Following the above advice should give you good results.
Plus I'll add my own and say start processing your own film asap.
You would not believe how many labs reuse the chemistry until there is just nothing left. I used to work in 1, and had to wait almost a year after I started before I would process my own.
Plus like everyone says, Don't get discouraged.
I blew my first 4 frames by just rushing. (I took the dark slide out twice before closing the shutter, the dark slide once pealed the film out of the holder, and I set the shutter speed once but left the aperture wide open)
Since I only had 2 film holders and drove 2 hours for the shots it was a little heartbreaking.
However now I rarely pull out anything smaller than 4x5, and also rarely completely blow shots. If I do I have enough loaded film with me.
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