I think composition is number one to pay attention to when shooting,
look where your light source is coming from, beware of overly bright patches,
always look at the background to make sure there won't be anything too distracting sticking out from the subject... bracket your subject, by adjusting your settings a notch or 2 on either side of a preferred exposure taking several shots
& take as many as you can from different angles, like Danny said

there are some excellent articles & tips in the resource center you can look at too

as far as this particular photo... with portraits, eyes are very important,
it's nice if you can capture a hint of light in them,
seems the main focus on this is his hair, while his thoughtful expression comes 2nd,
some of your magic here would be nice imo :]

Message edited on: 04/03/2005 11:40