How to post a static photo on the home/blog page?

<img src="https://www.yoururl.com/yourpicture.jpg" alt="Your alt text" />

Thank you mrdudle. I’m a novice. Into which file does this line of code get placed. I’ve tried several but none are working.

in the index.php file into the /wp-content/themes/yourthemefolder/

Hey nerdanita, thanks for the helpful info. It worked.

any idea where the option is to move site’s blog name in the header to the right (or “center”) so that the graphic can “drop down”

you should do it by a css file, a link to your site would help.