Last week a CNN camera crew came to our house to shoot part of a segment for the Clark Howard show. In a few weeks we’ll actually meet Clark and finish the interview but the camera crew came early to get some footage of our family.
Having a camera crew in your house is a big disruption to your day. I was a little hesitant about doing the interview at first, but since several of my children are interested in film making and we love Clark Howard I couldn’t pass up the opportunity.
The crew was great and they spent a lot of time with the kids explaining the equipment and even letting them use it. (Under supervision of course)
Here are a few of the photos from our day.
Filming our homeschool day.
Letting the kids try out the equipment.
Filming me blogging. (Do you know how hard it is to blog on camera?)
Filming the intro in the front yard. They were nice enough to take a picture with my camera.
A few years ago I would have told you that I would never let a film crew in my house. I’ve changed my mind since then and I think it was a great experience for the family. It was definitely stressful keeping the house picked up and hoping no one picked their nose on camera, but all in all it was a great learning experience for us!
I wouldn’t do it every day, but I’m glad my kids had this experience. Hopefully it was enough of a disruption to their daily routine to keep them off any reality television when they are adults.
