We builders tend to take two kinds
of photos: hero shots, which show
off the finished project, and CYA shots,
which document the nitty-gritty details
that get buried in the ground or behind
the walls. I'd wager you have a mountain
of hero shots, but that you either
don't have or can't find the CYA shots.
I'll make that bet because I've been
there. My first experience with job
photos involved taking before-andafter
photographs of a historic project.
I took the early photos myself, but I
hired a professional photographer to
shoot some attractive exterior shots of
the property after the project had been
completed.
Unfortunately, the photos didn't
quite work out as well as I had hoped,
for