1 year's difference -- part 2

I thought I'd finally post something here, with a revisit to an earlier motif, of matching up pictures from one year ago to their current counterpart. It's amazing how things change (and a little how they don't).

First, our 2nd annual Christmas ginger bread house kit from TJ's.

2008:


2009:


And now, USC playing in the Rose Bowl-- the only time of the year we watch football.

2008:


2009:

With special appearance by Elmo... as you can see, Peer has developed a nice football slouch.

And as a special bonus, another paid I decided to add last minute, playing the piano:

2008:


2009:


He's just about ready to start writing his own compositions.

For the latest commercials that I've been putting out for the LA Times, check out my YouTube channel:

http://www.youtube.com/awahlquist/

Peer's Guided Tour of Tech Rehearsal

Hello, my name is Peer! I'm going to take you on a tour of the First Baptist Church of Downey during the tech rehearsal for "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever" that my mommy is directing.


This is Mommy. I say hi to her first, every time. I love her!


There's lots of interesting things to see up on the stage.


It's very exciting.


Let's stop and steal a water from the tech team's secret stash.


This is a door stop. It goes up and down.


Hurry up! This way!


Everybody likes to watch me instead of pay attention to what's going on.


Here are some mic cables, ready to be set up.


Okay, here's one of the windows to the decorative garden on the side.


Oh, everybody's clapping!


I want to clap too!


Okay, let's go back this way...


This door goes to the bathroom area.


Oh wait, I think I see something in the trash can.


Nevermind. Come on, what are you waiting for!?


This is the drinking fountain. Here's how it works.


This door goes to the outside. It's closed right now.


Okay, let's go back this way.


This is the Narthex. Hurry up!


Everybody is on stage listening to notes. Come on down!


Cool stuff, huh?


This is Marsha-- she painted the set and made the stained glass.


This is the piano where Mr. David plays sometimes.


Hey Rob, what's up?


Hm, everyone here seems to be busy.


I'll play a little Hammond B3 organ. Yeah, groovy.


Mr. Ben and Mr. David are smiling because I made a loud noise at the perfect moment. Ha ha, Mommy, I distract everyone from what you're saying!


Okay, back to Mommy. Goodnight everyone! Thanks for playing with me!

Peer is 1 today!

Good morning!


After work Lana's parents and sister paid a visit (the arm in the background).


He loves to stand on his own, just to show off.


We went to Downey's Wednesday Night Summer Concert Series and heart the Side Street Strutters play some dixieland jazz, along side a picnic of sandwiches.

20sec LA Times Commercial

This week my new 20 second length of the commercials I've made for the LA Times debuted on KTLA. It's promoting our investigation on wildfires running this week. It's designed to change out the content easily and promote a different feature each week, and now it has voice-over which we recorded at the Times as well. Here is what it looks like (try to watch it in "high quality" mode).



It's all put together in After Effects, using graphic elements from the archives of the print and web editions of the LA Times.

Here is the 10 second version I uploaded not long ago... also can watch in "high quality" on YouTube:

Then and Now

Then...



Now...



He's just a little bigger.