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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...

Evan + Grace | Engaged

  • Garden of the Gods Engagement Shoot | Colorado

We had their engagement session scheduled months ago, but both of our lives are crazy and we couldn’t find a time when we would both be in Richmond. So we did the next best thing . . . we flew out to Colorado for their shoot! It was a fast trip for us but it was well worth it!!! So many photographer friends of mine had recommended that we do the shoot at Garden of the Gods which is outside of Colorado Springs. As soon as we pulled up, I knew that they were right!

Engaged Open Post
MANKIN MANSION WEDDING PHOTOS
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Brandon + Jessica

  • A Classic Fall Wedding at Mankin Mansion

The forecast was grin. Seven days before Brandon and Jessica’s big day, the weathermen were calling for a Category 4 hurricane to be slamming Virginia with incredibly strong winds, flooding and power outages. Michael and I kept saying to one another “What is going to happen with this wedding?!”. We refrained from asking Jessica what their plan was because we all hoped that Hurricane Florence would change paths. Thankfully, that’s exactly what happened. The storm changed course and Saturday was a dream! It may have been a tad humid but we didn’t care. We had power, we had clear skies and we didn’t have 90MPH winds ruining our portraits!

Weddings Open Post
GRELEN MARKET WEDDING VENUE
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Branden + Briana

  • A Grelen Market Wedding | Gordonsville, VA

It’s hard to describe just how much we loved this day. It was authentic and genuine and full of the best kind of emotion! Branden was in tears a large majority of the day and it melted everyone’s heart. My favorite part of their ceremony was when the priest explained that Branden wasn’t crying just because Briana looked beautiful, he had seen her dressed up before! Branden was in tears because of what it meant for his bride to be walking down the aisle to him. She was coming to commit her life to him… for better or for worse… whatever happens… her love isn’t going to change. After being married almost 8 years and walking through some pretty hard seasons of life with Michael, it makes me realize just how powerful those vows are.

Weddings Open Post
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