Google Photos - Create Album and Add Images

Introduction

Google Photos is the clubs preferred method for sharing photographs between club members. We use it to assess photographs taken in response to a club assignment. We can use it to comment (constructively) on other people's photos or to question how it was taken in order to learn from the experience of others.

Google Photos was chosen because

it is private; we can choose who can see our albums and photos
It works easily well for mobile users and windows users (and Mac users)
It is brand agnostic, working on Android, Apple and windows devices.
It has additional functions built in, search, google lens and basic editing tools.
These basic tools can be enhanced by purchasing additional storage space (£0.80 per month).
It provides a first level of backup defence.

To make best use of Google Photos you are advised to organise your photos into albums.

Prerequisites

Before creating albums you need to:

Create Google ID
Open the Google Photos Application

On (later) Apple/Samsung Devices you can use the Google Photos App available from your App Store or access it using your web browser by navigating to

Or you can access Google Photos using a web browser at https://photos.google.com. This works on older phones/tablets that are unable to run the application.

On Windows open a web browser and navigate to https://photos.google.com
Sign in, if necessary using your Google ID

Upload photographs

On Apple/Samsung use the App to do this automatically
On Windows use upload button.

Create Album, Add Images

Mobile Device

Open Google Photos on your mobile device (Apple or Samsung)

Google Photos Home Screen

Use the Menu Bar at the bottom of the screen to navigate to the library and display a list of your existing albums.
Album View
Note top left in the list of albums is a plus sign labelled "New Album"
Click the plus sign to create a new Album
New Album Edit details