If you're a photographer looking to build a website inexpensively, here are some tools that come highly recommended:

Wix: http://www.wix.com/ - Free Flash-based website builder
Other People's Pixels: http://otherpeoplespixels.com - Specifically for artists and photographers, $16/mo
Snap Pages: http://snappages.com/ - General website creation, also used by photographers/artists, $8/mo
Folio Twist: http://foliotwist.com/ - Built specifically for artists, $30/mo

Flash may now be indexed by Google and Yahoo

Adobe announced today that they are providing a method for the major search engines to index Flash content. I have always recommended against extensive (or total) use of Flash for your site if you wish to be properly indexed and garner good search rankings. It looks like at least part of that problem is solved. I still recommend against using Flash for information-rich sites like e-commerce (it's just too expensive to duplicate all that content for non-Flash users like mobile users) but for those of you with mainly brochure-style content on your site, this new method of crawling Flash sites might benefit you. Read a full writeup at TechCrunch here.

Optimizing Flash-based sites for search

Ralph and Heather asked how to optimize their Flash-heavy website for search engines. A good collection of articles on Flash SEO is available here. Check it out if you've been struggling with Flash web site optimization. At our company we tend to avoid Flash for e-commerce sites, but those of you more focused on branding and imagery may need the animation and interactivity of Flash for your web presence.