I have been wanting to setup a standalone website for my photography for some time now.  I already have my photos displayed on BetterPhoto.com at:

http://www.betterphoto.com/gallery/gallery.asp?memberID=143894

Better Photo is a great site for sharing your photos and having conversations with other photographers.  They also have a contest each month with ten categories, so it's nice to have a competition to encourage you to go out and create some nice compositions.  Additionally, I have many multi-media slideshows I have created, stored and displayed on Photodex.com at:

http://www.photodex.com/share/mikea3

The main reason I decided to go with the Zenfolio site is they do not compress the photos, so they display with better resolution and look much closer to what I see on my monitors at home. There are many photo hosting sites to choose from, but after doing a little research I decided to go with Zenfolio due to their presentation quality and other features.

On another note, my wife gave me a Nikon D800 for Christmas this year.  It's a full frame camera and I'm really looking forward to learning to use it and continuing to improve my photography.  This will replace my D300 which has been a wonderful camera and will be kept as a backup.

So anyway, it's the beginning of a new year with a new camera and a new photo site, and I'm hoping many opportunities for new creative challenges!