Camera, ACTION

I really need to get myself a decent camera. It is hard to blog without being able to share images of ur ideas especially when i love all those brilliant images on the other blogs I follow. Any ideas on decently priced models that would be ideal for blogging?
 I would love to start out with a Canon EOS 1000D

or to be more realistic I think I should start off with a compact like a

 and work my way up.

I wonder if any bloggers have any specific models they've found particularly useful.