I came across Highslide photo gallery, clicked on a thumbnail photo and thought, "Where is the obligatory blacked out background you get with Lightbox and the other javascript photo galleries?"

Seems like you don't need to go that route to get overlaid photos on your screen. And with the options for commenting, sizing and styling, plus dragging images, it looks like Highslide has all that a discerning blogger could ever need for a high class and user-friendly photo gallery.

Just need to get some decent pictures and you could be in business!