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Katelyn started her professional photography journey as a Junior in college and was shooting 25+ weddings annually within her second year. After growing her business and gaining recognition in national publications such as Professional Photographers Magazine, The Knot, Southern Living Weddings, Southern Weddings and multiple other online publications such as Style Me Pretty, BRIDES, Inspired by This, Real Simple, etc. She then began teaching and coaching photographers from all over the country and internationally. In 2015 she was named “Top Ten Educators to Watch” by Rangefinder Magazine and has had the honor of speaking at conferences such as WPPI, United, Creative at Heart, Local PPA meetings, The Rising Tide Summit, The Reset Conference, The Pursuit Conference, Making Things Happen, The Connect Retreat, Blink and more!

In 2012 Katelyn was joined by her husband Michael and they are officially a husband/wife team. Katelyn now only photographs 3-4 weddings annually while teaching tens of thousands of photographers through online courses and her behind the scenes membership, All Access. They are parents to their daughter, Everly, sons, Graham, Rhett, and Miles, and have a sweet baby boy in heaven. They are passionate about traveling, home design, & spending time dreaming and brainstorming with their closest friends!!

MEET Katelyn

A lot of “About Me” pages or bios share how they wanted to be a _________ since they were young. That’s not Katelyn's story. She had no idea that she wanted to be a photographer until she became one. She didn’t dream of this career her entire life or write it in her elementary “career journal."

BEHIND THE MIC

ON the "GOAL DIGGER" PODCAST

 We talk all about purposely slowing down and recognizing the need for different seasons in our lives and in our businesses, and how this relates to marriage, parenting and entrepreneurship.

ON the "WORK & PLAY" PODCAST

For the longest time I was really afraid of becoming a mom. I thought that I should have these longings to be a mother or I really should want to have a baby, but I never did.

KATELYN ON OTHER PODCASTS

ON the "CREATIVE RISINg" PODCAST

ON the "JOYFUL MOURNING" PODCAST

ON "THE BEARDED TOG" PODCAST

on THE "BRANDS THAT BOOK" PODCAST

Anyone who is married will tell you that marriage itself is already challenging enough, in this episode we unpack how to foster an amazing marriage while running a business together! 

ON the "WE ARE FREE" PODCAST

Katelyn shares some of her greatest life lessons learned during the last couple of years and her encouragement to other women. Her encouragement to you, whether you’re living in tragic circumstances or not.

I'm Going to Love You Even Though I Don't Get to Keep You

Planning for the Unexpected

How I Would Market a Business in 2018

Under the Influencer

Katelyn shares the story of her son James and the reality of carrying a baby with a terminal diagnosis. Her wisdom and encouragement for women walking through a similar reality is freeing and incredibly helpful, I hope it blesses you today.

ON the "Be there in FIVE" PODCAST

This is truly a special episode with an incredible woman; you will marvel at her honesty, openness, and insight, and understand within minutes why Kate has been a KJ super-fan for the better part of a decade.

Katelyn James and I have a heartfelt conversation about adjusting and planning for times of transition, dealing with sticky client situations, and her financial philosophy for both business and personal life.

How Katelyn would market a business if she was starting one today. How she built her business, why she started blogging  the importance of networking, mistakes she sees businesses make today, and her approach to marketing.

ON "So here's the thing" PODCAST

Being An Innovator In An Industry Of Imitation

In this episode, Katelyn James joins us to discuss how doing what everyone else in the industry is doing doesn’t always lead to success. Listen in as she shares how she believes you can avoid imitation by being an innovator in our industry.

ON "Mere Christians" PODCAST

Why and how to boast in pain professionally and personally

What the tragic death of her son taught her about life and work, how to resolve conflicts at work in a Christ-honoring way, and how refusing to listen to the Holy Spirit has cost her tens of thousands of dollars.


ON "BEYOND" PODCAST

Being An Innovator In An Industry Of Imitation

We talk about Katelyn's humble beginnings as a college student with a small business to becoming a millionaire who has stewarded her gifts to grow and support her extended family doing work she loves. We talk about marriage, motherhood, business, grief and loss, personal and spiritual growth and her belief that EVERYONE "should have a coach". 

ON "passion with purpose" PODCAST

Building a decade-long personal brand

Katelyn—a wife, mother, and 7 figure CEO—talks all things Personal Branding, how to build a career that lasts she’s been in the biz for over a decade as a wedding photographer, coach and online educator.



ON "INDEPENDENT BUSINESS" PODCAST

a multi-seven-figure business as a photographer and educator?

Katelyn James is a trailblazer and a trendsetter who has built a business that generates over $250,000 every single month. In this conversation, we pull back the curtain and talk about what it truly takes to make that sort of revenue, including the things no one talks about.

READER FAVORITES

"Best money I have EVER spent on education! ... and I've spent a lot!”

- Kara Abbey, ALL-ACCESS MEMBER

"I love all the lessons I'm learning from KJ All Access! Thanks Katelyn!”

- Shannon Drummond, ALL-ACCESS MEMBER

"I find very few educational resources worth it ... this one is!”

- Kate gansneder, ALL-ACCESS MEMBER

"Recently signed up for KJ All Access and it's EVERYTHING!”

- Kassidy Mowery, ALL-ACCESS MEMBER

"Being able to see behind-the-scenes of Katelyn interacting with her clients has been SO impactful!”

- Angie mcpherson, ALL-ACCESS MEMBER

"Recently signed up for KJ All Access and it's EVERYTHING!”

- Kassidy Mowery, ALL-ACCESS MEMBER

"SO worth it! It's amazing the amount of knowledge you get out of them!”

- Brittany Lowe, ALl ACCESS MEMBER

"I learned just as much in one All Access as I did in a whole course! SO GOOD!"

- Joanna Krueger, ALL-ACCESS MEMBER

PERSONAL

BROWSE
10 Steps to Starting Your Photography Business
Helping a friend survive a season of Infant Loss
How to photograph a first look in Harsh Light
OUR KJ COUPLES REUNION
A Lake Como Destination Wedding - Greg and Kate
A Letter to the Go-Getters fearful of Motherhood

The KJ blog
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The KJ Blog is where you get to know me, where you meet our KJ Couples and see their beautiful wedding days, where I have been building an archive of education for over a decade and where I let you see a peek into our life, our home, and hear about our purpose! 
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YOUTUBE

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 It has elevated my work so I could quit my day job and work from home with our baby boy!"

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