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extreme makeover: home ~ the family photographs & behind scenes

It was truly a pleasure to watch Tricia, William, and their three lovely daughters receive their new home built by ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition – and such a beautiful home, too!

Here’s an excellent walkthrough:

Some of you have reached out to say that you’re disappointed to have missed the show (or you were watching the Grammys šŸ˜‰ Fear not, you can watch it in its entirety at abc.com – here’s a direct link to the full episode.

If you haven’t seen it, you should. It really is quite beautiful.

For those who did watch, here are photographs of the family and some more behind-the-scenes images from working on the set (this time around it was only super cold & rainy, unlike last time when it was crazy freezing cold & rainy šŸ˜‰

So, without further ado, I present The Creasey Family…

I just LOVE Tricia’s laugh here šŸ™‚ šŸ™‚ šŸ™‚

A big thank you to our very own Kaitlin Rogers who headed down with me for the day of the shoot & got some really cute images of how I was shooting the so-so-adorable girls:

After the shoot, we stepped through the images to make selections for the various rooms in the house…

Then, met with more of the design team and the awesome design producers to get everything sorted out and edited – I uploaded several batches of images to Buckeye Color Lab so that they could turn them around immediately (and go on to donate all those prints).

A few days later, I got some hilarious shots of Jewel and Ty blow-torching wood to create the gorgeous rustic frames that they used to showcase the photographs – was a really cute skit with the fire getting out of control and the fire marshall stepping in to save the day (but, alas, it didn’t make it through final edits šŸ™‚

Volunteers were backing and framing pieces up until the very last minute in “Art World”.

Then it was on to hanging the pieces and getting all the furniture moved in fast!

The lovely finished rooms (ahhhh) …. and the super friendly Tracy & Alex in designer heaven: *Paris*.

Out to greet the cheering crowd, the media – and, of course, the family returning to their brand new home…

Love the extreme “home is done” huddle…

(from both angles)

Finally … such genuine joy as the family pulls up in their limo. You can see the full episode for the rest of the story! šŸ™‚

Whew.

(And they do this every week, people.)

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…oh, and gotta love the credits…

58 responses to “extreme makeover: home ~ the family photographs & behind scenes”

  1. liz says:

    what a gift!! i loved walking through these images. you truly have a gift!!! *hugs*

  2. liz says:

    what a gift!! i loved walking through these images. you truly have a gift!!! *hugs*

  3. Gorgeous! And it’s so neat to see behind-the-scenes. This shows the power and emotion of what we do. They will treasure those photos you took of them forever.

  4. Gorgeous! And it’s so neat to see behind-the-scenes. This shows the power and emotion of what we do. They will treasure those photos you took of them forever.

  5. Allie says:

    We watched the show and said the images look like you, and they were you! Your heart is amazing!

  6. Allie says:

    We watched the show and said the images look like you, and they were you! Your heart is amazing!

  7. Livi says:

    unreal Tamara. unreal.

  8. Livi says:

    unreal Tamara. unreal.

  9. Chris Hunt says:

    Tricia has been such an inspiration to many of our staff here at the American Cancer Society, Tamara you captured so much in these shots, thank you for the blessing of memories.

  10. Chris Hunt says:

    Tricia has been such an inspiration to many of our staff here at the American Cancer Society, Tamara you captured so much in these shots, thank you for the blessing of memories.

  11. Miz Booshay says:

    So happy for you!!!
    What a wonderful gift for this family.
    Thanks for sharing the behind the scenes….too fun!

  12. Miz Booshay says:

    So happy for you!!!
    What a wonderful gift for this family.
    Thanks for sharing the behind the scenes….too fun!

  13. Diane Belden says:

    Tamara,
    Thank you so much for sharing these photos. What amazing joy you captured. May God continue to bless you and your "work".

  14. Diane Belden says:

    Tamara,
    Thank you so much for sharing these photos. What amazing joy you captured. May God continue to bless you and your "work".

  15. FABULOUS darling! what a supa fun memory. You’re and inspiration sweetie! much love Mimika šŸ™‚

  16. FABULOUS darling! what a supa fun memory. You’re and inspiration sweetie! much love Mimika šŸ™‚

  17. Katie says:

    This is so great Tamara!! Your images are beautiful, as usual. Do you know how the mom is doing? I know this was filmed in Nov. Did you shoot the family on the first day before they left for Disney? I still can’t believe it really does happen in 7 days! WOW! I would love to be on set for this. How amazing!

  18. Katie says:

    This is so great Tamara!! Your images are beautiful, as usual. Do you know how the mom is doing? I know this was filmed in Nov. Did you shoot the family on the first day before they left for Disney? I still can’t believe it really does happen in 7 days! WOW! I would love to be on set for this. How amazing!

  19. Sara Harris says:

    Beautiful. The focal point print over their bed … wow. tears. You’ve given them a gift they will truly cherish for a lifetime.

  20. Sara Harris says:

    Beautiful. The focal point print over their bed … wow. tears. You’ve given them a gift they will truly cherish for a lifetime.

  21. Mary Jane says:

    it’s all been said…so much grace ….. so many sacred moments……such a depth of love……I bow to your commitment to this family (and every family who is honored to have you capture their love) …..tears flow as prayers go out to these angels…..and to you….love you…..

  22. Mary Jane says:

    it’s all been said…so much grace ….. so many sacred moments……such a depth of love……I bow to your commitment to this family (and every family who is honored to have you capture their love) …..tears flow as prayers go out to these angels…..and to you….love you…..

  23. Emma says:

    I was so struck by the picture over the bed when they paused on it and to see it here and to really be able to look through all of them, wow, Tamara. These are very important portraits.

  24. Emma says:

    I was so struck by the picture over the bed when they paused on it and to see it here and to really be able to look through all of them, wow, Tamara. These are very important portraits.

  25. Bethany says:

    Amazing, as always! I know this is random, but I LOVE the skin on your MAC of your kids – can you share where you ordered it from?

  26. Bethany says:

    Amazing, as always! I know this is random, but I LOVE the skin on your MAC of your kids – can you share where you ordered it from?

  27. Kristen says:

    I did see the episode, as always moving…and how awesome for you to be a part of it! Great captures…my fave, fave photo is the b&w of the husband and wife…the emotion radiating from it is ……… well beautiful! you can FEEL the love they feel! Kudos to you and thanks for being so inspiring! Love that you screen captured the credits! : )

  28. Kristen says:

    I did see the episode, as always moving…and how awesome for you to be a part of it! Great captures…my fave, fave photo is the b&w of the husband and wife…the emotion radiating from it is ……… well beautiful! you can FEEL the love they feel! Kudos to you and thanks for being so inspiring! Love that you screen captured the credits! : )

  29. Leah says:

    I don’t think I love anything more then inspiring stories, photography and great design so putting the three together with the cherry on top being YOUR TALENT and thats just AWE.SOME!!
    What an amazing thing to be a part of!

  30. Leah says:

    I don’t think I love anything more then inspiring stories, photography and great design so putting the three together with the cherry on top being YOUR TALENT and thats just AWE.SOME!!
    What an amazing thing to be a part of!

  31. Just wonderful Tamara. I would love to be apart of something like this one day!

  32. Just wonderful Tamara. I would love to be apart of something like this one day!

  33. Tamara says:

    Thank you so very much, friends – such an inspirational thing to be a part of – I’m grateful.

    Katie – there’s a great story here about how the family – and Tricia – is doing now: http://bit.ly/94aLZv

    Bethany – yes, that’s an image that i had customized for my laptop from http://schtickers.com.

  34. Tamara says:

    Thank you so very much, friends – such an inspirational thing to be a part of – I’m grateful.

    Katie – there’s a great story here about how the family – and Tricia – is doing now: http://bit.ly/94aLZv

    Bethany – yes, that’s an image that i had customized for my laptop from http://schtickers.com.

  35. Petra Hall says:

    Extreme Home Makeover needs to come to Sweden…. well at least Ty does. šŸ˜‰

    Lovely images of the family and great to see the behind the scenes images too! Too bad I can’t view the video of the show, I’ll have to wait a year or whatever it takes for it to air in Sweden.

  36. Petra Hall says:

    Extreme Home Makeover needs to come to Sweden…. well at least Ty does. šŸ˜‰

    Lovely images of the family and great to see the behind the scenes images too! Too bad I can’t view the video of the show, I’ll have to wait a year or whatever it takes for it to air in Sweden.

  37. kaitlin says:

    ahh so exciting to see the finished images!! They’re just lovely. What’s amazing, though, is that you cannot even tell how miserable the weather was… you show mother nature who’s boss šŸ™‚ Thanks again for taking me along for the ride!!

  38. kaitlin says:

    ahh so exciting to see the finished images!! They’re just lovely. What’s amazing, though, is that you cannot even tell how miserable the weather was… you show mother nature who’s boss šŸ™‚ Thanks again for taking me along for the ride!!

  39. laura whayne says:

    beauty.
    what a wonderful show that always makes us appreciate more of what we have. or should do that to us all. watched with usual tears.
    your photos are touching as always.

  40. laura whayne says:

    beauty.
    what a wonderful show that always makes us appreciate more of what we have. or should do that to us all. watched with usual tears.
    your photos are touching as always.

  41. Thomas Henderson says:

    I wanted to tell you, we stuck around to the ending credits to see if those were your photographs, we just KNEW they were. Didn’t know before we saw the show. We saw you speak in Vegas last year, turned away from the standing room only first talk you gave but got there early for the second!

  42. Thomas Henderson says:

    I wanted to tell you, we stuck around to the ending credits to see if those were your photographs, we just KNEW they were. Didn’t know before we saw the show. We saw you speak in Vegas last year, turned away from the standing room only first talk you gave but got there early for the second!

  43. Mel McLellan says:

    LOVE! Love this show, love what they’re doing, and love the beautiful gift you gave to this family! They will treasure those images forever! Beautiful Miss Tamara! šŸ™‚

  44. Mel McLellan says:

    LOVE! Love this show, love what they’re doing, and love the beautiful gift you gave to this family! They will treasure those images forever! Beautiful Miss Tamara! šŸ™‚

  45. Shuva Rahim says:

    The behind the scenes shots were awesome! And what an incredible experience to share your gift in this way! Way to go!

  46. Shuva Rahim says:

    The behind the scenes shots were awesome! And what an incredible experience to share your gift in this way! Way to go!

  47. Tj Aneca says:

    WOW! How cool that you are able to give this family beautiful images that will be heirlooms. You do such amazing work! I look forward to meeting you in Vegas!

  48. Tj Aneca says:

    WOW! How cool that you are able to give this family beautiful images that will be heirlooms. You do such amazing work! I look forward to meeting you in Vegas!

  49. Wiff says:

    What an adorable family and what awesome images! I love it all. Way to go with this fabulous endeavor.

  50. Wiff says:

    What an adorable family and what awesome images! I love it all. Way to go with this fabulous endeavor.

  51. wiff says:

    I love love love all these! I really love the walk through video at the top. Your beautiful images on the walls look really awesome! They are so fun and I know they are very special to this dear family. They are make me tear up!

  52. wiff says:

    I love love love all these! I really love the walk through video at the top. Your beautiful images on the walls look really awesome! They are so fun and I know they are very special to this dear family. They are make me tear up!

  53. Nicole Paulk says:

    These are all so awesome, Tamara – I really loved looking at them, thanks! šŸ™‚

  54. Nicole Paulk says:

    These are all so awesome, Tamara – I really loved looking at them, thanks! šŸ™‚

  55. k, that is absolutely amazing that you got to photograph that wonderful story!!!!!!!!!!!! amazing!

  56. k, that is absolutely amazing that you got to photograph that wonderful story!!!!!!!!!!!! amazing!

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