Thanks. Yea we have been copying and pasting them, but we were originally able to just email them directly from the photo app but for some reason are no longer able to.
Try the usual fixes:
Reset, restart, force close apps.
Reset:
Tap and hold Home and Power button until the Apple logo appears, release both and let your device power up on it's own.
Restart:
Turn off the iPad, wait for a few minutes, turn it on again.
Force close apps:
iOS 6: double tap Home button to reveal the multitasking bar, tap and hold one of the app icons there until they start to wiggle. Delete the apps there.
iOS 7: same procedure to show the multitask bar, slide the thumbnails (pictures) above the app icons towards the top of the screen.
You could also go to Settings - General - Reset - Reset all Settings. If one of the settings was preventing your device to send emails via the Photo app, this should solve it. You'll have to enter the settings you prefer afterwards.