of a romantic….some people who know me may find that surprising. Maybe that’s why I love what I do… I love capturing the real emotion (romance?) of weddings. I guess I’m a little bit of a softie after all. Don’t tell.