Kathryn Ivy Photography

03/27/2024

For the first time ever, I’m offering Spring Mini Sessions! I’m so excited about this. I love the spring time flowers and all the greenery. The fresh air and general excitement in the community over the sunshine and warmer weather.

Spring mini-sessions will be held at the VMFA in the Museum District of Richmond. I have loved shooting there over the years and it’ll be great to get back there again. This location gives so much variety. Beautiful flowers, lots of greenery, and beautiful architecture.

The Details:
May 4, 2024
VMFA
15 minute session
10 hand-edited photos
Online gallery
$215

**LINK TO BOOK**
https://calendly.com/kathrynivyphotography/spring-2024-minis?month=2024-05

04/22/2022

I’ve not been posting much lately because well, I’m not working much anymore. And it feels really, really good. I miss the creativity of my job. I miss the industry as a whole. I miss the people (hiya, friendors 😢) a whole lot. But in this season, I’m really loving digging into the role as mom. Some days are hard. Some days flat out stink and I feel like an utter failure. But most days are. Filled with joy, mundane tasks that serve my family well, crafts, playgrounds, mom dates, and an extra (half caf) coffee. But it’s right where I need to be right now. I’m still gonna post some pretty wedding photos every now and then…too much pretty to keep to myself.

02/17/2022

The natural resting place for a mother’s hands. Converted to B&W

02/15/2022

If I've learned anything in the past 5+ years of being a mom, it's that everything has a season.
Baby sleeping through the night?
It's a season.
Living through cold after cold after cold because your toddler started preschool?
It's a season.
Having a house covered in bottles, pacis, burps cloths, diapers?
It's a season.
Living in a disconnected state with your spouse?
It's a season.

Everything has a season. And early last year I finally made the decision to end a season in my life that I've worked so hard for. For the past several years, I've lived in the tension of wanting to DO everything and BE everything for everyone and every space in my life...and in March of last year, I finally had the proverbial slap in the face to make a choice.

I made the decision to put the wedding portion of my business down. Photographing weddings has been a part of the best season of my life. But it's also been increasingly hard on my family, my mental health, my body (wedding vendors know...it ain't easy on our bodies!). It's just not serving me & my family anymore and right now.

So what now? I'm still photographing a certain amount of family, maternity, and newborn sessions. I love creating and don't want that part of my life to be completely gone. I seriously love it!!

Everything has its season. Right now, my season is motherhood. Investing heavily in my husband and children is the season God wants me in and it's never been clearer to me. I'm content...finally content. And it feels so good and so right.

So friends, I'm still here. Just in a different season.

xoxo
kat

02/03/2022

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We are so excited to feature Erin & Garrett's wedding on the blog. This was the second wedding we hosted at the Tasting Room & Taphouse, just a few weeks after our very first wedding there (shoutout to James & Joanna!) Erin & Garrett were sold on the view that the Tasting Room offers, they

01/27/2022

Missing the warmer days and colorful flowers. Ready for warm sunshine and being able to gather outdoors with sweet friends again (you include, …miss you!!!)

01/25/2022

12 Days New. Marleigh, you are a gem. Can’t wait to watch you grow and see your parents fall more and more in love with you. Welcome to the world, sweet baby girl!

01/19/2022

Something that happens at every newborn session…I ask the parents to look at me and smile…and they do for about 5 seconds before they look back down toward their baby. Every. Single. Time. I absolutely love it. 🤍

01/14/2022

How it started —> how it’s going. Happy 3rd birthday my sweet boy. Your name means “giver of light” and that is exactly what you are. You shine brightly and spread your love and joy to everyone you meet. Keep being you, boo. We love you to the moon and back a million, trillion times ☀️

01/13/2022

Spent some time planning my own maternity session with (eek!! 🥳) this morning and I started reminiscing over Jenn’s beautifully intimate session last year. More of these moments, please 🤍 Porta400 on Nikon f100

12/22/2021

Squeezed in a Christmas themed 6 month milk bath sesh this morning for Miss Sutton. She loves to smile…can’t wait to work through the rest of her milestone mini session!

12/17/2021

Remember that dreamy snow we had in Richmond last weekend? 😍 ❄️
Just kidding!! Me neither!! It was 55 degrees and rainy 🙃
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At Morgan and Sean’s maternity session, we joked about how it looked like a snowy day but wasn’t even close to feeling like snow. I couldn’t help but toss a snow overlay on one of their photos as a surprise!!
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I’ve loved working with Sean and Morgan over the years - their ability to roll with the punches and enjoy themselves no matter what (cue the rain) makes for a wonderful working relationship and beautiful photos every single time.
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Can’t wait to meet their baby girl in a few short weeks!!