yeah photos are wonderful. for me, i had this girl i knew from virginia beach play my girlfriend. my grandparents live down there, so i had access from going there fairly often, but obviously nobody in my high school knew her. and it didn't hurt that she was a babe. so i had a couple pictures of her around - in my wallet, notebook - and i did get to use them. at least twice the girl thought i didnt really have a girlfriend and was just trying to blow her off (guess im a bad liar) so the pictures helped.