I use Wordpress, hosted through POEHosting.com (who I cannot recommend enough, they are so helpful and amazing). I pay 5 bucks a month, I didn't even have to download and install wordpress. They do it all for you. Patrick (who runs POE) is very helpful and I don't think he's ever taken longer than an hour to reply to my emails!
I use a "premium" Wordpress template (you will need a little ftp know-how to install and customize a template but I promise, it's not that scary!) and I love my website. You can use a template that looks like just a beautiful portfolio site or one that allows you to blog and offer your clients a website (what I do.)
I'd be happy to help you if you decide to go that route. I'm no web genius but I've been using wordpress for a couple years.
Here's a link to an article on Wordpress themes for photographers so you can get an idea of how they look:
Wordpress Themes For Photographers
I love my site and you can't beat 5 bucks a month, plus the 7 a year for my dot com (which you can get on POE too and have everything all in one place!)
Good luck!
ETA: Did you know this site is a wordpress site?
