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For the last week and a half I was covering an Extreme Makeover: Home Edition house build in rural Horry County and unable to find time to get to my blog for posting.

The show, which coordinates volunteers to build a home for a needy family, loves and hates the pesky journalist hanging around covering the event for the local media.

This week I felt like a herded cow as the local media reps where directed by some of the show’s production assistants to “ideal shooting points”.

Nothing changes folks as much as when the opportunity arrives for them to be on National TV, and this week I saw that first hand. Folks stood out in the sub-freezing weather hours just for a remote chance to see a celebrity or be on TV.

In fairness to the human spirit, I met many others who worked during the wee hours of the morning on the house, not caring about TV or its celebrities but wanting just to help a family in need. Most had been laid off from their jobs in the building trades and just wanted an opportunity to again do what they love.

Even though it’s glitzy and over the top, the family does get an incredible home made by neighbors and built solid in just over 109 hours. Wow.

The above video is an edit of the week in review.

During the build, I was responsible for the week’s video coverage and this was a first for me. Some days I produced and edited story line videos and some days I produced video clips and posted them quickly. The idea on these days was to post before the local 5PM newscasts.

The traffic for my videos during the week was great and better than the editors expected.

As far as the Canon 5Ds are concerned, I found ways to use them on deadline and shooting strictly video I never thought possible.

If your wanting to see more of The Sun News coverage go the our extreme blog.

rlh