Photoshop - the camera really does lie!

Yes, turn the clock back to see the person in their heyday, together with their obituary a whole different person is revealed.

A young photo is much better and that is what is mostly used these days. It is quite amazing to see that old fogey looking fresh faced and beautiful. I love the whole idea and feel it is important for everyone to see the person in their prime instead of a wrinkled old prune. I have a good one taken when I was 27 years which will be ideal.

My poor mother had looked pretty dreadful for a few years before she died with dementia at 97.

I used a much older photo of her on the front of the funeral service card - looking very happy and attractive - hair still golden blonde - at our wedding.

On the back I used a very old B&W one of her with my father, both early 20s, beginning of WW2. They looked very happy there, too.

I had my OH's graduation photo on the front of the order of service at his funeral. I wanted people to know what he had been and not the poor wreck of a man that he had become.

I think it’s perfectly acceptable to have a recent one (photoshopped a bit where necessary) and one of younger or at their best. I
It is good for the youngsters to see Grands/aunts in there heyday.
Instead of just oldies

I had taken a photo of my mother a few weeks before she died. The hairdresser had just been, she had a fresh blouse in and, while not exactly smiling, she looked perky and happy.

On the back, we put a beautiful photo of her from the 40s with a hairstyle like Rita Hayworth. No Photoshop needed.

I am always sceptical of photos, though. Anything can be done these days

I used to work with Photoshop - you can do almost anything with it, and in the hands of a skilled Photoshop artist (which I was most definitely not!) it's very very hard to tell what has been altered.

Many people do crazyH, no reason not to.

The photo on the back of my mum’s card was exactly that crazyH. Just the week before she died a never-before-seen photo of mum was discovered. It’s sepia coloured and taken when she was about 22 years old. (She died aged almost 93.)

Is it wrong to put a photo of my beautiful young self on the memorial card ?