Rod,
What you need to do is get an account at an image hosting site.
A number of us use Photobucket ( www.photobucket.com )
Setting up an account is free.
Once you have one you can upload your photo to their site.
They take your image file and resize it / compress it for use on online forums and email.
Once uploaded you move your cursor over the photo and a little box pops up with several image code options depending on what you what to do with it.
The last image code is the one that if you cut and past it onto your post will show your picture.
Hope this was of help.
Cheers
Jamie
-See it there, a white plume
Over the battle - A diamond in the ash
Of the ultimate combustion-My panache
Edmond Rostand