Personal website - off the shelf - or custom made ?

Been thinking of having my own website so I was wondering what other people use ? have seen these sites for £35 a year but are they any good ? its only at the thinking stage right now cos Ive been offered a fantastic photo opportunity and would like to put my images somewhere a bit proffessional than say photobucket.
Thanks
Stew

My son did mine for me, so it cost nothing.

Bazza

If you're not into web design I'd try and get a professional one - I think there are quite a few photography orientated template type sites you can get?

If you need somewhere quick and easy to show off your portfolio you could use your YoP profile

check out clairelous she uses 'clicpic'

I personally prefer to design my own as you can then customise it how you want, however it does take time which is something I don't have in abundance anymore so mine generally only gets updated every few months or so. I started creating a new layout but haven't had the time to move all the information across so it is still on the old design

Some of the professional sites are fine and I agree with Azz, if web design isn't you thing or your don't have the time to modify/customise it then there are some decent alternatives out there

Cheers guys, just had a look at clairelou,s and thats kinda what Im looking for.

i used clicpic too for mine, really easy to use

I have used Clicpic in the past but i found it quite limiting - i now have my own design which cost in the region of £40per year to run. Its nice to have something unique to me and fits in with the "face" of my business

This is mine
http://www.kanikula-photography.co.uk./

Here is one i did for our other business - FoodCraft
http://www.foodcraftfishandchips.co.uk/

I did my own, it wasn't code heavy and all done in flash. Granted not to everyone's taste but costs me 16.50 a year. low bandwidth but I can upgrade any time I hit more.

http://danielhodson.co.uk

Think I may go down the basic clicpic route to start off with and gradually upgrade as my portfolio gets bigger, thanks again guys.