https://denizyilmaz.cloud/Personal blog about life 2026-04-03T18:52:48+01:00 Deniz Yilmaz https://denizyilmaz.cloud/ Jekyll © 2026 Deniz Yilmaz /assets/img/favicons/favicon.ico /assets/img/favicons/favicon-96x96.png 2026-04-01T00:00:00+01:00 2026-04-01T00:00:00+01:00 https://denizyilmaz.cloud/posts/denmotion/ Deniz Yilmaz

Building a film and photography brand from scratch. The naming process, the hybrid site architecture, and the cinematic portfolio that came out of it.

2026-03-21T00:00:00+00:00 2026-03-21T00:00:00+00:00 https://denizyilmaz.cloud/posts/learning-video-on-the-sony-a6700/ Deniz Yilmaz

Teaching myself to shoot video on the A6700 in Bodrum, scene by scene. What I set, what I learned, and what I got wrong.

2026-03-06T00:00:00+00:00 2026-03-23T15:20:26+00:00 https://denizyilmaz.cloud/posts/sony-a6700-field-settings-reference-bodrum/ Deniz Yilmaz

A field settings reference for the Sony A6700 built from real shooting in Bodrum. Scenario settings and what I learned from each.

2026-03-03T00:00:00+00:00 2026-03-23T15:20:26+00:00 https://denizyilmaz.cloud/posts/bodrum-march-2026/ Deniz Yilmaz

Eighteen days in Bodrum in early March. Sun, sea swimming, training, remote work, and the routine I build when I leave London.

2026-03-01T00:00:00+00:00 2026-03-09T19:01:33+00:00 https://denizyilmaz.cloud/posts/how-i-got-into-photography/ Deniz Yilmaz

What started as buying a camera for AWS demo videos turned into teaching myself photography, Lightroom, and building a full gallery pipeline from scratch. Six months in, this is how it unfolded.

2026-03-01T00:00:00+00:00 2026-03-18T14:55:33+00:00 https://denizyilmaz.cloud/posts/camera-kit/ Deniz Yilmaz

Everything I own for the Sony A6700. What I bought, when, where from, what it cost, and why.

2026-02-21T18:00:00+00:00 2026-03-23T15:20:26+00:00 https://denizyilmaz.cloud/posts/finnish-blueberry-pie/ Deniz Yilmaz

A Finnish blueberry pie adapted for UK ingredients. Full method, nutrition breakdown, and notes from a second-time baker.

2026-02-21T00:00:00+00:00 2026-03-31T17:39:30+01:00 https://denizyilmaz.cloud/posts/turkish-bulgur-pilaf-three-ways/ Deniz Yilmaz

A vegetable bulgur pilaf, a lamb shoulder version, and a chicken thigh version built on the same base. Why bulgur earns a place in a performance diet, and how to cook all three.

2026-02-19T00:00:00+00:00 2026-02-26T14:03:41+00:00 https://denizyilmaz.cloud/posts/adding-a-photo-gallery-to-jekyll-chirpy/ Deniz Yilmaz

How I added a full photo gallery system to my Jekyll Chirpy site. S3 and CloudFront for image hosting, custom layouts for album pages, and Fancybox for lightbox viewing. Built for travel photography and designed so anyone with a Chirpy site can replicate it.

2026-02-19T00:00:00+00:00 2026-02-19T00:00:00+00:00 https://denizyilmaz.cloud/posts/editing-341-photos-from-montenegro-in-lightroom-classic/ Deniz Yilmaz

Learning to edit RAW photos in Lightroom Classic for the first time. Profile choice, tonal adjustments, HSL, masking, preset creation, and export for CloudFront delivery.

2026-02-18T00:00:00+00:00 2026-02-26T14:03:41+00:00 https://denizyilmaz.cloud/posts/culling-1668-photos-from-montenegro/ Deniz Yilmaz

The full culling workflow from 1,668 RAW images down to 467 intentional keeps. AI-assisted first pass, manual review, burst trimming, star ratings, and purpose-based collections.

2026-01-27T00:00:00+00:00 2026-03-23T15:20:26+00:00 https://denizyilmaz.cloud/posts/montenegro-january-2026/ Deniz Yilmaz

A week in Montenegro with the A6700. Mountains, coast, snow, and rain.

2026-01-23T00:00:00+00:00 2026-01-26T22:00:56+00:00 https://denizyilmaz.cloud/posts/the-potato-bun/ Deniz Yilmaz

Documenting homemade potato buns built for smash burgers. From first attempt to final recipe.

2026-01-18T00:00:00+00:00 2026-02-26T14:03:41+00:00 https://denizyilmaz.cloud/posts/after-effects-workflow-verticle-4k-gym-video/ Deniz Yilmaz

A baseline After Effects workflow for vertical gym videos. Marker-driven rep counters, cinematic motion, and export settings that survive platform compression. Built for repeatability.

2026-01-10T00:00:00+00:00 2026-01-23T22:25:00+00:00 https://denizyilmaz.cloud/posts/sourdough-post/ Deniz Yilmaz

A year without supermarket bread. Why I switched to sourdough, what ingredient labels revealed about commercial bread, and how freezing fits into my daily routine.

2026-01-10T00:00:00+00:00 2026-01-10T00:00:00+00:00 https://denizyilmaz.cloud/posts/snake-eater-remastered/ Deniz Yilmaz

A childhood game, remastered. 20 years later, I'm playing it again.

2026-01-07T00:00:00+00:00 2026-01-09T17:50:11+00:00 https://denizyilmaz.cloud/posts/last-of-us-journal/ Deniz Yilmaz

A dusty PS4, a borrowed PS5, and 60 hours that reminded me why stories matter. This is what The Last of Us meant to me.

2026-01-06T00:00:00+00:00 2026-01-23T22:25:00+00:00 https://denizyilmaz.cloud/posts/pan-seared-chicken-with-sauteed-vegetables/ Deniz Yilmaz

A simple pan-seared chicken breast with a rotating sautéed vegetable side. Seven days, seven vegetables — high protein, nutrient-dense, low carb. One pan, minimal prep.

2026-01-04T00:00:00+00:00 2026-01-23T22:25:00+00:00 https://denizyilmaz.cloud/posts/low-light-gym-filming/ Deniz Yilmaz

Technical reference for filming strength training in low light gym environments. Covers camera settings, exposure management, focal length selection, and common issues.

2026-01-04T00:00:00+00:00 2026-03-31T17:39:30+01:00 https://denizyilmaz.cloud/posts/a-12-week-creatine-study-tracking-strength-and-recovery/ Deniz Yilmaz

A 12 week personal study tracking the effects of creatine supplementation on strength, recovery, and training performance under consistent real world conditions.

2026-01-03T00:00:00+00:00 2026-01-23T22:25:00+00:00 https://denizyilmaz.cloud/posts/strength-snapshot-january-2025/ Deniz Yilmaz

A documentary snapshot of where I'm at physically in January 2026 — 78kg, 35 years old, and the strongest I've been. Full strength numbers, daily training journal, and why I'm documenting this now.

2025-12-14T08:00:00+00:00 2025-12-30T18:51:29+00:00 https://denizyilmaz.cloud/posts/building-deniz-agent-story/ Deniz Yilmaz

This is the story of an agent. What began as a simple Amazon Bedrock agent demo evolved into a real, production agent running on my own website. It connects my documentation, notes, and projects into a single conversational interface. This started as a small experiment. Then it became a website feature. Now it feels like something bigger. v1.0 is just the beginning.