With my clergy hat on, I've known a few funerals that had photos taken - speak to your friend and find out what the service will be - in church followed by cremation or burial. Just at the cemetery - burial, cremation, cremation followed by burial of ashes? There are many types - religious or nonreligious. As Gordon says will it be a funeral or a celebration of life? I would say you need to be unobtrusive. The best results I saw were a set showing the coffin in church, surrounded by flowers, head and shoulder shots of the close family and friends and groups - all taken with a long lens. The MOST important point is to chat with the undertaker - he tends to run the show and he can be most helpful, if you need to stage manage some shots. So chat with your friend and see what he wants, and with the undertaker to find out how the funeral will be run. if there are clergy involved - some are a bit upity about pictures in church - again undertaker should smooth things along as that is what your friend is paying him for.
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