Tempting...but not really a good idea.
See, the squirrell has made friends with the robot.


see those jumper cable hands?
the squirrell has reprogramed the robot, by crossing the "Jumpstart Car" command with the "Give Atomic Wedgie" command therby devising a whole new SHOCKING, concept in wedgies. He calls it the "Flaming Atomic Wedgie"
I wouldn't mess with this squirrell.....

Here's the newest member of our family.
I don't know why but he seems facinated with my desk.
He's always playing with the phone, or the computer, everytime I turn my back, on him.

here's a helpful hint:
get a business licence.
register for a college program (even nights) in photography.
buy your software with a student discount (half price).
then consult a tax pro about writing it ALL off.
Sign me laughing all the way to the bank with my $800.00 tax REFUND!

18 or 30 mp kodak sensor
wi fi
32 gig internal ram- no card slots.
kmount lens.
live preview.
all unobtanium body

the 645 becomes vaporware.

I'm buying the Pentax 100.
Reasons:
Portraits; we do weddings.
When somebody says "My uncles has a nice camera..." I pull out shots taken with specialty lenses and say:"ask your uncle to show you shots like this...". (ultra wide group shot inside limo, fish-eye, macro shot of ring etc....)
the pentax multicoatings mean consistancy in color from one lens to the next.

That's what works for me...

Sounds like alot of good advice!
getting a logo or photocredit or copyright notice, (often on the back in small print) is not uncommon, especially if you intend to retain copyright.

It's a charity.
I'd say give it, with condition that your company logo be printed on it.
Ask to work out a deal to get paid to cover all thier functions and events and fundraisers for your normal rates.
Show them the benifits of having you do the work so they can control thier image, choose thier press releases, and produce better reports, and documenting thier activities to show various gov't agencies and supporters.

A) you're overexposing your blacks, which isn't helping.
b) try a polarizer to reduce the reflected light off the surface.
c)try a uv filter

as a wedding photographer I'm fully aware of the problem...(.Leica had a nightmare with thier digital rangefinder) we want our black tuxes to look black!

turns out that cameras with good IR sensitivity really have problems with blacks that absorb most of the visible spectrum but can reflect back alot of the not so visible spectrum.

some photoshop work can help. a grey card can help you in post by getting your exposure right and a reference for correcting any color problems.
ps Mattmatic uses the expo disc which is great, and I've discovered that for setting your white balance, the translucent bodycap that comes with the dslr's does a great impersonation of the expo disc, though not as accurate for exposures, not too far off either.

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And all this time, I've been lumping my purple fringing and chromattic aberations into one pile......lol!
I stand corrected, but the sloution still works!
even getting your flash further awy from the lens will help, if only by getting the catchlight out of the pupil....