Can you add photo from iPhoto to Contacts?

1. copy the photo to clipboard in iPhoto
2. in contacts, get the contact in edit mode
3. double click the 'photo' box to the left of the contact
4. in the pop up that appears, click Recent. (there may be other photos there if some were used recently). Click on any blank square
5. Paste (CMD+V). Click Done.
6. this should show the iPhoto photo for the contact.

you can make a screenshot CMD+SHIFT+4 (after zooming in in iphoto on the persons face). This gives you a nice small file of about 200kB.

Then drag this screenshot onto the contact...presto!