I have a couple of separate things I'm doing - I think the first part, a simple home landing page with my links, can be hosted by Microsoft Azure for free. This video is helpful and I already have all of the parts - the folder, the Filezilla, etc.

The blog photos are a larger project, requiring space and a site that I control so it isn't upset that I use it for third-party hosting. I could, for example, link photos to the free blog that I've had for years. (I used to do this back when eBay charged a lot for putting photos on their site. They got smart and now encourage uploading photos, so it isn't needed there any more.) If I decided to pay Wordpress for that site then they would give me more space, but depending on the cost, having a separate site for storage might be easier. I've always had files stored where I could link to them, not embedding them into the page itself.

This is very helpful, I'll explore the recommendations here this afternoon. Thanks.