diff --git a/src/managed/OpenLiveWriter.BlogClient/Clients/GoogleBloggerv3Client.cs b/src/managed/OpenLiveWriter.BlogClient/Clients/GoogleBloggerv3Client.cs
index af7bab40..4d814b1c 100644
--- a/src/managed/OpenLiveWriter.BlogClient/Clients/GoogleBloggerv3Client.cs
+++ b/src/managed/OpenLiveWriter.BlogClient/Clients/GoogleBloggerv3Client.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Net;
+using System.Net.Http;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using System.Xml;
@@ -781,38 +782,52 @@ namespace OpenLiveWriter.BlogClient.Clients
 
         private void PostNewImage(string albumName, string filename, string blogId, out string srcUrl, out string editUri)
         {
-            for (int retry = 0; retry < MaxRetries; retry++)
-            {
-                var transientCredentials = Login();
-                try
-                {
-                    string albumUrl = GetBlogImagesAlbum(albumName, blogId);
-                    throw new ApplicationException(albumUrl);
-                    /*HttpWebResponse response = RedirectHelper.GetResponse(albumUrl, new RedirectHelper.RequestFactory(new UploadFileRequestFactory(this, filename, "POST").Create));
-                    using (Stream s = response.GetResponseStream())
-                    {
-                        ParseMediaEntry(s, out srcUrl, out editUri);
-                        return;
-                    }*/
-                }
-                catch (WebException we)
-                {
-                    if (retry < MaxRetries - 1 &&
-                        we.Response as HttpWebResponse != null &&
-                        ((HttpWebResponse)we.Response).StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.Forbidden)
-                    {
-                        // HTTP 403 Forbidden means our OAuth access token is not valid.
-                        RefreshAccessToken(transientCredentials);
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        throw;
-                    }
-                }
-            }
+            var albumId = GetBlogImagesAlbum(albumName, blogId);
+            var library = GetPhotosLibraryService();
 
-            Trace.Fail("Should never get here");
-            throw new ApplicationException("Should never get here");
+            /* Uploading an image to Google Photos from a filename is a multiple step process
+             *  1. Create a reading System.IO.FileStream on the given filename
+             *  2. begin the file upload
+             *  3. Execute a MediaItems BatchCreate request to create the metadata on Google Photos */
+             
+
+            // Create a FileStream
+            var imageFileStream = new System.IO.FileStream(filename, System.IO.FileMode.Open, System.IO.FileAccess.Read);
+            
+            // Upload the image by POSTing to https://photoslibrary.googleapis.com/v1/uploads
+            // Wish this could be nicer but the relevant message was not autogenerated into our PhotosLibrary API package
+            var uploadRequest = new HttpRequestMessage()
+            {
+                RequestUri = new Uri("https://photoslibrary.googleapis.com/v1/uploads"),
+                Method = HttpMethod.Post
+            };
+            uploadRequest.Headers.Add("X-Goog-Upload-File-Name", Path.GetFileName(filename));
+            uploadRequest.Headers.Add("X-Goog-Upload-Protocol", "raw");
+            uploadRequest.Content = new StreamContent(imageFileStream);
+            // Send the request. Sending through library.HttpClient inserts the Authorization headers for us
+            var uploadResponse = library.HttpClient.SendAsync(uploadRequest).Result;
+            if (uploadResponse.StatusCode != HttpStatusCode.OK) throw new ApplicationException("Failed to upload image to Google Photos");
+            var uploadToken = uploadResponse.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;
+
+            // Create the MediaItem on GooglePhotos
+            var batchCreateResponse = library.MediaItems.BatchCreate(new BatchCreateMediaItemsRequest()
+            {
+                AlbumId = albumId,
+                NewMediaItems = new NewMediaItem[] {
+                    new NewMediaItem()
+                    {
+                        SimpleMediaItem = new SimpleMediaItem()
+                        {
+                            UploadToken = uploadToken
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }).Execute();
+
+            // TODO correctly format baseUrl to include width parameter
+            srcUrl = batchCreateResponse.NewMediaItemResults.First().MediaItem.BaseUrl;
+            // TODO change from edit URI into and edit token or ID 
+            editUri = "";
         }
 
         private void UpdateImage(string editUri, string filename, out string srcUrl, out string newEditUri)