Reducing resolution of digital photos

I took a number of digital photos at very high resolution (new 2 GB memory card, so I thought, why not?). But the downloaded photos have so much data that I can't send even a single photo via email. Is there a way to reduce the photo resolution in iPhoto so that the pictures can be more readily sent to others?

Dodgerjdog
Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
What e-mail client are you using? If you use Apple's Mail programme, then at the bottom right of the message window you can resize the pic. If you're using something else you can resize pics using the File -> Export command, then export the pics to the desktop and attach them from there.
Regards
TD

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Let's say I have a photo with a resolution of of 3264 x 2448 pixels.
Tat's not a measurement of resolution, that's the dimensions (length x breadth) of the photo, expressed in pixels.
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IMAGE LINK:
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