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1951
Born in Haarlem (NL), I had a fully technical education after which I started to work at the Fokker Aircraft Company at Schiphol. The first few years at the laboratories for Bonding adhesives and paint technic. Than I changed to the standards department. I was member of the International Standardization Organisation (ISO) and the Aerospace and Defense Industries Association of Europe - Standardization (ASD STAN) for mechanical fastening systems and semi-products. I was also responsible for the co-ordination of the technical design manuals with our design partners in Ireland and Germany. After the bankruptcy of Fokker, I worked half a year as a project leader at Machine factory JARO in Alkmaar. Since 1997, I work at Kenteq, in the past the "Stichting Opleidingen Metaal". Here I am responsible for the development of assessments for Technical students in the Metal branch. For those who are interested in my personal situation: I am married (1977) and we have one daughter (1986). With respect to photography: I am not specialized in one or two specific themes. I like to take pictures of almost everything I see. From people to technical matters and from Architecture to Nature. I hope you enjoy the photo's on my site. Please feel free to contact me for whatever reason via the "Contact" link above.
1967
During my education I was infected with photography by a teacher. During a holiday and a Saturday's job, I raised the money to buy my first SLR. A Praktica Super TL. One by one I added several accessories to the camera. Tele and wide angle lenses, converters, flash, filters and off course a case. During this time, I mainly shoot black-white negative photo's. Many of these are still in my possession but the quality of the negatives is now highly questionable. One moment of carelessness however, caused that all my gear was stolen during a holiday in St. Goar (Germany).
1981
A few years after the theft of my gear I bought an new camera. The, at that time, most popular Canon AE-1 program, together with a 50mm lens. I also extended this set. I added a Tokina AT-X 28 - 85mm and a Sunpak flash. During that time I took a lot of slides. Approximately 4500 are still in my possession. (Costs a lot of space!) Because of the actuality, I changed hobby and photography was only actual during my holidays.
2003
With the introduction of the digital camera, my old hobby became active again. I read a lot of magazines and tests and finally I decided to buy my first digital camera. The Nikon Coolpix 995. A superb camera was that at that time. 3,34 megapixels and I was able to make nice quality pictures. Digital processing on the computer was, at least for me, not applicable than. This camera was still in use with my daughter until the year 2008 when she bought a complete Nikon D40 set.
2005
Technic developed and so did my requirements. I was taking more and more pictures and the Coolpix 995 could not fulfill my requirements anymore. Therefore I decided to look for a replacement. Again I did a lot of "homework" and again I found a Nikon bridge camera. The Coolpix 8800 with its 8 Mp and 10x optical zoom. I worked a lot with this camera but still I missed something. The possibilities of my old SLR.
2007
So, in 2007 I again did a lot of "homework" and again a Nikon was my favorite. Now the D80 with the 18 - 70mm kit objective. This lens was replaced by the Tamron 17 - 50 f2.8 and the Tamron 28 - 75 f2.8. I visit the Nikon Club Nederland forum regularly in order to share experience about all Nikon products. I also became a member of the Dutch Nikon Club.
2009
In July 2009 I took the step to change to the newer D90. The counter on zero again and learning to get used to this piece of technic.
2011
Well, the D90 and the Tamron 17-50 also changed their owner (see below) in February since I took the opportunity to start with a D7000. Added a Nikkor 17 - 55 f/2.8 to it.
2012
Wow, I've bought a nice Nikon D800 with the MB-D12 power grip. The D7000 set will change owner to my daughter again.
At this moment I use the following gear:
Nikon D800;
MB-D12 battery grip.
Nikkor AF-S VR Micro 105 f/2.8G IF_ED;
Nikkor AF-S 14-24mm f/2.8 G Nano;
Nikkor AF-S 24-70 mm f/2.8 G Nano;
Nikkor AF-S 70-200 mm f/2.8G VR II IF-ED;
Nikkor AF-S 200-500mm f/5.6 ED-VR
Nikkor AF-D 50mm f/1.8
Nikkor AF-D 85mm f/1.8
Nikkor PC 35mm f/2.8
SB-900 flash;
Lowepro Vertex 200 AW bag;
Lowepro Nova 200 AW bag;
Manfrotto 055XB tripod with a Manfrotto geared head;
Manfrotto 680B monopod with the ball head 486RC2.
And I've raised my own website: www.translatus.nl
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Franklin Hoogreef's conversations
Thanks for sharing. I stayed at the Park Hotel in Goldswil on a school trip in about 1977. :-)
Mooie pic! LIKE
Het vennetje bij de Laapersheide!
Prachtige opname!
Tolle Stimmung Gruß Peter
Wunderbare Bilder auch von meiner Heimat. Liks und Grüße vom Rhein Peter
Prachtig.
Kurt,
Thank you once again! I am pleased that you like my photo's.
Franklin.
Hallo Kurt, Thank you for your kind words. I will travel to the Berner Oberland in a few weeks again and I hope to make some nice photo's again from this beautifull country.
Kind regards, Franklin.
Hello franklin, for me a well known viewpoint - the small Rathaus Bridge in Thun - but so far I never got a result like this one. I keep on trying. Carefully chosen composition, perfect focus, bright and natural colors, ideal weather, etc. etc. I push tow buttons: FAVORITE and LIKE-1. Best regards, Kurt