IPhoto Calendar Failure

I've used iPhoto to create photo books in the past, so I thought I'd try it for a calendar. And, I've installed iPhoto 11, which apparently has no further updates. I'm on a late 2011 MacBookPro with OS X 10.8.2.
Presumably, I need to make an empty album, add images into it, and thence create the calendar. However, trying to create the album "Calendar 2013," it fills with about 50 random pictures, NONE of which are going to be used in the calendar.
So, how do I create a blank and empty album into which to drag and drop the necessary images for a calendar?
I could not find anywhere in iPhoto help or the discussions any answer to this very basic question and frankly I'm about to give up and go to Shutterfly or some other vendor.
Thanks for the help.
Dave Clark
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To make a calendar you select the photo(s) and create teh calendar - an album is not needed although it is a good way to collect the photos to make the calendar
To make an empty album depress the shift and command keys and type N -
see http://www.apple.com/support/iphoto/shortcuts/ for all keyboard shortcuts
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