>>4311078Hey Anon, first of all stop shitting yourself. You have workable photos I guarantee you.
I recently did my first two paid photoshoots for a total of 400 euro dollars for both.
I had shit lighting twice, and had the displeasure of working with slow lenses and micro four thirds cameras.
I ended up with quite a lot of ugly grain in many of the photos and had to push up the exposure in a few of them, only worsening the problem.
I found you can get rid of the worst of the grain without too much effort.
If you have access to lightroom, use the AI denoise feature, set it to a strength of 15%. This achieves a good balance between getting rid of 90% of the grain, while not making people look like plastic goop.
I don't know what event you were shooting, but the following advice for editing probably applies.
When I sent in my draft edits, I was told that they were too stylized and contrasty. I then re-edited them minimally, which meant pretty much just tuning the white balance to be slightly warmer, boosting the whites a bit, and adding only a smidge of contrast. They didn't end up looking all that different to the jpegs that came out of the camera.
When I sent these new edits in, they were accepted immediately. Less was more in this case.
As long as the photos were relatively free of grain, and didn't look washed out, it was golden. I imagine the same may apply in your situation.
Good luck Anon. I hope you deliver good work.
Also, for shooting events, a telephoto lens works well, headshots and closeups seem to be well received.
