You have every right to be in public like everyone else. Decide on something to shoot and focus on that, (The color yellow, people with their mouths open, faces in inanimate objects, etc.). It takes up enough space in your mind that there is little space left to worry about what other people might think of you. I think Ralph Gibson calls it “A point of departure”, which is a great way to start on anything, instead of wandering around waiting for inspiration to hit.

Try and make it right with them. Keep it collaborative with the client so they feel involved to correct the shoot. It happens a lot when you first start out. Just always try and salvage what you can and learn from it. Standards of practice are super helpful but those things take time to build up.

One nugget of advice with any client. Make it collaborative and get away from transactional. The more the client is invested, they’ll be active instead of waiting for you to “do something”. When I changed that one thing, my interactions have been better than ever.