I started with albums, uploaded a lot of images and then slowly inserted them into posts. But the images you see in the banner are taken from these albums, and everyone gets a chance to see them before you post so it is old news then. Also, I ended up with two many images. So now I embed them directly in a post.Thank you Ben, I wasn't sure if I should be going to gallery, then pick the category & upload or create new threads each time in the different forums. I have been just going to the landscape forum then, create new thread, and upload there.
But many folks still build albums. The strategy is up to you.