Waiting for the sunshine

As a student in a beginning photography class, I am supposed to take some photos in the early morning or late afternoon sunshine. I am sure the sun will shine again, won't it? We have had a week of grey, overcast days. Perhaps tomorrow.

I am making every mistake possible, in this class. The first camera I had, I borrowed from a friend. The film advance didn't work properly and only one shot was semi-worthy of being printed. The instructor said I must have shaken the camera because it was fuzzy even though the focus was set on infinity.

I bought a new camera and lots of film on the Internet. I took a roll of pictures in the morning and afternoon of the last sunny days we had. I used a tripod to overcome camera shke. I carefully logged my camera settings for each shot. Then I took it to Walgreens to have negatives made (the school lab was closed for Spring break and I really am not interested in developing film myself--it looks like a major pain). When I got the film back, I was told there was nothing on it. It was completely blank. After a bit of research I discovered that you cannot one-hour develop B&W film that is not C41. If you do, it wipes the film. Walgreens should have known better; I sure didn't.

Now I am waiting for a sunny day.

I am one of those obnoxious students that always makes straight A's. This is very humbling.