I had a friend ask me how to link/upload photos to posts the other day and thought that this info might be useful to others as well, especially with all the new posters and TRs that have been coming out of the woodwork of late. Additionally, I have a selfish motivation as hopefully this may convert would be photobucket (which absolutely sucks for viewing on iPhone) users to use imgur instead.
Disclaimer: I have the iPhone 5s so this tutorial may be specific to my phone. However, I expect the general process to be similar across platforms.
First, go find this app (Imgupr photo uploader) and download it:
After installing, open it up and it will look like this:
If you already have a photo taken in your library, select choose photo. You don't need an account or to be logged in for this to work. Once selected from your library, you will have the option to upload the photo so go ahead and click the upload button.
After you click it, the upload will begin.
Once it's finished, you come to this page where you should click "get embed codes" second from the bottom.
On the next page, select BBCode
Now your photo link has been copied to your clipboard and is ready to be pasted into any post without further formatting.
Good luck and happy posting!