Extreme Home Makeover

With all of the hype over about the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, I thought I would post/blog about the whole experience.

Peru Tribune reporter Sherry Loshowsky and I previous covered the fundraising that Kori had been doing. I was somewhat familiar with the family but not as familiar that I would have liked to be.

It all started on Wednesday Oct. 21 with the door knock at the Cowan-Brown home in southern Miami County. Which the door knock was a long waiting period. I was looking forward to shooting the construction of the home, although knowing that the access was going to be somewhat limited.

After several days of rain, Sunday afternoon I finally decided to travel out to the site to photograph the construction. After waiting in line at the base for half an hour I made it to the muddy site. Grab my credential, hard hat off to the site, in the ankle deep mud. My first thought before shooting photos, wow this house to pretty neat.

After taking a few photos, walking around the house one time, I stopped to pause and check out the action. I guess that pause should have not been taken. I was told that I had to be on the other side of the road and was not allow to shoot photos of the construction. That left a bad taste in my mouth. So, I packed up my gear and left for the day after only being on site for a hour and a half. Time well spent!!!!!

Fast forward to Tuesday the day of the reveal. I got to the site about 10 a.m., this day was much better than Sunday. Tuesday I was able to walk around the whole house and grounds and shoot photos without any questions. This made up for what happened on Sunday. I was able to get some photos that were much better than Sunday.

The whole experience for Bunker Hill/Miami County was a great one.