This has been a common question and I hope you find the below steps helpful to uploading or embedding a picture to your Steemit Blog Posts:
Step 1: Create a Blog Post (also known as Submit a Story)
Step 2: Click Editor in text box
Step 3: Use Free Image Hosting Service
There are multiple options available, all for free (quickly refuse if they request payments!), some are of my personal favorites in no particular order (all have similar features): ·
http://httpsimage.com/
https://imgsafe.org/
https://postimage.org/
http://www.freeimagehosting.net/
http://tinypic.com/