Overall, quite nice. I'm happy to see you starting from square 1. Way too many people just run out and press record. Walk before you run; learn and practice photography 101. You make me smile inside, Murdock.
One thing I think I should mention upfront -- you mentioned framing, but you didn't really use any. Except for
maybe the one with the trespassing sign, sort of. This website explains the concept pretty nicely:
http://www.scrapjazz.com/topics/Photography/Lessons/579.php
That's fine. You don't have to use framing in every shot. I'd say most shots do not employ this technique. I'm just clarifying to make sure you know what it is, and so that you can use it in the future.
I see that you're implementing the rule of thirds. Nice. I practically live on that golden nugget of wisdom.
One general critique -- I see a lot of shots that are very face-forward. Or, as rayw more accurately describes as "perpendicular to subject". That doesn't mean those shots look bad. Some of them are quite nice. Nevertheless, I'd like to see more off-center angles. The way they are, they feel symetrical to me. That may be exactly what you want, sometimes, but personally, I prefer to keep most shot asymetrical.
The one with the tresspassing sign feels way off-balance to me. The sign completely dominates the image. If the message on the sign is critical information, then I would take the camera much farther back, and use a more telephoto lens to bring the subjects and the sign closer together, and to keep the sign from taking up so much of the image. If the message on the sign doesn't need to be seen, I would keep the same focal length, and bring the camera closer, to use the sign as a proper frame.
The one with the cute kid walking in the grass is too centered, in my opinion.
The one with the girl looking at the menu is interesting. To me, it feels like our subject (the girl) is being tugged at by the light. Feels balanced. I think I'd like it more, if the angles were a little off-center, like maybe if you took the photo from the off to the side of the table.
While we're talking about that picture, though, I do feel like I need to mention nose-room. Generally speaking, you gotta make sure your subject has plenty of nose-room (not just people, but even inanimate objects). Sometimes, it's terrific to cut off somebody's nose-room, but if you do it, it should definitely be done with a purpose.
My favorite is the Puerto Rican flag. If I were to nit-pick, however, I would either give us more sky or more ground (yes, I'm that much of a rule-of-thirds-nazi).
Good job, man. Keep working at it. You'll be ready for moving images in no time!