Golden Star Photography

Fred Blood III - Bio

Fred Blood III is an award winning photographer based in Riverside, CA. Blood III was named Photographer of the Year by Inland Empire Professional Photographers and Videographers (IEPPV) for 2011 as well as Illustrative Photographer of the year for the same year. He was also IEPPVs 2010 New Photographer of the Year. In 2011 he was chosen as an Online Hall of Fame Member for Outdoor Photographer magazine. Currently he is a finalist in Outdoor Photographer’s “Nature’s Colors” online contest for his image of Yosemite’s Horsetail Fall as well as a finalist in Digital Photo magazine’s annual “Your Best Shot” contest with his image “Bentley.” Blood III has been a photographer for just a few short years, but in that time he has grown his business greatly and has seen impressive sales of his landscapes and other fine art work. He is also working on growing his wedding, portrait and high school senior business.

Before getting into photography Blood III enjoyed a 20 year career as a professional athlete. He is a six time professional world champion in the sport of vertical roller skating and is recognized as one of the top ten professional freestyle BMX riders of the 1980s. 

Blood III is the current vice-president of IEPPV and is president of SoCalPhotoAssoc (Southern California Photographer’s Association), an organization he started this year.

Awards:

2011 IEPPV Photographer of the Year

2011 IEPPV Illustrative Photographer of the Year

2010 IEPPV New Photographer of the Year

Outdoor Photographer Magazine on line Hall of Fame Member