Javed Ahmed Photography wrote:
How can I get brilliant face shoots tomorrow evening, the face model expecting me to take best shoots which I've been doing part time Photography but this June I have changed into Full time Photography in my home business in my living room into studio room also office into my bedroom.

I owns Sony A100 DSLR.

What settings I should use to get best natural light at park.

Tips or advice.

Honest Advice: Turn down the gig. Call and politely but firmly back out.

If you're still at this point on the learning curve then you're not ready to be charging for your services. Nothing good can come of going into a paid gig without knowing what you are doing.

We all have an element of "fake it until you make it" with our practice but you NEED to know basics if you want to be a professional. This is basic.

Virtual Studio wrote:

Honest Advice: Turn down the gig. Call and politely but firmly back out.

If you're still at this point on the learning curve then you're not ready to be charging for your services. Nothing good can come of going into a paid gig without knowing what you are doing.

We all have an element of "fake it until you make it" with our practice but you NEED to know basics if you want to be a professional. This is basic.

this is actually sound advice.^

Virtual Studio wrote:

Honest Advice: Turn down the gig. Call and politely but firmly back out.

If you're still at this point on the learning curve then you're not ready to be charging for your services. Nothing good can come of going into a paid gig without knowing what you are doing.

We all have an element of "fake it until you make it" with our practice but you NEED to know basics if you want to be a professional. This is basic.

I have to agree with this, actually. Especially if it's paid - you sound like you aren't ready yet///

SPierce Photography wrote:
OP has left the building!

someone CAMed him?

Ken Warren Photography wrote:

someone CAMed him?

Well, considering all the threads they've been posting and the stolen work in their portfolio...

Javed Ahmed Photography wrote:
How can I get brilliant face shoots tomorrow evening, the face model expecting me to take best shoots which I've been doing part time Photography but this June I have changed into Full time Photography in my home business in my living room into studio room also office into my bedroom.

I owns Sony A100 DSLR.

What settings I should use to get best natural light at park.

Tips or advice.

This reminds me an old Joke.

Prepare Three Envelopes

In October of 1964, party insiders fed up with what they perceived as poor judgment by Soviet Premiere Nikita Kruschev in the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Chinese Cold War and an economic collapse, oust him from office. His replacement, Leonid Brezhnev, comes into the Kremlin for a final meeting with him before taking power. Kruschev picks up three sealed envelopes and says “My friend, when I found out my job here was over I sat down and wrote three letters. They are numbered one, two and three. I will put them in the top drawer of what will now be your desk.”

“What are they for?” Brezhnev asks.

Kruschev smile wryly. “A day will come when you and the Motherland will be in grave trouble. And after you have exhausted all options and it appears nothing will save you I want you to open this first letter, do what it says, and you will be saved.”

“And the second letter?” Brezhnev asks.

“The second crisis.” Kruschev says. “And so on.”

Brezhnev thanks his predecessor, sits down at the desk and promptly forgets the whole exchange. But a few years later he finds himself embroiled in a deep crisis from which he can see no way out. Then he remembers the letters and opens the first one. It says:

“BLAME ME.”

Brezhnev blames Kruschev and it works. The crisis passes.

A few more years go by and another crisis hits. This time Brezhnev is not worried because he knows he has two letters left. He opens the second. It says:

“BLAME A SUBORDINATE.”

He blames a Subordinate and has him executed, and it works. The crisis passes.

A few years after that a third crisis hits, but again Brezhnev’s not worried because he has one last letter. He opens it. It says:

“SIT DOWN AND WRITE THREE LETTERS…”

My suggestion: Prepare Three Envelopes

To be blunt without mercy, you have no business booking anything. You are unskilled and an insult to my profession.

My advice take a basic photo course and business course.

Here is some basic reading you should try.

This is one of the best books on glamour photography Pro Techniques of Beauty & Glamour Photography (Hp Photobooks) [Paperback]
http://www.amazon.com/Techniques-Beauty … +bernstein

Really good book for EP and Commercial work Pro Techniques of People Photography [Mass Market Paperback] http://www.amazon.com/Techniques-People … im_sbs_b_2

A friend once dragged me into a Vincent Versace workshop, and it was one the best I seen on color management. In general terms I think this individual really has one of the best appoaches to photography.

Welcome to Oz 2.0: A Cinematic Approach to Digital Still Photography with Photoshop (2nd Edition) (Voices That Matter) [Paperback]
http://www.amazon.com/Welcome-2-0-Cinem … nt+versace

From Oz to Kansas: Almost Every Black and White Conversion Technique Known to Man [Paperback]
http://www.amazon.com/Oz-Kansas-Almost- … nt+versace

fullmetalphotographer wrote:
you have no business booking anything. You are unskilled and an insult to my profession.

Is that really your advice? Really?

My advice. Shoot RAW. Put the camera in Auto mode. Look for shade that is not too dark and not too bright. Use the LCD screen. if you like what you see there's a good chance it'll look on your computer.

L A U B E N H E I M E R wrote:

Is that really your advice? Really?

My advice. Shoot RAW. Put the camera in Auto mode. Look for shade that is not too dark and not too bright. Use the LCD screen. if you like what you see there's a good chance it'll look on your computer.

Lets be honest here for a sec... if he's doing trade with the person, then his question isn't out of line. However, since he's getting PAID and asking this question, shame on him- he absolutely deserves that being told to him!