Can I use Google Photos to host images for my blogs?

It doesn't look like it is possible directly froom Google Drive, but I have found a third party site that converts the publicly shared link that Google Drive produces into a direct link that one can use with an IMG tag.

The problem with this approach is that it adds dependency on a third party site and if that site goes away then the access to the images goes away. Frankly, I think Google ought to provide direct links to images that can be used in websites.