I know i know there will be about a million people saying that its a boring template etc but its so so adaptable. I bought this template about 12 months ago and have since changed my site twice for “better” full screen wordpress versions but after many hours messing about I went back to Prophoto. I learnt some shortcode (5 mins online!) and I am really happy with it now it has flash based galleries which look tasty and smooth but in ipad and iphone it auto changes the view to a lightbox style view simple! Most importantly it allows me to bulk upload full sided images saving tones of time. 
I dont know of any other wordpress template that does this. 

Ive had such a great increase of traffic as people spend longer on my site because its easier to use and much less bounce traffic and the seo its crackin! . my site is http://www.joelskinglephotography.co.uk if you want to see whats possible. nothing revolutionary but clean and simple enough to get a bride to book and clients friends and family all over my blog!

Just my 2 pence worth
Joel

Also as a programmer I understand that to most users fast matters. Try giving up google for msn? Even if they gave the same results people would choose google since it’s just a lot faster to work with. Look at the new search that microsoft did with bing. Think it’s a coincidence that they made it load so fast and didn’t make it a portal like msn.com?

Most clients that go to a photographers website want to quickly get to the prices page. After they see if your even in their ballpark they’ll look at your work. I see flash has it’s place and is useful but I don’t see the benefits out weigh the drawbacks to make a full website out of it. A portion of the site o.k. but most of the things that flash does you can do with html and javascript.

My point is most all modern devices support flash now, most major companies STILL use flash even after Apple influenced them not to because html5 produces boring sites and EVERYONE can see the huge difference between flash and html5.  Code your site what ever way you please but just recognize how low budget it looks next to a flash site that is well constructed.

With the exception of a few here, many are trying to break into bigger parts of the industry. I don’t know why you would focus on whether your site can be brought up on an Ipad or not when other major players are not.  In Pats case his client likes to use their phone, so it makes sense. My clients don’t do that and if I am telling them I can shoot their commercial projects and build them a dynamic site, its not going to be anything looking like an html5 site. Have you visited the Adidas website? Yo

The one thing that Flash sites do well is the ability to have passoword protected galleries for clients. That is one place where WP does not shine. There aren’t any good password protection scripts and WP password protection is a joke. Also,many of the WP themes work with the default WP image uploader that really sucks.

As a wedding photographer I need to upload hundreds of images really quicly and have them in a neat looking gallery for clients to view. Another option that Flash has is the ability for the client to choose images from their gallery and e-mail me their selection. Great when designing an album based on client’s suggestion.

Any good HTML sites that can provide those features out there?

Just my two cents.