When your photo needs a little perspective shift, Photoshop Express (it's a free app) provides four correction options - vertical, horizontal, and two auto modes for Full Auto and Balanced Auto. Here’s how to use it. 1. Select the "Crop" tool. 2. Click "Transform" category. 3. Use the slider or auto option to fix the perspective in your photo. #howto #Photoshop #perspective #straighten #skewed

Photos in any form are fragile. When a natural disaster, digital malfunctions, or human error occurs, treasured memories are lost forever. Backing up our digital photos and scanning and saving the vintage ones is necessary for the long haul. How to Observe "Save Your Photos Month" On a regular basis, back up your digital photos to an external hard drive. Write down the dates, names, ages, and locations to describe what you want to remember about your photos. Tag your digital

You may never have expected your Instagram account to be such a valued keeper of memories. Intended or not, it could be home to many of your best shots and thoughts. So, what if you want them back? The method is pretty simple. And periodically archiving your digital activity is a good practice to keep even you’re not planning to jump ship. Instagram provides a tool that takes care of all the heavy lifting and emails the results to you. Here’s a shortcut: www.instagram.com/dow

The “pinhole” photo process is the oldest of the photography techniques – requiring just a darkened box, a light source, a piece of light sensitive paper, and developing tools. Taught by Holland Photo's printing expert Katheryn Fishburn, you'll build a pinhole camera and then explore, photograph, and develop the images you find during this afternoon of photo-fun! All participants will leave with their own pinhole camera and a pinhole image made during the day. All supplies ar

RSVP This beginner’s to intermediate class is powerful even if you have some previous experience with Photoshop. You’ll get a full update on new features, brush-up on tools and work-flows, and learn how to apply professional working techniques. Using real world image files and professional work-flows, you’ll learn how to: Enhance and retouch digital photos Create compelling composites Output files ready for print or online publishing Highlights Get familiar with the user inte

RSVP In this two-part class, learn how to use Adobe Lightroom to organize, review, and store your digital photographs. Learn how to edit and enhance them using the built-in features of Lightroom. Organize photos and share them almost anywhere, add metadata, edit and develop digital photos. Your Adobe Certified Instructor will teach you how to get the best out of your pictures. Highlights Get to know the user interface and the general work-flow How to import and store media fi

Wondering how to load and/or unload large-format sheet film holders? Check out our quick video with some basic tips! Stop by our shop if you'd like an in-person demo - we're happy to help! #howto #analogphotography #HollandPhotoImaging #sheetfilm #largeformat #4x5 #photography

Wondering how to load and/or unload 120 film in a SLR-style camera? Check out our video or stop by our shop if you'd like an in-person demo - we're happy to help! #howto #HollandPhotoImaging #120film #SLRstylecamera #analogphotography #mediumformatcamera #photography

These tips will help you get photographs that are sharper and have more saturated color: 1. Use a tripod. 2. Wait for an overcast or cloudy day. 3. Position your camera's sensor so it's parallel to the most important plane of the flower. 4. Use a shutter speed of 1/200 or faster. 5. Find a flower with a good background. 6. Find a flower that's in good shape. 7. Use a telephoto lens with a short minimum focus distance. 8. Use the RGB histogram to check exposure - NOT the

DeathB4Digital is bringing Josh Sinn and Patrick McCormack to Austin for a weekend workshop with an emphasis on reading light. The event will involve portfolio reviews, classroom time discussing technique and inspirations, as well as two, night shooting sessions to put the learned principles into practice. Participants may shoot digital or film. ​ Friday, July 27, 2018 to Sunday, July 29, 2018 RSVP #howto #ATX #DeathB4Digital #JoshSinn #PatrickMcCormack #HollandPhotoImaging #

Wondering how to load and/or unload 120 film in a medium-format camera with a removable back (such as a Hasselblad)? Check out our quick video with some basic tips! Stop by our shop if you'd like an in-person demo - we're happy to help!​ #120film #howto #mediumformatcamera #HollandPhotoImaging #analogphotography