IPhoto Pictures to iCloud

I have 3 years of pictures on my iMac in iPhoto. I have never used iCloud. Can I join iCloud and put all my pictures in iCloud at one time?

When I try to put my pictures on iCloud it says I can either the last 18 months for the last 30 days something like that.
Where are you seeing this message, and how are you trying to put your pictures on iCloud? There are two ways to use photos with iCloud right now:
My Photo Stream:(see  iCloud: Photo Stream FAQ )  This let's you upload full resolution photos to iCloud, and other devices sync with these photos in iCloud. It is limited to 1000 photos, and only the photos added during the last month will be kept.
Shared Photo Streams:(see iCloud: iCloud Photo Sharing FAQ)    Shared streams can hold more photos (up to 5000), and the photos will stay until you delete them. However, they will be reduced in size, and there is no way to organize them. They will appear in exactly the order you add them to the stream.
Both ways are designed to transfer photos, not as a long term storage.

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