Debbie Wibowo

{A Human Life is a Story Told by God}

31 August 2012

A human life is a story told by God. ~Hans Christian Andersen~

...and God has told a great story about a friend of mine. We went to the same elementary school. He was famous for being a jovial person, mischievous, but smart. He grew up and dove into design and mostly music to channel his creativity.

Eight years ago, he was diagnosed with nasopharynx cancer. Most recent medical check up this year revealed that his cancer has spread to his lung and liver. But he won’t give up easily. His positive attitude and spirit in fighting this fight continue to inspire me and many people around him. This is for my friend, who fought his fight very bravely and left us in awe with his positive spirit. I know that you will be sorely missed my so many.

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{Ignite August: True Colors}

30 August 2012

I see your true colors
Shining through
So don't be afraid to let them show
Your true colors
True colors are beautiful
Like a rainbow

Getting some "soulful, melancholic" pictures of this girl is kinda impossible. She always on the move, jumping, running, twirling, giggling. I am happy tho that she is not afraid to show her true colors and choose not to be someone she is not.

To continue on the circle, start with Nicole Lubin of Nicole Lubin Photography.

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{Bokeh, Texture, Colors}

23 August 2012

I am thrilled to win the new Pure Painterly set from Distressed Texture. I love working with textures especially those that create a painterly effect.

Thank you to those who have supported me and allowed me to win this contest. I thought to share the recipe on how I edited the floral picture. I used End of Summer Flight texture that you can grab for free from her Flickr stream.

Here's the SOOC

End of Summer Flight - multiply @ 19%, mask off from the flower
End of Summer Flight - overlay @ 31%, mask off from the flower
End of Summer Flight - overlay @ 9%, mask off from the flower
The original texture has three little birds, which is cute but I decided to remove them.
Increase the lightness in Hue/Saturation layer
That's it. Easy peasy :)

Edited

Hope you find this helpful.

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{Let's Fall in Love with Colors}

20 August 2012

Shall we? ;)

This one is for my daughter. We visited the Queens Botanical Garden on Saturday. She accompanied me taking some floral shots and carried some wands made out of roses' stems. Each wand has a different power. She pretended that she protected me from bad guys while I was taking pics. LOL. That poor little girl came home with 14 mosquito bites. :(

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{Have an Egg-cellent Week!}

19 August 2012

Hope you have an egg-cellent week ahead!

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{Wink and Blink}

12 August 2012

Jo has been desperately learning to wink. She was a little frustrated when she wasn't able to do it.

One day, at school, her teacher asked her to make a sentence using the word "blink". She wrote: "I can't wink, but I can blink." ;)

So this post is inspired by her. The sequence of the first animation is not as smooth as I wanted it to be, but I still think it's kinda fun. :D

I can't wink (this is how she wink.)