Andy, it is perfectly ok if you prefer to do it in camera, not Photoshop. That is why my advice had two parts, one of which doesn't require Photoshop, just better timing.
Photography can be art, indeed. It is also the art of capturing the right moment, something quite inherent to photography. To successfully incorporate sun in your photography, you have to capture it at the right moment. Sun is a very powerful light source. Shooting directly into it will usually result in a big blob of a blown highlight, and might even damage the sensor. Digital is especially unforgiving for blown highlights (film, especially the negative type, has a better transition between a blown highlight and the surrounding area).
So, what's the solution? If you don't want to sit in front of the computer, then the only solution is to catch the sun a few minutes earlier in the morning (or later in the evening) when it just starts appearing above the horizon. Or hide a part of it behind something, like I did in this photograph:
Paris - Pont Notre-Dame by
Slobodan Blagojevic, on Flickr
As for showing my work, you can see it on Flickr (a link is in my signature), for instance this
album
