I like the opening page. I generally like about your site, that it has a simple, not a flashy show-off design.
Proposal 1: make the four words on the bottom of the image the links and get rid of its doubles above it. The first one suspects as a link are the word with the bigger font.
Proposal 2: Make e-mail link smaller, or a visitor might get the idea you were being desperate just because of the way the link's size.
That would make the title page cleaner. Just the rectangle of the photo with the links inside, and a small e-mail link, which could be in red, if it is smaller.