S Fredieu Photography

    Do you wonder what you can change to make your photos a little better for your fridge, scrap book, photo albums, or to even post on social media?       I'll be sharing some tips over the next few weeks to help you take better everyday images that you can be proud of.  Todays Tip is How to shoot in full sun      Today is a fairly easy tip.  The best tip I could give you to shoot on a full sun sunny day, is get out of the sun and into the shade.  Well sometimes I know it is harder then it looks.  So how do you shoot in the sun when you don't have any shade to go to?  you turn them so your subjects face is not in the sun.  For  example, the top photo the sun is almost right on top and to the right of the children,  it is giving off horrible shadows on half their face and eyes.  The middle image is a little better but the sun in front of them is still giving off a bad shadow in th...

     I try to live by this quote everyday along with rolling with the punches.  Tell myself don't stress the little stuff, it's all little stuff.  I don't tend to stress very much and love living day to day.  I don't worry to much about past events or events that are going/might happen in the future, I deal with them when they get here.  When I do feel stressed use many different forms of art like drawing, coloring, crocheting and painting to quickly relax and destress.  What do you do to reduce your stress?  Comment below.

      Do you wonder what you can change to make your photos a little better for your fridge, scrap book, photo albums, or to even post on social media?       I'll be sharing some tips over the next few weeks to help you take better everyday images that you can be proud of. Today's Tip is Fill the Frame           Today we are going to be talking about filling the frame of your lens.  By this I am saying get in close and have your subject fill edge to edge as you are looking it the viewfinder or screen you are looking through.  By doing so you are eliminating distractions in your photo.   For example you see in my first shot that there are dishes drying on the counter, my daughter cup and her ball laying on the floor.  Non of these things help tell your story so I filled my frame with just her in my second picture.  Great shot but didn't tell me what she was doing at that very mo...

     Last weekend I shot a personal project of my uncle-in-laws 50th wedding anniversary celebration.  It was so beautiful and inspiring.  Everything was perfect, the colors,  family, friends, stories and love!  We did group shots through out the whole ceremony as family or friends would show up.  Of course in true southern fashion there was not a shortage of yummy delicious food and cake to be ate.  I came out with a huge respect for event photographers let me tell you.  I was exhausted after only 3 hours of shooting.  It takes a lot more endurance then a 3 hour senior shoot.  Here are some of the detail shots I captured just to show how beautiful it was.

      Do you wonder what you can change to make your photos a little better for your fridge, scrap book, photo albums, or to even post on social media?       I'll be sharing some tips over the next few weeks to help you take better everyday images that you can be proud of. Today's Tip is Light      Today we will be talking about light.  Because what is a photograph without light?  Nothing.  I live in the south so as much as it bugs me my windows are closed up with energy saving curtains.  You know the kind, they let in 0 light.  Does wonders for the electric bill but wrecks havoc on my pictures.  When I know I will be taking photos in my house I open the door and all the curtains to let in all the  wonderful light.  For this Tip I only left my front door open to show you how light can work for you.  The top image she was between me and the door, but not directly bet...

     Do you wonder what you can change to make your photos a little better for your fridge, scrap book, photo albums, or to even post on social media?       I'll be sharing some tips over the next few weeks to help you take better everyday images that you can be proud of. Today's tip is  Shoot in thirds       Photographers call this Rule of Thirds and it is one of the most recognized tools in photography.  Most cameras have a cheat on them (including phones) that give you 4 lines much like a # on your screen to easily use this rule.  This rule keeps your photos visually balanced, as most people go to one of the intersections of a photo instead of the middle.  How you use this easy tip is simply place your subject between two intersections, or on one of the 4 lines.  This applies to either vertically or horizontally.  I used the vertical lines in the photo above.  If you are taking a ...

    When this young man came up to me and said he wanted to do a gangster styled shoot.  I thought no way.  He told me "No ma'am, not a thug, a real gangster!!!" YES!!! Yes I can do that!!! We had so much fun styling and shooting this session.  With the gold pinned suit and gold tie, complete with a fedora!!! Just check these out!!! Pretty awesome right???  What y'all think?  Feel free to comment below 😍😍😍