sandee mcgee

I have some good news, which I will tell once I return from Southern California.

I’m so glad to be home! I did have a wonderful trip to the Bay Area though and I loved seeing the Tucci’s, the Mangrums, Lori Paladino and my Papa and his wife, Veloise. There was a wedding marathon on Friday and Saturday with Lori. It was great to work with her again and I learned a lot. The Friday night wedding was at the Kohl Mansion in Burlingame, which was an amazing venue. The following day Lori and I drove to Napa (another beautiful place to photograph) to shoot the second wedding. We didn’t get back home until midnight Saturday night and I was totally exhausted. I woke up on Sunday morning, downed a cup of coffee and went straight to my Dad’s house. He’s in the process of moving and we needed to bring some things to storage. While he was going through his things he found an old school folder of mine, which had on it’s cover a photograph of me at the age of 7 or 8. My hair looked uncombed and I had my 80’s collared T-shirt tied all the way up to my chin. I think that photo was taken just after my older sister decided to give me a haircut! The bangs were definitely crooked. The point is that I didn’t care at all what I looked like, but the result was what it was always going to be. It’s very simple. I loved looking at our family photo albums and seeing the candid images, the pictures where we were all just being ourselves. Right there and in that spot, is beauty.

Congratulations to the two very sweet couples I had the opportunity to photograph last weekend! My very best wishes go out to all of you.