Good Bokeh

Photos of the House-in-progress

Deniz — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 20:53:34 +0000

the blue trim looks funky I know, but I’m waiting for spring to start painting the outside.

backyard needs a lot of work, gotta redo the grass… at least I got a lime tree

gonna repaint the inside of the garage and thinking of doing the epoxy floor paint thing. It’ll be a nice space to do tabletop shooting.

still needs a few more pieces of furniture, book/wall shelves and maybe a few rugs. notice the in-ceiling speakers

had to sand and lacquer the desks. Damn you ikea! I may have to do wall shelves to fit all the photo books

I think I like the kitchen as it is…

the tv stand worked out pretty well; still a lot of clutter on it, but it’ll look better once Tim finishes the drawers for the bottom opening hiding the mess of cables.

House. House, house.

Deniz — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 08:50:08 +0000

ok, the contractors are finally done with the place! Had central air/heating installed, floors finished, rewired the whole house, new panel, outlets and lighting in the garage, painting, recessed lighting and finally in-ceiling speakers! Yay!
Some of the furniture got delivered today, still gotta go and find a coffee table and dining table. May try to do a booth type thing instead of a regular dining setup.

Been so busy that it didn’t occur to me to take photos… will try to post some photos soon.

Oh and I’ve been trying very hard to figure out a good solution for the tv/entertainment stand situation. Looked everywhere but nothing retail really works well with the space and equipment I have, so I’m trying to have it built by a friend.
Here’s a really simple sketch of what it may look like. All the gadgets are to scale so I think it may all fit together nicely.

I’m thinking of putting some photo books on the top left shelve, framed by simple bookends maybe.

Bought a House!

Deniz — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 06:40:52 +0000

Loan is finally funded! Wohoo!

Couldn’t resist…

Deniz — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 06:35:44 +0000

Cute Overload

Deniz — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:11:27 +0000

Flickr link

Lots of Flying

Deniz — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:11:04 +0000

Going to Minnesota friday to take photos at a Target store, and next week I’m in Seattle shooting still for a video project. Last week was Puerto Rico and the week before that I was in NY.
I don’t think I’ve ever flown this much in a single month before. I really love flying, but even I’m tired of it now.

Puerto Rico

Deniz — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:49:31 +0000

In Puerto Rico again for work.
It’s a quick two day trip and the mojitos alone are worth the 18 hours of flying.

Portraits of a Basset Hound

Deniz — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:45:48 +0000

Valkyrie the basset hound.

View from Balcony

Deniz — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:11:40 +0000

Went back to Istanbul last month to visit family, and this view is what I had missed the most.

New addition to the zoo…

Deniz — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:55:19 +0000

Found this stray cat in front of my house two days ago.
She’s very comfortable with the dogs so I guess I’ll keep her.
Thinking about naming her Sookie

Flickr link

Sammie got spayed

Deniz — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 06:52:35 +0000

poor thing… she’s feeling much better already, and is back to her crazy self.

oh and I just got the new Canon 5dMkII. It’s one impressive camera!
Here’s a shot lit only by moonlight, handheld! Yes, they are looking at the moon.

Light Streaks

Deniz — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:43:46 +0000

Just got my copy of Cinema4D Gonna take me a few months to figure everything out.
Here’s some fun experiments from the first day.

Update

Deniz — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:26:09 +0000

Work’s been steady these last two months, and I didn’t have much time to update the blog. Not much is happening except work

Here are some random recent photos,

I finally managed to get some time to do sightseeing during the last NY trip, went to the Stature of Liberty and Ellis Island, which was an amazing experience.

Drove down to old town Philadelphia to see the Liberty Hall and the Liberty Bell. This is the birthplace of democracy!

This is weird, this sign was on a garage door in San Diego, and I have no clue how it got there. It says “safety specialist”, and the city name in Turkey.

One of the macro flower shots I had to do for an allergen related project. Kinda cool.

Some new photos of Sammie the puggle.

the local zoo that is my house

the cat and the puggle are getting along much better now…

and here’s a video of Sammie doing the head tilt.

Four more photos of Sam

Deniz — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:31:50 +0000

I got a Puggle!

Deniz — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:07:24 +0000

I just got a puggle puppy!

Lightning!

Deniz — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:46:03 +0000

I don’t think I had ever seen a slow motion video of lightning like this before.
It’s so cool to see the ionization as it’s looking for a path to the ground and exploding once it finds the most conductive path.

Words Without Pictures

Deniz — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:45:57 +0000

Do read.
Link

Work work work

Deniz — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:53:30 +0000

This month has been a constant (which is good) stream of work. Lots of tedious retouching, and some frustrating photoshoots. I think I’ll be done with the current projects by this weekend, and I’m looking forward to a bit of rest and maybe some time for personal photo work.

Grass Photo

Deniz — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:20:37 +0000

This is just the coolest alternative photo process I’ve ever seen.

Link to article

Few More Photo Blog Links

Deniz — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 06:32:57 +0000

Some I’ve been looking at lately, We Can’t Paint, and uncommons, and the always fascinating portfolios at Tiny Vices.

Here’s the website for Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin. Their books “Ghetto”, “Chicago” and the recently released “Fig” are amazing.