How to Send Photo on WhatsApp? (with images)

Do you want to send photo to someone on WhatsApp? Well like every social networking platform WhatsApp also allows you to send photos and it will not be wrong to say that it is one of the most used apps nowadays. You can add filters, text, emojis to the photo to customize the photo you are sending.

WhatsApp also provides a tool using which you can use to highlight or mark something on the photo you are sending. You can also add a caption to your photo before sending it. In this section, we will discuss two methods to send a photo on WhatsApp.

Steps to Send Photos on WhatsApp:

Method 1 of 2: Instant Photo

Step 1: Open your WhatsApp app on your android phone and search for the person to whom you want to send photo and tap on his or her name in the ‘CHATS’ tab.

If you don’t get the persons name in the CHATS tab you can search him or her in the contact list.

Step 2: Now, in the message box you have to tap on the ‘camera’ icon and your camera will be ready to take a picture.

Step 3: You can also get pictures from your phone’s gallery if you swipe up the appearing photos.

To click an instant photo, you have to tap on the circular icon present at the bottom of the camera screen as you can see in the image below.

Step 4: Once you clicked the photo you can add filters to your photo for that you just have to swipe up for adding filters.

You can also crop your photo, add emojis, text with the help of the tools present at the top of the screen.

You can even ‘Add a Caption’ to your photo. When all done, tap on the ‘paper plane’ icon with a green circular background to send the clicked photo.

Method 2 of 2: Send Photo from Gallery

Step 1: To select a photo from the phone gallery tap on the ‘attach’ icon represented with the attach pin in the message box.

Step 2: From the displayed option you have to tap on Gallery, as we want to send a photo present in the phone’s gallery.

Step 3: From the gallery, you have to choose the photo you want to send. You are also allowed to select multiple photos. To choose a photo tap on it.

Step 4: Once you select the photo, add the filters, caption, text or emojis etc. if you feel and to send it, tap on the paper plane icon at the right bottom of the screen.