Portrait - 27/11/14 First shoot 5x4 Black and white film (& two contacts done)

Today I went out and shot 3 images first. I chose to go in front of the church, which is now converted to an art gallery and information centre, that is right outside of our main building. I decided to shoot towards the front of the entrance facing the doors as I liked the look of the detail in the architecture but also so it was symmetrical on either side of where I asked the people to stand after already setting up the camera to the settings that I needed, with help, and checking the focus on one of my classmates that I went out to shoot with, then double checking when the person I asked stood in the spot. After taking the photos I went to develop the negatives in the processing room. The developer was 19 degrees which me and Donna put the film in for 13 minutes, which Grant did just previously, then stop for 30 seconds and fixer for 5 minutes. We do all this in pitch black darkness. First before even taking any pictures on the film you have to load it in the neg holders in the dark to be able to use in the camera then, again, in pitch black you have to take them out and put them onto metal holders to then place those in a metal rack and use this in the 3 chemical tanks to develop, stop and fix your image on to the film. Only after this are you able to open the sealed light tight door and see if your photos have worked. Once you have developed your photos you then proceed to wash them for around five minutes and then place them to dry.
These 2 negatives (and their contact sheets below) from the first shoot are the ones that worked best and the third didn't come out at all, I think it must have been exposed to light at some point.