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Hi there! i’m katelyn.

Hello, and welcome to the KJ Blog! I'm Katelyn James, and my husband Michael and I are a wedding photography team based in Richmond, Virginia. We hope you grab some coffee (or a diet coke, in my case) and enjoy viewing our latest work, browsing resources for photographers, and getting a little peek into our life!  Read more...

A Lake Gaston Engagement Shoot

  • Brandon + Brittany | Engaged

emailed me a few months ago and we weren’t available for their date and I apologized. And then I got the email that just baffled me. Brittany responded and said “No worries, we’re going to change our date!”. What?! This has happened before but every time a bride changes her plans in order to have us photograph this season of their life, I’m just amazed. I’m humbled and honored. What a huge compliment!! These two are awesome! We met at Brittany’s family’s lake house and then drove to some local locations for their shoot.

Engaged Open Post

Instant Growth and Success....

  • Ask Anything

want this to be a depressing post. I really don’t… that’s just not my style! But I think I need to be honest about this…. I get a lot of emails and questions that go a little something like this “I’ve been in business for a year officially and I’m just wondering how you grew so fast.” Some are a little more in depth but often, I receive emails that are just short and sweet and straight to the point. “I want to grow and I want it to happen FAST”. I don’t blame them… who really wants a SLOW growing business?! No one…. at least no one that I know! We all want to move quickly because that’s the world we live in.

Ask Anything, Education Open Post

A Tides Inn Wedding, Irvington Virginia

  • Trey + Lindsey

Wedding season is in full force! We love April weddings because the heat hasn’t hit yet and everything is still in the process of coming back to life! Sure, the pollen and the sneezing aren’t ideal but I’ve missed the leaves on the trees! Trey and Lindsey had the perfect scenario for wedding day weather. It was raining south of us and so we just had light cloud cover all day long! God gave us a natural soft box so that I could have free reign over the property of the Tides Inn! We shot portraits on the dock, on the pier, on the beach, etc and never had to worry about harsh lighting. I love those type of days! I also loved this day because I know that Trey and Lindsey have been looking forward to it for so long. Not only were they coming together as husband and wife but they were officially becoming a family with Trey’s son Tanner.

Weddings Open Post
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