This is a stupid feature that cannot be turned off so you have to use one f the following solutions and Pasting a pic in an HTML composed messaged will call the Photo-Email option.

Work Arounds

• Configure your mail to use Plain Text instead to Html and attach the message.
• Don't paste...use the Insert/Inline option to insert a previously saved picture
• Attach the images using the 'Attach' button

Add a Text file

This is my prefered option and does not require any loggin in.

1. select a dummy .txt file with the .jpgs i select
2. send
3. then delete the text file from the email before sending.

Turn the Option Off Photo Email

I did not managed to get this to work

That option(in WLM Version 2009/Build 14.x) is only present if signed on with a Live ID and no longer available in WLM Version 2011/Build 15.x

In Version 2011...
Windows Mail button(first item on Ribbon Menu)/Options/Mail/Compose

• uncheck 'Convert message to photo e-mails when adding photos'

Thereafter choose Email Message instead of Photo Email for the three available options

• Attach file
• Insert Single Photo(Single in name only, it allows selection of one or more to be inserted)
• Photo Album(changes message to Photo e-mail)

Note: In Version 2011...Photo email creates an album with included photos and uploads to the signed on Live ID's SkyDrive(if not signed on, the user will be prompted to sign on with a Live ID to Windows Live). The Live ID does not have to be the sending email account. (i.e. Photo email pictures are no longer uploaded to a generic Msft server, they are uploaded to the user's Live ID's SkyDrive)

Bypass Skydrive

This method of bypassing Skydrive works, it is the one I use all the time.

1. SkyDrive bypass for pictures in email
2. Go to picture source (My Pictures) select pictures (Ctrl-Click for multiples)
3. Click on email (on top of screen) select size (if other than full size desired)
4. Click attach, it should then open in Windows Live Email.
5. It will be in the Sky Drive format
6. Click on one of the pictures
7. Click the format button on top
8. Click the paperclip
9. That cuts out SkyDrive and makes the photos regular attachments.
10. Add email address, type message and send

but it requires you to log in.

A Long Workaround

• open e-mail
• click on start
• click on pictures
• click on and open desired file group
• click on first photo to hilite it
• go to preview and click on arrow
• click on windows live photo gallery to open
• click on edit, organize and share
• click yes on popup box
• click on select all (or select pictures you want to send)
• click on photo emailer (top right side)
• click on send photos as attachments
• choose desired resizing option and click on attach
• a new send e-mail window will open with the photos inserted as attachments
• add recipients, subject, text and send.