Guys. Guess what. During my first Holga class at the University of Utah’s Lifelong Learning center we all had to introduce ourselves and the teacher said, “My name is Eva. My husband and I own a little letterpress shop in Heber County (UT),”

“Sycamore Street Press??” I interrupted. So rude. But she nodded with surprise that I knew. I’m a creep and have been reading her blog. I even went back to her very first post to see how she developed such success. Her online shop is very popular in the etsy community. My favorite card of theirs is:

Eva is very inspiring to me in many ways  - she started as a photo major, just like myself. She discovered the world of printmaking and stuck to it. She got her Master’s in it at the University of Utah and now she’s making a career off of it with a Vandercook 3. Her husband, Kirk, was in my letterpress class this semester to learn how to use a Clamshell and set type. I was sure to fib and tell her he wasn’t in class earlier that day.

Here are the top 3 photos I like from our first assignments. We had to do landscape, portrait and experiment with the Bulb setting and light.

I’m learning a lot so far. I feel like I am gaining more confidence with the Holga. Two more assignments left! More photos to come…

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