The Packards and I go way back–I used to work with Anna in college while she was getting her PhD. She has an incredible spirit–so kind, and open. It was actually through a conversation with her that I first started seeing working moms differently, and began to see it as a viable option for me. She invited me to photograph her family in the earliest days of my business, and I was absolutely honored to go back to their home and document their family again.

They recently welcomed a darling baby girl to their family, and I loved being in on her sweetness and little Hailee’s spunk. Anna and Chad lost their baby Charlie to SIDS, and Anna told me the most strengthening thing–that baby Cami looks at the photos of Charlie on the wall and smiles, because she knows him. It felt so right to be there photographing them with those pictures hanging on the wall, remembering that little boy through our session.

Thank you, Anna, Chad, Hailee and Cami, for letting me photograph the hugeness of the love in your home.

Anna and Chad have a glorious park right by their house, so we finished out the session there–where they already have so many great memories and good times.

See all of the Packard family’s photos and order prints here.

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Merissa and Jason are wonderful–it was so beautiful to be in their home with the newness of little Otto and capture the wonder of this special time for the two of them. Merissa is a talented singer songwriter and I could tell immediately from their home that we are kindred spirits–books everywhere, handmade quilts, simple beauty. It’s obvious how much they love their little one, and baby Otto is one lucky boy to have

such fabulous parents! Merissa and Jason, thank you for letting me in on this beautiful stage of your family. You three are perfect. You can see all the photos from our session and order prints HERE. Brooke Schultz is a Utah-based photographer who captures families in their homes, in the places they know and love best. She finds inexplicable beauty in authenticity and would lovelove to photograph the incredibleness that is your family, whether your babies are newly born or growin’ babies of their own. See the details here.  

Elli and Steven welcomed sweet baby Macie just a month ago into their adorable little family. We captured her in the places she loves best: in mom and dad’s arms in the coziness of their home. We ditched random baskets, furry headdresses and patterned backdrops in favor of the real, deep, overflowing love of this beautiful family.

If you, too, are confused by fancy props and funny hats, and just want to wrap your little one in her favorite blanket and snuggle her in your own home for your photos, gimme a jingle–we’ll make magic. (P.S. I don’t care if you have a fancy house or a tiny apartment–these photos were done in a basement apartment, so you have no excuse. If you’ve got one window, you’re in.)

Thank you so much, Elli and Steven, for letting me into your home and allowing me to be part of the newness and wonder of this time in your family’s life. You are incredible parents and Macie is lucky to be swaddled in such great love.

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Brooke Schultz is a Utah wedding and lifestyle photographer crazy for capturing real, authentic moments of love and adoration. She photographs happy, soulful peeps who love unique, handmade things and who are excited by carefree summer barbeques and good books. She can be found makin’ an adorable baby girl of her own and vacationing in southern California with her really hot husband. She’d love to photograph you while she’s there, so drop her a line.

Capturing the relationships in families in the intimacy and beauty of their homes never ceases to lose its magic for me. As my of own baby girl’s birth gets closer and closer, I feel so much more the love in the families I photograph. It is such a sweet process, and I feel honored to be part of it. More from this lovely, loving family coming soon. P.S. Mini sessions: only 2 canadian spots left, folks. Snatch one up pronto.

Jason and Sharolee are great parents precisely because they are great people. Maybe that seems lame, but I really believe it. I’m reminding myself of it, too, when I look around ten times a day and wonder, “how in the world am I going to raise another human?” I’ll keep being me. And this mothering thing will come.

Baby Aceton is the cutest, sweetest, most well-behaved little newborn on this earth probably. He was so angelic for our session, peacefully sleeping away

and then waking up happy. (Do any other newborns do this? I’ve always thought that they instantly start crying the moment they wake up.)

Jason and Sharolee, thank you so much for letting me into your home to document such a sweet, new time in your lives with your darling little man.

Interested in a snuggly, warm, cozy-and-oozing-with-joy-and-authenticity lifestyle family session of your own?

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