Bill Fredericks Photography

06/18/2022

Using a few of the photos that I took at their wedding, I created this collage using their favorite phrase "Enough for before, enough for now, enough forever!" as a gift to Jeff & Kris to remember their special day.

06/11/2022

Congratulations to Jeff Iverson & Kris Morales!! They were married on May 21, 2022 in a beautiful ceremony at the Ga***rd Texan. I couldn't resist taking my camera along and taking a few photos of this wonderful couple's big day!

01/21/2022

I have been working on retouching an old family photo that was looking it's age. I scanned the photo and retouched it to clean it up. It's a picture of my Aunt Hazel. I also replaced the background with something a little less busy.

Which background do you prefer?

11/13/2021

These two photos I took this morning at the Allen Dam built in 1874 by the rail road to fill up the steam locomotives! All that remains is this dam. The pump house and water tower are long gone unfortunately.

Playing with my mew Variable Neutral Density filter. Allowing me to take longer exposures in bright sunlight to get the smooth water falls.

03/14/2020

It's been a while since I've posted here -- all the normal excuses like work, time, life is busy, etc. -- here's a project that I've been working on lately to get my creative mojo flowing. ;)

07/31/2019

Good evening everyone! I've been working on a special personal project. It's a special photo montage of John Cleary - my father-in-law, a father, a grandfather, and a husband. I want to share a memory and a story behind the photos that comprise this montage.

I'll start with the photo in the center. John and I were upstairs in their attic looking for the 35mm slides he had taken during his army days in the early 1960's. The plan was that I would scan them and, someday, have John tell me the stories behind them. After a few minutes of rummaging around, we found the green metal box that had all his slides neatly organized inside. We also found his army boot camp "yearbook". We sat down on the bed nearby and he opened it up. He told me some army stories and how his mother had made notes in the book. John wanted me to have his slide projector -- it was an antique Bell and Howell slide projector! While searching for the slide projector, we came across John's dress army hat. He smiled and wondered aloud whether it still fit. He put it on his head and said "Well, I guess it still fits!". I asked him if I could take his picture. He agreed and I took out my iPhone and snapped that picture. Little did I know that it would be the last picture I would take of him.

Now, the remaining photos are the pictures that John had taken while stationed in Fort Hood, TX. The lower left photo is John standing by his car. He was on a trip to Padre Island with his army buddies. The photo on the lower right is John in his green fatigues. The final photo is a picture he had taken of the base headquarters.

Scanning the slides (about 200) and working on this montage brought back many fond memories, a few tears, some smiles and even an audible laugh.

I hope you enjoyed the story behind this montage.

Thanks.

07/07/2018

Having some fun using some antique sketching techniques I recently learned. Here's a picture I had taken at a cosplay event of Harley Quinn. Definitely has a "wanted poster" vibe. Let me know what you think!

08/04/2016

Here are the photos that I took after John's service. You'll find two galleries -- Print and Social Media. The Print gallery are high resolution photos suitable for printing. The Social Media gallery contains the lower resolution photos suitable for emailing, Facebook, Twitter, etc.

Bill Fredericks Photography

07/23/2016

Here's an artistic composition that I finally got around to doing. It was a lot of fun! It's my great nieces dance recital that I got to attend and photograph. Overall I'm pretty happy with it.

07/22/2016

Very cool images!

NASA just released a timelapse video that will give you an eye-opening dose of perspective. The 3-minute video above shows 1 year in the life of Earth, pho

07/12/2016

After doing some research and getting feedback from multiple sources, I'm going to be increasing my photography print prices to be more comparable to other photographers and market influences.

These price increases will go into effect on Monday, May 18, 2016. So, if you have any orders you've been holding, please submit them before next Monday to get the best prices possible!

Thank you all for your continued support!

07/05/2016

A collage of previously unpublished fireworks photos from 2016 Allen Celebration fireworks.

Enjoy! Hope everyone had a safe and fun 4th!