For the past 18 months, we've had the privilege of working with two amazing girls on our staff. Jennifer Hiatt and Jennifer Priddy are both graduates of Randolph Community College, which is an intensive two year photography school in Asheboro, NC.

Besides their invaluable help in the office, they have also become fabulous associate shooters! They have been working alongside both Kevin & Lauren on family, engagement, bridal and wedding shoots, and we have to tell you-they are good! We are so happy to have them contribute their eye and artistry to KMI and we are so excited for the wonderful things to come from them!

You can check out their work here but for right now, enjoy our recent trip to Carolina Beach aka Pleasure Island, NC.
We recently made the trek down to the boardwalk at Carolina Beach for a fun shoot and we were pleasantly sidetracked by a nice little gelato shop. We have such fond memories of gelato from our trip to Europe. It's safe to say we ate enough to feed a small village while in Italy. Oh lovely, colorful, delicious gelato! Gelato, gelato, we all scream for....!

This is Jennifer Priddy. She is a connoisseur of good beer, good beach music, and she will make you laugh in a heart beat!
Meet Jennifer Hiatt. World traveler, cliff jumper-extraordinaire. She is sweet as pie (or gelato for that matter) and the most easy going gal you will meet-well next to Jennifer Priddy :)
I think it was lemon and grapefruit...soooo good!

And to dissuade the rumors, yes we do in fact love-and actually really like-each other :)

AVIATORS. They make even the most uncool, very cool.
We bestowed to the "Jennifers" our most precocious gift as photographers, the Nalgene.
Our personal Nalgene (or Old Faithful as we call it) has been with us for nearly 5 years, through the thick and thin, life's ups and downs, weddings, funerals, baptisms, Europe, the Carribbean, you name it, the Nalgene has been there, what better gift to give than the gift of hydration?

Jen P & Jen H, we are so excited to have you guys on the team! Muah!
*By the way, the above images were taken by all of us on the KMI team. Thank goodness for tripods :)

Our little girl is getting so very big! She just had her big one year birthday, and I simply can't believe it! She is officially walking everywhere and getting dangerously fast. She is growing into a toddler and is so very cute in the process :)

I never could have imagined how crazy beautiful parenthood would be. Simply put, Maggie is the best thing in our lives. There are definitely tough days and sleepless nights and I think I may have seen five or so gray hairs on Kevin's head- But my-oh-my when that girl smiles the sun couldn't out shine her.

This set of images is from months 10 and 11, I simply can't keep up with how fast time is moving!

Enjoy!
This was the first time she stood unassisted for a good 10 seconds. It was impressive.

This is one of my all time favorite images of my girl. She looks angelic.
Ok, and I love this one equally! Look at those blue eyes :)

Sleepy Maggie, upon waking.
Trying to climb out.

I don't even remember why she was crying, but those bottom teething sure are cute!
She likes to climb in and out of everything. She will most likely be a daredevil by age two...pray for me.

She is a curiously little girl. And pine straw is pretty cool.

The disaster formerly known as our living room.

In case you missed the May issue of The Wilmington Parent Magazine, Maggie and I are on the cover :)
Check it out!

We have been busy. That it is an understatement. Somehow the alleged "slow season" has not been slow at all and suddenly April is here! We have been super busy in the studio and as well as out and about photographing some fun sessions lately... and hopefully will be sharing images soon. I promise we will be better at blogging :)

We are all getting very excited about the upcoming wedding season and all you fabulous couples we get to work with this year! Hello to spring and warmer weather and beautiful, wonderful, lovey-dovey weddings!

For your enjoyment: "The joy and anguish of learning to eat," love Maggie Millard.

Maggie met her cousin Cooper for the first time this week! Cooper is two months younger than Maggie, however one would never be able to tell this as he is a beast in comparison.
I brought along a camera to document the epic meeting...which turned out to be not so epic because they weren't that interested in each other :)
We are looking forward to some fun beach days with Cooper this summer!

I find them very cute.

Cooper is such a happy little boy and so very sweet!