I'm Faruk Ateş, I am a creative design & web development consultant living in San Francisco. I write and speak about making great websites and other things I consider important.

I'm passionate about my photography, but consider it mostly a way to document the world around me. I do rather enjoy doing portrait shots, and am available for photo shoots of any kind.

I shoot with a Nikon D300 and:
• 50mm 1.4/D
• 85mm 1.8/D
• 24-70mm 2.8/G
• 18-200mm 3.5–5.6
• Speedlight SB-600

Me!
Photo by Dustin Diaz, Flash Bullet

KuraFire. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr

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. Let me know and I'll correct it.

About comments
I've instated a policy of deleting any comments that embed pictures. Small avatars when replying with Greasemonkey and the like are okay; anything else will get your entire comment deleted. Just don't do it.

Photos of kurafire (191)

  • The adorable @teacup (and me) last night at NYE by kurafire
  • Pool with Faruk by cindyli
  • Lunch with @KuraFire and his Book Book by Ms. Jen
  • IMG_7622 by jcornelius
  • LEO_0293 by jcornelius
  • IMG_7626 by jcornelius
  • IMG_7602 by jcornelius
  • IMG_7603 by jcornelius
  • IMG_7604 by jcornelius
  • IMG_7609 by jcornelius
  • IMG_7611 by jcornelius
  • IMG_7615 by jcornelius
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kurafire's favorite photos from other Flickr members (2,435)

  • Four Eyed by Dustin Diaz
  • Hi there by reelgeek
  • Doing the family shots by reelgeek
  • Love by reelgeek
  • Pool with Faruk by cindyli
  • 2000 called; it wants its menu-bar logo back by Matt Gemmell
  • Maybe... by Stef Sull
  • Bob vs. Umbrella by jpotisch
  • This is how she gets revenge on us for baths. by Beep.
  • Never cried at a wedding before. Dammit, Ben and Kevin. (And many, many congratulations to both of you. So happy.) by Beep.
  • Jessie Char explains the difference between Blackberries and iPhones. by Mike Monteiro
  • Me and @zeldman celebrating Blue Beanie Day! by Mike Monteiro
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Testimonials (8)

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    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!"

    12th February, 2007

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    .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."

    19th October, 2006

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    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."

    12th September, 2006

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    Ms. Jen says:

    "Faruk is more fun than a barrel of small, furry orange monkeys. Always witty, entertaining and mischievious... ;o)"

    1st September, 2006

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    sushiandrobots says:

    "Faruk is crazy. And that's why he's awesome. :P"

    29th August, 2006

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    Richest Man in Babylon says:

    "Faruk... the Newsvine legend. The fellow Mac geek. Faruk... the articulate. The photographer."

    28th June, 2006

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    Zach "Pie" Inglis says:

    "Faruk rocks!"

    4th March, 2006

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    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!"

    1st January, 2006

Name:
Faruk Ateş
Joined:
July 2005
Hometown:
Zoeterwoude, The Netherlands
Currently:
San Francisco, CA, United States
I am:
Male and Single
Occupation:
User Experience designer
Website:
FarukAt.es