NEWS

EXTREME MAKEOVER HOME EDITION - THE FARINA FAMILY

More than a week of shooting night and day, rain or shine - almost 4000 images - weeks of editing and processing. "I've put more time and effort into this project than anything I've ever been involved in photographically, but this has also been the most rewarding photography project I've ever worked on." says BC.

In August of 2006, BC was invited by Todd Kerstiens, Head Contractor, to be the project photographer for an upcoming episode of ABC's Extreme Makeover Home Edition. BC ended up spending the entire week on the project – covering it from the volunteer's initial planning meeting through completion.

BC also covered the American Cancer Society five-day RELAY FOR LIFE event, held 24 hours a day, in conjunction with the construction project. Twenty five of BC's images were used to create the Relay For Life gallery for Shawna's office featured on the show. He also created the "Home Sweet Home" banner shown on the office wall and a portrait of the Farina and the Kerstiens families which hangs on a wall adjacent to the kitchen. BC personally created the prints in the Masterworks Imaging department of Picture Perfect, Inc. The images were printed with archival pigment inks on Hahnemuhle fine art museum paper. Susan Baggett and staff member Mary Libbert framed and completed the presentation. A special thanks also goes to our good friend John Siebert for helping BC cover this extraordinary event.

The following products or services were donated by Susan and BC in conjunction with this project:

• 25 8x10 fine art prints for the Relay For Life gallery in Shawna's office
• 25 8x10 frames
• 16x20 aerial photo of the finished home
• 16x20 frame
• Aircraft rental
• 14x18 wall portrait of the Farina and Kerstiens families
• Series of images for the Farina family
• Series of Relay For Life images provided to ABC
• Series of finished interior/exterior images provided to ABC
• Series of images provided to ABC for internal use
• Series of images provided to Kerstiens Homes and Designs for PRE-SHOW web gallery
• Series of images provided to Kerstiens Homes and Designs for POST-SHOW web gallery
• Series of images provided to Kerstiens Homes and Designs for internal use
• Series of images used for a two-page spread in The Herald
• Web gallery design and development
• Printing services including a series of images from the talent/design team
• Framing services including a series of images from the talent/design team
• Complete photographic services - before, during and after the project
• Post processing and enhancement of all images

The TV show, featuring the Farina family of Saint Meinrad, Indiana, aired November 12th. To view BC's images from this episode of the show go to www.kerstienshomes.com

2006 COMPETITION

BC's fifth image in the Pet Project Series, Mrs. Blue Blood, was accepted into PPA's Loan Collection and will be on exhibit in January at Imaging USA 2007, in San Antonio. As part of five other award winning images, it also earned BC yet another PPI and PPA Photographer of the Year award.

2005 PPI PRINT COMPETITION

Several portraits by BC earned recognition and trophies at the 2005 Professional Photographers of Indiana Convention and Print Competition at Indianapolis. A three generation portrait featuring a US Marine along with his father and both grandfathers won the Gold Award in the portrait category. That image also won the Irving Chase Award for the highest scoring portrait of three or more persons. BC also won Silver Awards for three other portraits entered in this year's exhibit.