About carrieowens|photography:

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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  • I wonder what would happen if I snatched that cherry coke out of that boys hand? I should probably not do that.


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    washington trip part three | salt lake city child and family photographer

    Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

    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.

    space needle in seattle

    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 :)

    emp at the seattle center

    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!

    the fountain at the seattle center

    After we got the kids to dry off, we let them go on a few rides and of course Mr Smily just loved them…

    bumper cars at the seattle center

    roller coaster at the seattle center

    washington trip part two | salt lake city child and family photographer

    Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

    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.

    madison park sign in seattle

    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…

    girl at madison park

    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.

    girl at the beach in madison park

    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…

    madison park bakery

    washingotn trip part one | salt lake city photographer

    Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

    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.

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    shih tsu at fence salt lake city pet photographer

    shih tsu at window salt lake city pet photographer

    ahh, cherries | salt lake city family photographer

    Friday, July 9th, 2010

    Looking out the window watching the three kids play with their dad in the backyard as I washed the cherries we had just finished picking from the tree I started to wonder…when they are grown, will this be a memory? Will this be something they remember? Will they think back on the summers of their childhood and think about the evenings where we picked cherries from the tree and played in the yard as a family? Will they believe it was something they did every day? every week? or just every so often? As I stood there watching them, I decided it didn’t matter…as long as they remembered.

    So please excuse the technically not perfect shot of the view I had while watching my family play…and yes, all three kids were out there…I just couldn’t get a shot with all of them without exposing the complete disaster of my kitchen :)

    the view from the kitchen window

    and here is the bowl (one of many) of cherries…I thought they looked so cool, each one a perfect little red heart…I don’t really like cherries though. Any ideas on what to do with them all????

    bowl full of cherries

    on a mission… | salt lake city family photographer

    Saturday, July 3rd, 2010

    I was asked to take some family photographs of this beautiful family as they appeared just days before their second oldest son left on his mission. It was great to visit them in their home and take advantage of their beautiful front yard. We had intended to make sure we got some family shot…which I will post some of those in another post…but also focused on some individual shots as well.

    mother & father on the front bridge

    the oldest of 5 brothers

    brother 2 salt lake city family photographer

    third oldest brother on rock in front yard

    fourth oldest brother

    youngest brother on a rock

    blue eyed brothers in the front yard

    sweet girl in pink on a rock

    close up of girl in pink

    beautiful mother and daughter

    what to wear wednesday for families | salt lake city family photographer

    Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

    a little family wednesday what to wear for you all, again from my very talented photographer friend Kelsey Anderson from Las Vegas.

    what to wear for families in salt lake cityComing soon…a little sneak peek from an amazing family session and some cruise/vacation pics :)

    friday foto | still one of my very favorites | utah children’s photographer

    Friday, May 7th, 2010

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    thursday three things | sneak peek for the b kiddos | utah children’s photographer

    Thursday, May 6th, 2010

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    what to wear wednesday | utah photographer

    Wednesday, May 5th, 2010

    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.

    featured photographer at Simply Utah | Utah Photographer | what to wear wednesday

    Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

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    Today also starts the  new blog feature of What to Wear Wednesday for carrieowensphotography…I will feature outfit collections or links to stores that have great options for your outfits for your session. 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. On a day like today where it’s snowing in Utah (yes…it’s May here too) I love seeing these bright and springy fashions.

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