How many of you....
 

make you own galleries? Is it better to submit your own homemade galleries or use a FHG? Some first hand experiences would be nice...

get a good designer to make u some custom ones

Surfers are tired of hosted gals, they dont make much money as they used to, unless you have a good income from SE's
A normal surfer visits at leats 3 tgps a day some visit more, normaly 75% of the sites are listing hosted gals, thats alot of tgps, that alot of surfers viewing them the same gals over and over.
:2 cents:

its always better to make your own custom galleries... but ... its not the easiest way

Customizing your own galleries, makes you feel good about your work, but it eats up your time. There are so many people out there who will make them for you- and they're kick as galleries for dirt cheap. I guess it depends on how much you value $$$ your time.

The best way to start out is to find some good hosted galleries and get those up and as those work for you build your own. That way you can see how the hosted galleries are doing and work off those stats to maximize your own galleries...