First day of Artefact unit

Today was the first day of the artifact unit, second week of cram. However last week all of us we're based at coleridge to finish off everything we were doing in the previous unit and talked to Mr.Durran and Mr.hind about our progress and how well we were doing and what our targets should be for the next unit. We all also began our research report for the unit we were in.
We had a very eventful day today and i learned so much for one day. First off we got into pairs and went out to take pictures. we got given a camera to share between a pair and had to finish most of a film off. It was quite difficult at first as we had to make sure everything was perfect, like the shutter speed, the focus, and just whether the light was green or not. to make sure the pictures came out decent enough to use.
After break we returned to the photography room with all our pictures taken. This part was one of the most difficult parts. We had to remove the film from the camera and take it out of its case and put it onto the reel perfectly inside a black light proof bag, without being able to see. As this was my first time ever doing something like this i found it quite challenging at first, but Zaigham and i took it in turns to do and we managed it fine in the end. After we put the film on the reel we had to put it in a light proof cup with its lid on, which was like a funnel, still all inside the bag not being able to see. Once the cup was closed and away from any light, we put the developer in for several minutes for the film to develop, and then quickly rinsing with water afterwards to finally put the fix on for another 4-5 minutes. After this was finished we dried our films. This part of the day was quite difficult and was really complicated at first, as we had to learn so many new things at once and were just bundled with a bunch of information but it was actually a lot easier than i expected it to be and actually quite fun.
After lunch we developed our pictures in the dark room, which was by now the hardest part. The first few times i printed the pictures they didn't turn out right, or went black because they were overexposed, however after doing it a few times it became a lot simpler and sort of just came naturally. I didn't need to time how long the pictures were in each solution after a while either, i knew when they were ready and needed to go in the next one. by the end of the day i had printed out several pictures, however most of them were actually of me, as the ones i took were slightly out of focus but i still learned how to print out and develop the pictures which i thought was the most important part of this day. Next time we do something like this I'll be much more efficient at doing it and know what I'm doing and wont need as much assistance.