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I like this, you have a really good start. The organization of content is well thought and looks tidy and neat. i like the tapered header and the navigation works as well.
I think you are leaning slightly towards the bland side of things however. I might try and color it up a bit. The paragraph and small picture look slightly awkward. I know you say that the pics are low res but I think you need a large picture in this design even if it is a stock image.
Also, if I were you I would try and ask him if you can redo the logo. The logo definitely doesn't match the caliper of the site. Like I said you have a great start to this, its time to liven things up a bit though.

Thank you for the comments, I'll continue working on this and bring more color into it. The picture and the size of it look a bit out of place to me too, I have to fix that. Maybe I was thinking too much of the quality problem when I did that.
That logo-project would be nice, I think the logo is from the era when that kind of rainbow gradient was very hard to print.