Wilmington NC Wedding Photographers Kevin and Lauren Millard KMI Photography

Lindsay & Dave Wedding ~ Wilmington, NC

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:59:04 -0500

Back in May we had the privilege of shooting Lindsay and Dave's fabulous wedding.
They are such a fun couple, and great to work with.
There were a lot of little touches (like Lindsay's parasol) that made the day so special.

We were also able to reunite with some amazing vendors:
Nicki Macrae at Nicki's Cakes made the delicious (and gorgeous) wedding cake.

And Lifestage Films lent a hand to make the wedding video.

Thanks so much to Lindsay and Dave for letting us be a part of your big day!

Amber from About Face Makeup made Lindsay's already beautiful face even more radiant.
I think this is so cute! Lindsay had the same parasol at her Bridal session, just without the 'K'. It's such a great touch.

Like many brides, Lindsay changed into a different dress for the reception.
It's a good thing too! She and Dave really know how to bust a move :)
We've had so many brides with colorful shoes lately. Lindsay definitely rocked the blue!

Elizabeth Anne Designs Feature ~ Victoria & David

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:16:29 -0500

We are so excited to be featured on the wedding blog for Elizabeth Anne Designs.
Check out the post of Victoria and David's wedding here!

Mary Beth & Zach ~ Myrtle Beach, SC

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:03:09 -0500

Jennifer Priddy and I had the pleasure of photographing Mary Beth and Zach's lavish wedding in Myrtle Beach, SC. Mary Beth and Zach are a truly wonderful couple and we enjoyed being a part of their wedding day.
Gorgeous flowers by Mark Gladden

The reception was held at The Marina Inn at Grand Dunes

The Craig Woolard Band provided some stellar entertainment for the night!

Hart to Heart Media did a great job on the videography.

Mary Beth's invitations, programs and other stationary were designed by the former White House Calligrapher! It's no wonder she had such a high profile position when the work is this beautiful.

I love the light in this image. Great job Jennifer!

I'm so jealous that Mary Beth and Zach got to ride in this snazzy car to the reception.

Congratulations to the new Mr. and Mrs. Zach Hayes. You are a beautiful couple!

Ross & Kristina Wedding ~ Bald Head Island, NC

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:20:36 -0500

Ross and Kristina were married on June 4th at Bald Head Island. We (Kevin, Jennifer P. and Jennifer H.) had a great time riding around the island photographing the great couple and their special day. The ceremony was held at Bald Head Island Chapel, such a beautiful venue! The reception followed at the BHI Club, where Kristina and Ross were able to relax and enjoy each other and their guests for the rest of the night.

Compliments to Wendy Wright from A Beautiful Event for the lovely flower arrangements.

Kristina's incredible dress was designed by Amsale.

I loved her hair flower, it tied everything together nicely!

Great expression of Ross when he first sees Kristina!

I also just about teared up after seeing Kristina's expression when visiting with family and friends right after the ceremony.

The bridesmaid's dresses, designed by J. Crew, complimented the guy's suits very nicely, which were designed by Jos. A. Bank.

We had a great time taking pictures around the lighthouse. Ross and Kristina are so great together!

The guys broke out their sunglasses... great touch for fun photographs!

They are so cute! We had a blast out on the beach.

Kristina and Ross had such a great idea to take photographs with these large poster board cards to use as thank you notes for their family and friends.

This is so much fun, I love all the different expressions!

La Rita Lees from Carolina Cakes and Confections designed this gorgeous cake.

The groom's cake was just precious!

They danced the night away, thanks to DJ Jay Tantum from Active DJ Entertainment.

Amy & Chris Wedding (Part 2) ~ Airlie Gardens, Wilmington, NC

Fri, 09 Jul 2010 08:30:21 -0500

After the ceremony we were able to spend some time photographing Amy and Chris around Airlie Gardens, it was delightful :)

This shot involved a very, very tall ladder, a nervously hanging over the edge photographer, and a wide lens :) So much fun!

Fiore Fine Flowers hit a home run with the elegant flowers and design!

Both Amy and Chris are very well traveled. In fact, they went on an African Safari for their honeymoon!
Their cake was to resemble a croquembouche which is a traditional French wedding cake made of cream filled pastries. I thought it was a fabulous touch!

I love the emotion in this shot!

This was an epic moment for me, one that I have never before seen attempted at a wedding. Two wedding guests were playing double dutch with an imaginary rope, and people would take turns hopping in and jumping rope. This shot is of Amy and Chris jumping in to take a turn at double dutch. It was sheer awesomeness!

Amy and Chris, you guys are the best! I hope that your African honeymoon was as wonderful as your wedding! All the best!

Amy & Chris Wedding (Part 1) ~ Airlie Gardens, Wilmington, NC

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:58:15 -0500

Oh how we love Amy and Chris! Love, love, love. First of all, they are gorgeous-I heard numerous guests refer to them as "Barbie and Ken" :)
Secondly, they are two of the kindest and most genuine people you will ever have the pleasure of meeting. And lastly-and certainly not least, but for the sake of time as the list could seriously continue on and on- they know how to have a good time!

Jennifer Priddy and I were so excited to be a part of Chris & Amy's wedding day! We couldn't have asked for a more beautiful setting or couple! These two have such a beautiful love story. One that began with friendship, turned to love, and then lead to marriage. You can spend 5 minutes with these two and know undoubtedly that they will be just as devoted to each other 40 years from now, as they are today. They are simply wonderful together.

Many thanks to the amazing gals at Fiore Fine Flowers

The ceremony was held at the lovely Airlie Gardens

and the reception followed at Landfall Country Club

Amy is one chic girl! From the beautiful color choices, to the dresses, to the shoes-everything was flawless!

Amy, you are one stunning bride!

Amy and Chris wrote their own vows for the ceremony, and they were very touching. Amy is sneaking a quick review of her vows.

I love this shot Jen P snagged of Chris walking his grandmother down the aisle, so precious!

I LOVE this shot from Jennifer of Chris leaning to see his bride!

I just love these two.

Jennifer P's viewpoint.

My viewpoint.

Now introducing....

Fri, 18 Jun 2010 10:00:00 -0500

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 :)

Victoria & David~Wedding, Wilmington, NC

Sun, 13 Jun 2010 09:20:04 -0500

David and Victoria were married on May 15 at the beautiful Lebanon Chapel near Airlie Gardens in Wilmington. It was a chic, southern wedding complete with a stunning reception on the water at Victoria's childhood home.

Jennifer Hiatt and I had the pleasure of photographing this wedding together and we could not have asked for a more beautiful wedding or a more delightful couple! Everything about the day was lovely. From the intimate ceremony, to the gorgeous reception set on Bradley Creek, to the rocking band-it was a dream wedding. And more than that, it was just plain fun!

Thanks to the fabulous vendors who worked their magic to create a perfect day!

The amazing food was catered by A Southern Thyme
Anna Echols of Party Flavors Custom Cakes designed the confectionery masterpiece. You may have seen Anna on TLC's show, The Ultimate Cake Off, so you can just imagine how delicious the cake was :)

The Secrets Band kept the party hopping with some amazing music.

Sam Haddock lent his skills to create the beautiful floral arrangements.

Victoria rocked out some gorgeous Kate Spade heels!

I love this shot of Victoria getting out of the limo, it's simple and beautiful.

Oh how we loved photographing David and Victoria! Love, love, love.

Check out this amazing image by Jen. I adore this image.

After some shots at The Lebanon Chapel we headed to the reception and took full advantage of our lovely setting.

I just love this image.

The Secrets Band are now one of my all time favorites! They were ahhh-mazing!

Thanks David and Victoria for letting us join you for your big day, every part of it was lovely!!!!

Victoria's Bridal Session ~ Wilmington, NC

Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:22:37 -0500

We photographed Victoria's bridal session at her parent's beautiful property on Bradley Creek. She was an absolutely stunning bride and she was so natural and at ease. We can't wait to show you the pictures from Victoria and David's wedding, it was amazing!

I love the light in this one. Her skin just glows.

What an amazing back yard!

Danny & Beth ~ Wedding, Bald Head Island, NC

Thu, 03 Jun 2010 12:42:45 -0500

Danny and Beth are adorable and we had a wonderful time at their beautiful Bald Head Island wedding! We had some awesome additional shooters for the day as well, Jennifer Priddy and Jennifer Hiatt-better known to us as 'The Jennifers.' :) You will get to see some of their fabulous work in the very near future, be excited!

We had too much fun roaming around the island on our six person golf cart and hanging out with Danny and Beth. These two were so wonderful together and graciously put up with the "paparazzi" that followed them around all day :)

Beth had such an ease about her the whole day, even in stressful situations. Beth's mom had a bad fall early on in the day while decorating and had to rush off the island to get stitches. However, this incident didn't put a damper on the day or Beth's attitude at all, and Beth's mom was back in plenty of time for the wedding. It was so lovely to be around such positive, laid back people for the day.

Thanks Beth and Danny for being amazing and thanks for letting us take part in your wedding day!

The details of the day were so cute! There were parasols, pashmina scarves, and fans for the guests-all in shades of blue.

Beth's mom made the pretty streamers.

Beth and Danny chose to see each other before the wedding ceremony in order to get lots of pictures around the island. This is their first sight of each other, so sweet!

We went back out on the beach and battled the wind, quite literally for some shots. But I'm so thankful Danny and Beth were okay with being pelted by sand, because the images we got are well worth it!

I love this image and it gives a little insight into how windy it was.

Bald Head Island Catering provided the food, and my mouth waters just thinking about how delicious it was!

We finished the day with a outfit change and some sweet images in a little hammock.

This might be my favorite from the day.

What would a wedding be without a bicycle exit? The cuteness is almost too much :)

Maggie is growing up fast!

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 10:32:50 -0500

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.

Maggie and the Strawberry Patch

Thu, 20 May 2010 14:27:01 -0500

Maggie got her first taste of strawberry goodness recently at our local strawberry patch, Lewis Farms. She was hooked immediately. So much that when we pried the very muddy strawberry from her very muddy grip she had a melt down. It was highly amusing.

Enjoy!

Yes I know, pesticides and blah, blah, blah, but it was just one time :)

Oh yes folks, it was a hot mess.

I find this image hilarious. Maggie is mad that we won't let her eat more strawberries, I am laughing at her expense.

I had to hose her down in the sink. It was really that bad.

Strawberry mustache.

Wilmington Parent and Maggie

Mon, 17 May 2010 21:17:31 -0500

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

Sarah & Zac~Wedding, Wilmington,NC

Mon, 17 May 2010 12:29:11 -0500

April was a great month for weddings, and we had the pleasure of photographing another beautiful couple. Sarah and Zac were so sweet, and their pictures show just a little of how amazing they were to work with.
They got married downtown at First Presbyterian Church and then moved the party down to Wrightsville Beach. Bluewater Waterfront Grill had a great atmosphere, and provided even better food.
The Imitations kept the fun going, with some amazing music and a wonderful, energetic performance.
Coastal Cupcakes provided the sweet treats, which looked almost as good as they tasted.

All in all, it was a great event. Congratulations to Sarah and Zac! And thank you for being such a fantastic couple.

Very cute kiddos at this wedding.

Sam Haddock did a fabulous job on the wedding flowers!

Sarah, you make one beautiful bride!

Gorgeous light and beautiful architecture at First Presbyterian.

The kids were so patient and so cute as they waited to walk down the aisle.

Sarah blowing kisses-this shot is so her personality, I love it!

We headed to the beach to photograph the Sarah and Zac before the reception. It was a bit hazy, but I love the soft light in these images.

These two are such a lovely couple

We heart cupcakes.

She was very sleepy :)

Cameron Art Museum~Wilmington, NC

Mon, 10 May 2010 13:32:06 -0500

What a fun time we had at the Cameron Art Museum's Wedding Open House! It is a great location for brides to consider for the 2010-2011 wedding season.

We were joined by some amazing wedding vendors:
Social Butterfly Events and A Shindig Southern Event Planning showed their awesome skills by doing the table-scapes.
Heather Ivy-Sutterfield, the woman in charge over at Cameron, tapped into her creative side as well and designed a few of the tables.
Moxie Floral Design Studio, Island Florals and Verzaal's Florist added their special touches by creating the gorgeous centerpieces.

Thanks to Cameron Art Museum for holding the event, and thanks to all the wonderful vendors for making the day beautiful!