I started with Wordpress about a year ago. I left if quickly, thinking that it had limited use for a photographer, and went with a different blogging software.
Well, almost a year later, and Ive realised the error of my ways.
Wordpress is mature, very configurable and will help you get found on the net.
I wasted a lot of time with a sub standard blogging solution just cause it had a few neat things like Exif data. So yeah, +1 for wordpress. I have also figured it so it looks like the rest of my site. Its not hard.
Sean