This seems to be the prevailing message. I thought that I had mixed everything properly, but then again, it was my first time mixing at home. It's entirely possible that I did it incorrectly. I'll have to give it another shot this weekend.
On the plus side of things.... this means that I WILL be able to keep on doing this at home! Fantastic!! Thanks to all for pointing out apparent 'operator error'. :) Shelley ps- I tried to reply to the original messages, but its not going through for some reason. In response to my changing image size.... that makes perfect sense. I'm just stunned that my teacher (the head of the photography dept) wasn't able to answer this question for me. I just re-inserted some fresh paper into my camera on top of some stacked cardboard, to repeat this little experiment. -----Original Message----- Are you sure you mixed the chemicals correctly?
