HGTV's
Look What I Did!
Comes To Paradise
by Kit & Ben Knotts
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Richard, Lowell, Chris |
After weeks of warm, sunny, dry weather, the HGTV (Home &
Garden Television) crew arrived to rain and wind. They came to
Paradise to shoot a segment of "Look What I Did!",
a new series that will begin to air in the summer of 2006. |

Richard |
The goal was to shoot 3-5 hours of footage for 3-5 on-air minutes
about our pond building. This would not be easy even in good
weather since they arrived mid-afternoon. Fortunately Amy and
Chris had come by for a preview the sunny afternoon before and
shot some of the "beauty" footage. Other segments in
their format were "demonstration" (how to dig, set
concrete, set stone), "interviews", "walkthrough"
(where we talk about different elements of the garden), and "enjoying
the garden with friends". |
The original plan was to do the "demos" first. The
rain quickly forced us inside after setting one rock. Enough
footage was shot to suffice. Jane Kirschenbaum, Jennifer Kirschenbaum
and Judy George arrived for the "friends" segment so
we all braved the slightly lighter rain to shoot that. The still
camera stayed inside. |

Jane, Judy, Amy |

Lowell, Richard, Chris, Scott |
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Using the overhang of the second floor deck to protect the equipment,
part of "interviews" came next with, you guessed it,
the subject in the rain. The rain stopped though the clouds remained
and we ventured back into the garden for "walkthrough"
and out on to the beach for additional "interviews". |

Richard, Lowell, Chris |

Kit, Chris, Richard, Lowell |

Lowell, Amy, Richard, Kit, Chris |

Chris, Amy, Scott, Richard, Lowell |

Kit, Lowell, Scott, Richard |

Amy |
With the light failing, we proceeded to "demo", digging,
mixing and setting concrete. Luckily the video cameras performed
far better in low light than our still camera! After a few more
beauty shots, Amy delightedly declared it a "wrap",
in record time in spite of the weather and shortness of available
daylight. |
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Kit, Chris, Richard |

Richard, Chris, Kit |
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