• kj blog header new 1
  • kj blog header new 2
  • Virginia wedding photography
  • Big Spring Farm Virginia Barn Wedding
  • virginia wedding photographer
  • charleston wedding photographer
  • Virginia Wedding Photographer
  • header 4
  • header 5
HEADSHOT 1-8478

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...

MANKIN MANSION WEDDING PHOTOS
mankin mansion classic fall wedding_3566
mankin mansion classic fall wedding_3607
mankin mansion classic fall wedding_3602
mankin mansion classic fall wedding_3606
mankin mansion classic fall wedding_3588
mankin mansion classic fall wedding_3594

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
grelen market wedding photos_3456
grelen market wedding photos_3482
grelen market wedding photos_3458
grelen market wedding photos_3497

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
Scott and courtney gun lake michigan wedding
lakeside michigan wedding destination_3323
lakeside michigan wedding destination_3337
lakeside michigan wedding destination_3304
lakeside michigan wedding destination_3336
lakeside michigan wedding destination_3335
lakeside michigan wedding destination_3353
lakeside michigan wedding destination_3343
lakeside michigan wedding destination_3346
lakeside michigan wedding destination_3367

Scott + Courtney

Everytime that we are flown somewhere to photograph a wedding, I have a hard time believing that it’s real life. Having us photograph a wedding is an investment at this stage in our business. So to have someone invest in not only our Wedding Experience but also pay to fly us several states away is an incredible honor! In some ways, there is so much more pressure in a situation like this. I knew from the time that Courtney first emailed me that if I had the chance to photograph her wedding day, I needed to do an amazing job. Not only was she bringing me across the country, she is also a photographer herself!!!!

Weddings Open Post
Load more posts