Author name: sderekoy

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War quote from Halo

Table starts shaking in the room they are imprisoned.

Soren: Something’s going on out there.

Dr. Halsey: You’re aware there’s a war?

Soren: In the outer colonies.

Dr. Halsey: Well, that’s the thing about war.
It never stays where you put it.

Halo: Season 2, Episode 4.

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Content

Here is the problem I have with content:

Content creation, content creator, content this and that…

It describes what we share from the point of an outsider, from the perspective of the platform.

In my point of view […]

A man standing over some rocks next to a waterfall in an autumn setting with orange leaves on the ground.
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My old “About” on LinkedIn

Beauty is not just a candy for the eye or a subject of arts. It’s a value. Some beauties are so valuable that they are priceless. My goal is to communicate through visual arts and teach how to do that; how to use the tools, how to see, process, and convey what you see as beautiful and ultimately to help create your own artistic value whether personally or professionally.

Adobe Certified Expert certificate of Suleyman Derekoy, issued by Adobe.
Journal

ACE anniversary

Today marks the 6th anniversary of becoming an Adobe Certified Expert on Photoshop CC.

I had written a blog post on “how photography saved my life” on Photophily, my dedicated photography website.

I was in a deep, dark depression […]

Videos

VLOG – Nasreddin hoca, squash, and walnut

Last week we were visiting a family friend and Nasreddin Hodja -a famous 13th-century scholar with his funny jokes- was kind of with us.

When I saw the big squashes hanging on the trees I immediately remembered a funny joke of Nasreddin Hodja. […]

Moon seen between deep dark clouds in a dark photo indicating that there is still hope.
Notes

Earthquake

06th February 2023.

We’ve been shaken.

Quake, suffering, catastrophe, scandal, cold, voice, aid, state, fate, jabriyah (predestination, no free will)…

Words that immediately […]

2023 image with some fancy line elements.
Blog

Year 2023

It’s more important to repel negative than to attract positive. — Principle 30 of Mecelle (Codex) by a commission led by Ahmet Cevdet Pasha of late Ottoman Empire.

It is customary to wish on new year’s eve.

Here is mine for the year 2023 […]

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