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Salt Lake City, Utah photographer Carrie Owens specializes in creating contemporary and custom portraits of newborns, babies, children, and families. Based out of her Sandy, Utah home studio she is available on location in the greater Salt Lake area.
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With fall in the air it’s time to start thinking about your fall family photos, holiday cards and gifts for the grandparents. Here’s a great fall inspired palette for your fall session…and remember, if you haven’t booked your session yet – dates and times are running out! Call or email today to set up your session time!
This summer I had the pleasure of photographing this adorable family while in Seattle at the Japanese Tea Gardens in the Arboretum…shooting there was just about enough to make me want to pack up my house and move back, but I was able to resist 
It’s a beautiful location if you’re ever in Seattle, you should definitely take the time for a visit anytime of year. After the sneak peek of the two kids, I wanted to share this shot of them as a family and take the time to remind those of you that are still wanting your family shots, this is the time to get them done! The weather is getting cooler, the days are getting shorter (less light…) and spots are filling up. Now is the time
Last Saturday I had the pleasure of meeting this sweet family up in Farmington for a family shoot. They came dressed in the cutest early fall outfits and were ready to walk around and explore the trail together. We got some great family shots as well as these individual shots that I wanted to share here. Thanks for looking and enjoy your weekend!
As fall is quickly approaching more and more family and children sessions are coming in to get their photos done for their holiday cards. Right now, if you book your holiday session with Carrie Owens Photography, you will get a set of 25 custom holiday cards free!! But book soon as sessions are filling up and weekend sessions are getting hard to come by Call today to get your session on the books! And if you’re a local high school senior now is a GREAT time to get your session done!
For today there is another What to Wear Wednesday for carrieowensphotography…This week’s example comes from the help of a photographer friend of mine Kelsey Anderson, who has created some great combinations to get your mind going in selecting your outfits for your session.
While in Washington the kids and I went to visit my dad in Des Moines and then headed out to the Seattle Center with his wife and her son and his daughter for some fun times. It has been forever since I’ve been to the Seattle Center…probably since New Year’s Eve 98…and a lot has changed, but so much was still the same. It was so much fun to go there with my dad as he and I spent many a Saturday there while he tried to listen to the music and I wanted to ride the rides. I remember riding a roller coaster with him there and knocking out a tooth…I remember putt putt golf with him there and so many trips to the Science Center and many other great memories.
Although the EMP was built after I spent so much time at the Seattle Center as a kid (it was there when I was older, but I never have visited), it’s still pretty awesome to look at. Maybe someday I’ll get to go inside
We walked through the Center and saw some old sights and then headed towards the fountain. The kids all had a great time and got very wet, but there were lots of smiles to go around!
After we got the kids to dry off, we let them go on a few rides and of course Mr Smily just loved them…
While on our trip to Washington this summer, my mom and the kids and I did a lot of visiting of places that held memories from my childhood. I was also lucky enough to meet up with my best friend from when I was 5 while she was on her visit from Finland. It’s been so long since we’ve seen each other and now we both have our own kids. We decided to meet at Madison Park where we used to spend so much time together as kids.
I love this image of Claire…this is the park that I used to go to with my friend so often as a little girl as well as my dad on our Wednesday and Saturday visits…I promise those stone animals were much bigger when I was little…
After the park, we headed over for some lunch at a restaurant we’d all been to before although it was under a new name…and then a quick swimsuit change and a trip down to the beach. So fun to have our kids swim and play at the very same beach we played together as kids.
And no trip to Madison Park is complete without a trip to the Bakery…I didn’t get a maple bar, which is what I remember getting when we were little, but it was so cool to sit there with my best friend, her kids, my kids and both our moms as if we all just lived up the street again. Getting old and growing up is tough…keeping in touch with old friends is hard, and I miss her all the time. Finland is a long way from Utah…and Utah is a long way from Finland. But it’s amazing to see how we just slip back into close friends the second we see each other…
In an effort to get caught up, I’m blogging again. This time just a couple random images from the house yesterday, nothing special except to me I’ve kind of let my 365 lapse and might start posting more of those random images here… I love that we have three kids that get along so very well…Miss Claire is missing from this afternoon of fun, but she’s usually right there in the middle of it.
and the fresh peaches from Jarrod’s grandma…Miss Claire just loves them
It’s been a busy and crazy summer…especially those last couple weeks. And now that school has started, I’m starting to get back on track with things. The kids are loving school, each have great teachers and even little Max is loving being at school all day long. They’re back in fall sports, soccer and swimming and flag football to start soon which keeps us all busy as usual and this weekend starts college football and other great fall things…my very favorite time of year!
I have lots of photos to catch up with and wanted to share a few from our stay at my mom’s house in Tacoma…it was fun visiting home, but it just reaffirms that home is really Utah now, which is a great thing.
