iPhoto is an extraordinary tool for organizing your photos and sharing a several photos at a time is really easy with iDisk and Facebook.  Sharing a one or two individual photos can be just as easy by emailing them using the Photo Browser in Mail. 

The Photo Browser is an interface built into Mail that acts as a window to your iPhoto library, allowing look through your Events and Albums and find the photos you’re looking for. 

To start, open Mail and start a New Message by clicking the New Message button in the toolbar or using the shortcut COMMAND+N.  Click in the message section of this window to let the computer know that is where we’re going to put the photo.  (If you want the photo to be in the middle of your message, write the first part before inserting the photos.) Now look across the Toolbar, all the way on the right hand side and you should see the Photo Browser button.  Click it to open the Photo Browser.

(If you see two little arrows instead of this button, it means that you need to open that window wider to reveal it.)

Once the Photo Browser opens, you’ll notice that the organizational system in this window is almost EXACTLY the same as the sidebar in iPhoto and has links for both Event and Photos.  Scroll down that list and you’ll see all your Albums, Smart Albums, Mobile Me Galleries, Facebook Galleries etc…  Click on which ever event or album has the photo you want to email and you’ll see its contents on the bottom half of the Photo Browser window.  Find the photo you want, drag it in to the New Message window and drop it where you want the photo to appear.

When the photo first comes in, its probably going to be solid blue or grey.  Don’t panic. The solid color is just a highlight indicating that the photo is ‘selected,’  click somewhere else in the Message window and the highlight will go away.

Repeat this step for another photo or two if you want to send multiples, but keep in mind that some people have difficulty receiving multiple photos at one time and that most email providers have limits on the size of emails.

Once you’ve got your photos in, look at the bottom edge of the Message window, on the right hand side, and you’ll see “Image Size” with a drop down box next to it.  You can change the size of the photos you’re sending to help with speed and ease of download of the recipient here.  Sending three photos?  Let’s choose Small.  Just one photo for Grandma and we know she’s probably going to print it?  Choose Actual Size.

Try out various ways of attaching your photos to find your own style.  Do you like the photo at Actual Size at the top with your message underneath?  How about a message that has Small photos peppered throughout it?  Mail and the Photo Browser gives you the ability to be as creative with your email as you like, quickly and easily.

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