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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...

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November 12, 2012

Happy 1st Birthday

Bokeh the Birthday Boy

believe it?! Our little Bokeh Boy is turned ONE on Sunday!!! We’ve been his puppy parents since February and it’s really hard to imagine our life without him! What did we do when we didn’t have worry about where he was and what he was chewing on?! Our lives must have been so boring! Bokeh is now full grown… and he’s right around 10 pounds. Ferocious, I know. We’re so thankful his hair has stayed dark and we’re hoping he’ll keep his apricot color for years to come! We have loved having this little guy in our lives so much and in a weird way, Bokeh has made us seem more like a family. Maybe

Bokeh Boy, Personal Open Post

November 9, 2012

A NYC Engagement | NYC Wedding Photographer

Hieu + Sandra | Engaged

most about NYC is that the people that inhabit that island LOVE their city!! They talk about NYC as “their city”. There’s a certain feeling of ownership and belonging that is so evident whenever I am around New Yorkers and I think it’s really special! You don’t find that in EVERY city and so it’s always refreshing to hear about how much a couple loves where they live! Hieu and Sandra have been in the city for several years. Their jobs brought them to Manhattan and since they have lived there for quite some time, they know their way around! Whew! What a relief! It’s always a little intimidating to show up to a MASSIVE city

Engaged Open Post

November 8, 2012

A Rustic Fall Engagement Shoot

David + Emily | Engaged

so many times before but it’s really the strangest thing to email with brides for MONTHS and never meeting them face to face until their engagement! I felt like a knew Emily already and it only took a matter of seconds to realize that I was working with yet another wonderful couple!! David and Emily have an incredible story. After several years of dating, these two have NEVER lived in the same location. Their whole relationship is long distance and so as you can imagine, they are THRILLED to be getting married next year and FINALLY be together… permanently!! While long distance is hard (Michael and I were

Engaged Open Post

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Michael & Bokeh

THE COLLECTION

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