I'm a web developer / author / consultant; I am half-Turkish, born and raised in The Netherlands, living in the San Francisco Bay Area and working for a fruit company that imports most of its products from China.
When it comes to photography, I currently consider myself an experimental photographer — I try to find the interesting shot in everything and anything, sometimes with success. I also have a passion for portraits: there's a story behind every face, an interesting person behind every smile. One day I may try to do professional portrait photography.

I'm often curious about the person behind the camera of all those wonderful photos I keep encountering on Flickr, so for those who are curious about that with my photos, this is me:

Feel free to continue the trend and add a profile picture to your own profile — the tiny little avatar isn't big enough.
A note about my friends & contacts:
I use Flickr's distinction between "friends" and "contacts" as follows: Friends are people I've met, Contacts is everyone else. There are a few exceptions, where I'll list people as friend without having met them yet — in such cases I generally chat with those people very regularly.
If you're in my Contacts selection but we have met before, I probably just forgot to "upgrade" our relationship status after meeting you. Please let me know so I can correct it!
I'm Male.
FarukAt.es
San Francisco, CA, United States
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A bit more about kurafire...
| Hometown: |
Zoeterwoude |
| Occupation: |
MobileMe UI Engineer |
| Interests: |
Websites,
design,
movies,
writing,
music,
kittens,
bay area,
usa,
anime,
Apple,
Mac,
OS X,
iPod
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| Favorite Books & Authors: |
Wheel of Time,
Robert Jordan,
Discworld,
Terry Pratchett,
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy,
Douglas Adams
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| Favorite Movies, Stars & Directors: |
Star Wars,
George Lucas,
Quentin Tarantino,
John Williams,
Christopher Nolan
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| Favorite Music & Artists: |
System of a Down,
Ayreon,
Arjen Lucassen,
Garnet Crow,
Linkin Park,
Maroon 5,
Sting,
Disturbed,
Hans Zimmer
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Testimonials
Kyle of Alberta says:
"Faruk's blog has been a great source of inspiration and knowledge to design my own blog (still in the works). Long live Faruk!"
.smaran says:
"Faruk is not only a talented writer, but a born photographer as well. I used to be an active member of Newsvine.com and a lot of people I met on that site have become good friends. I'd like to think Faruk is one of them. Keep impressing the web (2.0). Cheers."
Rob Mientjes says:
"Faruk is like the older brother I never had, and is the reason I believe in brotherly love. I also happen to like his photos."
Ms. Jen says:
"Faruk is more fun than a barrel of small, furry orange monkeys. Always witty, entertaining and mischievious... ;o)"
Sushi & Robots says:
"Faruk is crazy. And that's why he's awesome. :P"
Richest Man in Babylon says:
"Faruk... the Newsvine legend. The fellow Mac geek. Faruk... the articulate. The photographer."
Sassygeek says:
"Kurafire is a great friend and photographer. He's smart and stubborn and goofy. He's forgotten more about web design than most people know, too!"
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