*rolls eyes*
Blogs are for thoughts. You don’t NEED all that silly crap. Who are you doing this for, who are you trying to impress?
I don’t do graphics in my blogs. I’m on dialup – I don’t have time to wait for uploads, or for the damn graphics to load when I want to write a post (I use the quickpost plugin so I write from the main page).
I would guess that I fall into the slot of “purist”. I post MY thoughts. What you choose to see is your problem not mine, therefore I don’t give a rat’s ass whether there’s a photo, or if something’s centered, bolded, italicized, etc.
Use the quicktags. If there are some things you want that aren’t there, access the codex to find out how to add more – such as one for centering or whatever.
[I’m an iconoclast, apparently. People who need all the bells and whistles and can’t figure it out just inputting code drive me up a wall.]