Better? It's still a bit blown out, but it was literally the sun there.

I guess I'll have to shoot a bunch because they're asking me 7-10 shots per subject so they can make their selection too. Time to watch some data lightroom management tutorials.

You're right about not showing messed up pics anymore, one big reason I did was to show I was out there working on something and not just sitting at home all day. I'll have to go re-shoot that location properly tomorrow morning - at least it will show fast progress on my part. I think they expected a bit of a learning curve when they hired someone without a real background in photography (theoretical or practical), but the steeper it is the better!

Thanks a bunch for all the feedback, appreciate the tough love :) I feel like a better photographer just after reading this.

Do you think I should mess around with LUTs? I was thinking of keeping it as non-sylized as I could, since the point is to sell rocks and I don't want to colours to be too far off reality. And trendy faded black pics are going to look like shit in a couple of years.