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The light colored footer has a better contrast and makes the footer area stand out compared to the darker one. However, i think either one is fine since the footer is not the important part of the site.
I think the Projects link should be next to Home instead of Services since that's the goal page. You might consider making the Projects link stand out from the rest to highlight it.
I like the color scheme but it blends in too much with the photo, so the photo doesn't stand out from the design. Perhaps a darker wood background would improve the contrast between the photo and the design.

Yep, I'm still stuck on the footer colors. The dark one makes the site very dark, but the light one may be too light. My original was in the middle, but no one seemed to like it! I will move the Projects link next to home as you mentioned - I overlooked that. I think I chose a bad sample photo here because only a fraction of the photos will show wood.