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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...

Join us! Monday December 15th

  • Faith Retreat Live Stream Event

December and while this is technically the down season, this has been one busy week. Michael and I thrive when we’re with people and working on projects and so even though we’re tired, we thoroughly enjoyed this week with friends!! Next week is when I really get to relax! I am so excited (and so honored) to spend a few days with some of the most amazing women on the planet. I’m heading down to Raleigh to relax, refresh, be encouraged, give encouragement and be inspired. I think God does His best work when we decide

Personal Open Post
A Cheat Sheet for How to Pose Guys For Senior Portraits by Katelyn James Photography

& A FREE Posing Cheat Sheet

  • Michael's Solo Adventure

was during our CRAZIEST season of the year. Michael asked me about when we could do some senior portraits for a close friend of ours we literally couldn’t find a date when I was free. WE really wanted to try to make this happen but with a schedule like ours, it seems nearly impossible to find a time when I was free and available for a last minute shoot. So, after searching the calendar high and low, I said something I never thought I would say…. I told Michael I thought he should just do this shoot on his own. What?! Was that the crazy control freak LETTING GO of control?! Did I really just say that?!!!

Photography Open Post

Apple Pies and Photography

  • The First Response

You’re probably thinking “This is going to be her weirdest post to date!” … and you may be right. You know you’re strange when you’re helping your sister bake an apple pie for Thanksgiving and simultaneously thinking of blog post ideas. Before I get into to it, let me explain that EVERYTHING about this situation was strange. Anyone in my family would tell you that Katelyn and baking are two things that don’t go together! I was honestly only in the kitchen because Emy (my sister) asked me to help her and I was counting this as quality “sister time”. I cut the apples, melted the sugar, kneaded the dough…

Photography Open Post
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