I agree with you, Elenny!
The first thing I do when I go to someone's blog is look on the "about" page for their photo - I like to know there's a real person behind it. Same with cd's and book jackets - I like to see the person behind the creation.
Of course, this makes me a total hypocrite at the moment because I've had my blog up for a month and I haven't posted a photo of myself. I'd better hop to it!
Tui