[ChooseAName]

I'm not one to often say things like "wow that was amazing," but.....wow, that was amazing... Definitely gives some inspiration

Here is some inspiration :
Phillip Toledano - Days with My Father


I'd suggest you just go simple.
Natural window light and/or strobist bounced off the walls if they are white.

Don't worry about the wrinkles, they are there and they mean so much.
You'd love her whatever way she looks anyway.
Good luck

[Akarak]

AS i never took pictures of elders im not sure what to expect, but that is a nice looking photograph if you ask me

if i was doing that:
Leave the wrinkes, take things that aren't natural and that are there temporarily, for ie, zits

when i do portraits i dont take signs or wringles, but i take zits.
Zits are not a part of the subject, they are just there because he or she ate something they shouldn't have, but wrinkles... that's a whole different story, wrinkles are part of you, and even though you might look better without them, it's better leave them for real "portrait" reasons

[ChooseAName]

I've attached some of the shots I took of her. None of these have any heavy processing - I believe mostly just color and contrast adjustment. I'm satisfied with the images I got of her, and satisfied with the time I was able to spend with her in what was likely my last visit with her.

EDIT: First was taken with Tamron 28-75, the next two with Tamron 70-200.

EDIT v2: I don't remember the settings for the first one of her in the easy chair. There might have been a little bit of flash involved but obviously not much. I really like that one for the somewhat-silhouette. The second was shot with 60 inch shoot-through umbrella to camera right, with a white reflector propped behind her and I believe I had another flash popping on that to blow out the background. The third was a gridded flash on camera right. I'd been wanting a shot of her with her face exactly half-lit and this one suffices. The last two were taken outside on a sunny day, under the shade of a carport, while she was interacting with family members.

[Akarak]

you give me the willl to photograph olders! nice job, i like it

[Sandy Hancock]

Embrace the wrinkles; they have earned them.
My approach would have been natural light, ISO 400-800, monochrome, FA77 or DA*55 at widish apertures.

[Venturi]

Take a cue from here: Happy at Hundred

Use big, soft light. Don't try to hide nor accentuate the wrinkles. Focus on the eyes.

Engage her directly, so SHE shines through.
Don't take pictures of her; Make photographs with her.

[LFLee]

How do you photograph old wrinkly people? Any way to minimize the wrinkles, or just embrace the wrinkles?

I will just give you a link, see if you like the way this photographer capture old people...
Flickr: LJ.'s Photostream

[ChooseAName]

Thanks guys. The reunion has already taken place and I've posted a couple of my shots in post #18. If there is a next-time-I-see-her, it will be in December.

[LaurenOE]

My $.02, photograph her as normal, while using good diffused and flattering light from multiple sources.
Pump up the Gaussian blur in post to soften the images.
If you have access to a soft focus lens, use that.