Writing and staying in touch
Send a photo by messaging
What you will be able to do In 4 minutes, you'll know how to send a photo to someone from your phone.
A photo taken with your phone stays locked inside it until you send it. To get it out to someone, you go through the messaging app: a conversation already open with the right person, an icon that offers a photo (the paperclip or the camera, next to the keyboard), a choice between taking a new one or picking one already saved, then sending it. We're going to send a photo together, on a screen we designed ourselves. Nothing here is real: no photo goes out, no message is really sent to anyone.
Simulated screen
I practice
This screen was drawn by us. Nothing is sent, nothing is installed, and no real brand is shown.
The situationYou've just taken a photo of your grandchildren at the park, and you want to send it to their mother right away.
The interactive exercise needs JavaScript. The written step by step, just below, says exactly the same thing.
The written step by step
The same steps, in words, to read or print. This sheet works even without the exercise.
Choose the conversation
Your turn You want to send the photo to your daughter. Tap her conversation.
You tap your daughter's name directly in the list: the conversation already started with her opens.
Add a photo
Your turn You want to add a photo to the conversation. Tap the spot that lets you choose one.
The paperclip or the camera, next to the keyboard, opens the choice of photos to send.
Take or reuse
Your turn The photo is already taken, it's waiting in your phone. Tap the spot that goes to fetch it.
"Choose from my photos" opens the place where every photo taken stays kept.
The right photo
Your turn Tap the photo you just took at the park.
The photo taken today at the park appears first; you recognize it by its description and the time shown underneath.
Send
Your turn The photo is ready to go. Tap whatever sends it.
The "Send" button, often an arrow, sends the photo as it is into the conversation.
The sheet to keep
- You first open the conversation with the right person, checking their name at the top.
- The icon next to the keyboard (paperclip or camera) opens the choice of photos.
- "Choose from my photos" goes to fetch a photo already taken; "Take a photo" opens the camera for a new one.
- The date and the description under each photo help you recognize the right one when several look alike.
- A short note isn't required: the photo alone sends just fine on its own.
- The send button, often an arrow, sends the photo instantly to the open conversation.
The reflexes in this skill
I stop before I click
Urgency is the sign of a trap. A message that counts down the hours is trying to stop you from thinking. Putting your phone down for two minutes costs nothing, and it is almost always enough.
I look at WHO is speaking
A displayed name is just text, so it can be copied. What matters is the exact address of the sender, or their phone number. A delivery announced from an unknown mobile number is not a delivery.
Two questions to check
Nothing is graded, and nothing is saved anywhere except in your own browser.
You want to send a photo you've already taken to someone. What do you tap first in the conversation?
See the answer
The icon (paperclip or camera) next to the keyboard
This icon opens the choice between taking a new photo and choosing one already saved, which the text field doesn't do.
Two photos look alike among your saved photos. How do you recognize the right one?
See the answer
I look at the date and time shown under each photo
The date and time under each photo remain the most reliable clue, especially when several photos look alike or were taken the same day.
I've done it
Check this box once you can do this skill on your own.
Your progress stays in your own browser.