Load image from file

from PIL import Image

    image1 = Image.open("C:/MyDirectory/myimage.jpg")

Load image from URL

import requests
import io
from PIL import Image

    response = requests.get(request_url, auth=auth, timeout=10)    #Timeout in secs
    if response.status_code == 200:
        image1 = Image.open(io.BytesIO(response.content))