Send a photograph in a message
Send a picture to somebody in three presses, without emailing it to yourself first.
Beside the box where you type there are two small buttons: a camera, and a pair of overlapping pictures. Those are the whole business of sending a photograph.
Key points
- Attach a photograph you already have with the pictures button
- Take a new one right into a message with the camera button
- Understand why a sent picture looks a little softer than the original
- Save a photograph somebody sent you into your own Photos
What to remember
- Choosing a photograph does not move it. A copy goes; the original stays in Photos.
- If somebody needs the full-size original — a printer, an insurer — send it by email or with the "actual size" option instead.
- A picture in a message is not in your Photos until you save it — and messages get deleted.
Try this
Find a photograph on your own phone that somebody sent you months ago and save it properly with Share → Save Image. Messages are the commonest place people lose pictures they meant to keep.
Practice: Send a photograph in a message. Your first lesson is free, with no account or card; the rest are part of a Lantern plan. Interactive lessons require JavaScript.