WOW, what an amazing experience. Ty Pennington and Extreme Makover, Home Edition, came to Mystic CT to the home of the Girard Family. Susan Stripling and I were honored to have been chosen to photograph the portraits of this family that will be displayed in their new home. Our time and energy was donated and I'd do it again in a heartbeat to help another worthy family. It was an incredibly long, cold, frenzied, and remarkably rewarding day. Now, I'm not the kind of person that ever watches reality shows. In fact, I'd never seen the show until recently. I can honestly say that the passion, sincerity, and good will of the people involved with this show is impossible to surpass.
Most of all, I was moved to tears by the Girard family. I wont begin to tell this tragic story because there's no possible way I could do this story justice with a simple blog post. I'll blog more images asap and elaborate on what happened to this incredible family. In the meantime, I wanted to post an image from the day. Susan and I were able to spend a bit of time with the family in order to provide them with art to be displayed in their new home. The show's design team will make those decisions, but here is my favorite moment of the day. Coincidentally, Susan shot the identical moment from a different angle and blogged this as well. Special thanks to my friends Jeff and Julia Woods who referred us to ABC's crew and were responsible for our involvement.
Most of all, I was moved to tears by the Girard family. I wont begin to tell this tragic story because there's no possible way I could do this story justice with a simple blog post. I'll blog more images asap and elaborate on what happened to this incredible family. In the meantime, I wanted to post an image from the day. Susan and I were able to spend a bit of time with the family in order to provide them with art to be displayed in their new home. The show's design team will make those decisions, but here is my favorite moment of the day. Coincidentally, Susan shot the identical moment from a different angle and blogged this as well. Special thanks to my friends Jeff and Julia Woods who referred us to ABC's crew and were responsible for our involvement.
