diff --git a/packages/client/src/methods/messages/send-media.ts b/packages/client/src/methods/messages/send-media.ts
index 959618b0..474d091f 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/methods/messages/send-media.ts
+++ b/packages/client/src/methods/messages/send-media.ts
@@ -91,7 +91,9 @@ export async function sendMedia(
     let mime = 'application/octet-stream'
 
     const input = media.file
-    if (typeof input === 'string' && input.match(/^https?:\/\//)) {
+    if (typeof input === 'object' && tl.isAnyInputMedia(input)) {
+        inputMedia = input
+    } else if (typeof input === 'string' && input.match(/^https?:\/\//)) {
         inputMedia = {
             _: 'inputMediaDocumentExternal',
             url: input,
@@ -116,7 +118,9 @@ export async function sendMedia(
 
         if ('thumb' in media && media.thumb) {
             const t = media.thumb
-            if (typeof t === 'string' && t.match(/^https?:\/\//)) {
+            if (typeof t === 'object' && tl.isAnyInputMedia(t)) {
+                throw new MtCuteArgumentError("Thumbnail can't be InputMedia")
+            } else if (typeof t === 'string' && t.match(/^https?:\/\//)) {
                 throw new MtCuteArgumentError("Thumbnail can't be external")
             } else if (isUploadedFile(t)) {
                 thumb = t.inputFile
diff --git a/packages/client/src/methods/messages/send-photo.ts b/packages/client/src/methods/messages/send-photo.ts
index fb5011d1..60b4efc0 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/methods/messages/send-photo.ts
+++ b/packages/client/src/methods/messages/send-photo.ts
@@ -94,7 +94,9 @@ export async function sendPhoto(
     if (!params) params = {}
 
     let media: tl.TypeInputMedia
-    if (typeof photo === 'string' && photo.match(/^https?:\/\//)) {
+    if (typeof photo === 'object' && tl.isAnyInputMedia(photo)) {
+        media = photo
+    } else if (typeof photo === 'string' && photo.match(/^https?:\/\//)) {
         media = {
             _: 'inputMediaPhotoExternal',
             url: photo,
diff --git a/packages/client/src/types/files/utils.ts b/packages/client/src/types/files/utils.ts
index f2f38c19..1f9029a4 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/types/files/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/client/src/types/files/utils.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export type UploadFileLike =
  * can also pass {@link UploadedFile} returned from {@link TelegramClient.uploadFile},
  * raw `tl.TypeInputFile` and URLs to remote files
  */
-export type InputFileLike = UploadFileLike | UploadedFile | tl.TypeInputFile
+export type InputFileLike = UploadFileLike | UploadedFile | tl.TypeInputFile | tl.TypeInputMedia
 
 export interface FileDownloadParameters {
     /**
diff --git a/packages/client/src/types/media/document.ts b/packages/client/src/types/media/document.ts
index e54409ee..90610106 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/types/media/document.ts
+++ b/packages/client/src/types/media/document.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { tl } from '@mtcute/tl'
 import { Thumbnail } from './thumbnail'
 import { TelegramClient } from '../../client'
 import { makeInspectable } from '../utils'
+import { InputMediaLike } from './input-media'
 
 /**
  * A file that is represented as a document in MTProto.
@@ -93,6 +94,36 @@ export class RawDocument extends FileLocation {
     getThumbnail(type: string): Thumbnail | null {
         return this.thumbnails.find((it) => it.raw.type === type) ?? null
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Input media TL object generated from this object,
+     * to be used inside {@link InputMediaLike} or {@link TelegramClient.sendPhoto}
+     */
+    get inputMediaTl(): tl.TypeInputMedia {
+        return {
+            _: 'inputMediaDocument',
+            id: {
+                _: 'inputDocument',
+                id: this.doc.id,
+                accessHash: this.doc.accessHash,
+                fileReference: this.doc.fileReference
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Input media object generated from this object,
+     * to be used with {@link TelegramClient.sendMedia}
+     */
+    get inputMedia(): InputMediaLike {
+        return {
+            // type is only really used for creating tl.InputMedia,
+            // but since we are providing it directly, we can use `auto`
+            type: 'auto',
+            file: this.inputMediaTl
+            // other fields are not needed since it's a forwarded media
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/client/src/types/media/photo.ts b/packages/client/src/types/media/photo.ts
index 491b1379..2cfe8766 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/types/media/photo.ts
+++ b/packages/client/src/types/media/photo.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { TelegramClient } from '../../client'
 import { MtCuteArgumentError } from '../errors'
 import { Thumbnail } from './thumbnail'
 import { makeInspectable } from '../utils'
+import { InputMediaLike } from './input-media'
 
 /**
  * A photo
@@ -105,6 +106,37 @@ export class Photo extends FileLocation {
     getThumbnail(type: string): Thumbnail | null {
         return this.thumbnails.find((it) => it.raw.type === type) ?? null
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Input media generated from this object,
+     * to be used in {@link TelegramClient.sendPhoto}
+     * and {@link InputMediaLike}
+     */
+    get inputMediaTl(): tl.TypeInputMedia {
+        return {
+            _: 'inputMediaPhoto',
+            id: {
+                _: 'inputPhoto',
+                id: this.raw.id,
+                accessHash: this.raw.accessHash,
+                fileReference: this.raw.fileReference
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Input media object generated from this object,
+     * to be used with {@link TelegramClient.sendMedia}
+     */
+    get inputMedia(): InputMediaLike {
+        return {
+            // type is only really used for creating tl.InputMedia,
+            // but since we are providing it directly, we can use `auto`
+            type: 'auto',
+            file: this.inputMediaTl
+            // other fields are not needed since it's a forwarded media
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 makeInspectable(Photo, ['fileSize', 'dcId', 'width', 'height'])