Brooke schultz

Everything I have written in my mind sounds wrong because in these times, there’s nothing right to say. This sweet baby boy passed away unexpectedly. He was six weeks old. I can’t pretend to know what it’s like to bear that loss, even a little bit. But I know we are all asked to do absolutely impossible things in our lives. Without a choice, really. And that it is our opportunity to walk through those impossible things with each other, in whatever small ways we can. We almost didn’t take…

Brooke Schultz Wild hearted OC, CA family photographer and educator

Brooke Schultz Wild hearted OC, CA family photographer and educator

Brooke Schultz Wild hearted OC, CA family photographer and educator

Brooke Schultz Wild hearted OC, CA family photographer and educator

their little faces looking to me constantly gives me seeds of wondering: maybe we really can affect the massive change our world needs, assuage the heartbreak just a little, create something amazing in the form of human hearts. those little pure eyes–i know it’s the most important work to get it right and keep those eyes sparkling, help those eyes see everything through smile crinkles and tears equally. so much responsibility, and yet they have everything they need already. so much weight on…

Brooke Schultz Wild hearted OC, CA family photographer and educator

you know how i’m always talking about the same things? the heartbreak and joy of family, the duality of life–how we can’t sign up for heaps of happiness without also knowing intense pain? so, i’m not sick of talking about those even a little. but maybe you’re a tiny sick of hearing about them so i will say just one slice and move on. our family loving is so hard won. every minute we spin a web of what we ultimately create and all of this–these photos, the work i do–is simply my own attempt…

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i photographed their wedding when we lived in california and gushed about how beautifully they loved each other. it sounds cliche to tell you all the things they are together, so i hope these show you instead. and hi if you’re still reading and you have a family I wanna tell you that you need photos of you together. you need to see yourselves inside the hard, hard work you do inside four walls every day. and if you’re here i think you want not just a representation of what your faces looked…