Email Attachment Problems with New Photos Program

I just spent two hours online with Apple Support to try to figure out why I couldn't get my photos to upload to my gmail - or any mail other than the Mail that's hooked directly into the new Photos program.  After two hours I was told that the only way to do this without using Photos was to send the pictures to my email of choice, download them back to my computer (are you kidding!) and then save them to a location other than the Photos program.  What the what?!! 
I take photos for charities and sports teams that are used by our local papers and websites.  If you're sending photos to a business or person who does not use Apple products there are issues opening up the attached photos. I tried sending my photos through the new Photos program today but as feared the newspaper called to say they could not open my photos.  They do not use Apple products.  I had to go through a ridiculous number of steps to get these photos sent, instead of the simple attachment that used to be available with iPhoto.
My question is WHY?  Why is Apple making what used to be so simple so difficult?  Please tell me this issue will be fixed and fixed soon!  I never thought I would say this but it may be time to look at a Chromebook or something other than a MacBook.  What used to be so intuitive and creative has now become a mess worse than anything Microsoft could cook up.
Julie Gilbertson

Follow up, Julie!
Remember that you can use any mail provider in your Mac Mail that you wish.**
I have several different email providers as I have multiple email accounts.
When you select your pictures(s) within Photos and
click on the Share option via Email
your selected pictures get placed within the email,
you then select - within your email - which email provider you are using ( e.g. your Yahoo mail, your Google mail account, you name it).
Your choice. It is really quite easy.
Looks kind of like this
Somebody, somewhere, is now realizing that they can use any mail provider in your Mac Mail that they want.
They do not have to log into Gmail or Yahoo mail or other web based mail servers.
http://macintoshhowto.com/email/how-to-set-up-a-gmail-account-to-work-with-apple -mail.html
This is akin to the epiphany of years ago when millions realized they did not have to have AOL to surf the web.

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