386 Jobsite Photos That Actually Work For You
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🗓️ 21 December 2025
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Builders already have thousands of jobsite photos on their phones, but most of those shots are not protecting them, selling future work, or showing what they really do. In this episode we break down a simple way to use your phone, a few habits, and better organization so your photos become insurance, a sales tool, and a real portfolio instead of digital clutter.
Show Notes:
00:00:00 The Shot That Saves You
00:04:20 Meet Dave
00:08:00 How This All Started
00:10:28 Photos That Win Work
00:12:47 CYA Before You Demo
00:17:03 Your Phone Can Do This
00:23:32 Make It Look Expensive
00:39:16 Stop Losing Your Best Shots
00:57:04 Tell The Story Not Just The Build
01:02:52 The Simple Photo Playbook
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| 0:00.0 | You might be on the roof and you might be harnessed in, but my photo might not show the harness. |
| 0:04.9 | There's that context of like that gets posted to TRG and somebody is like, hey, he's not being safe. |
| 0:10.7 | Having that pro to know, oh, let me just move three feet this way and kind of tilt. |
| 0:15.5 | Now I can see the harness. |
| 0:16.9 | That's really important. |
| 0:20.4 | Welcome to today's Modern Craftman podcast. |
| 0:24.6 | Everybody says take more pictures of your work, but nobody tells you what to shoot, when to shoot it, or what to do with it after. |
| 0:32.7 | So today we are going to break that down so your photos actually work for you instead of just living in your |
| 0:39.8 | phone. If you guys and girls have been seeing a change in the modern craftsman content lately, |
| 0:44.9 | we have a new partner who's been handling all things editing, content, social, Instagram, |
| 0:51.2 | YouTube alongside Doug and Paul over at Motif Media. |
| 0:56.5 | And that is Dave. |
| 0:57.5 | You may have seen him comment on YouTube post. |
| 1:00.5 | Don't worry, he is a vetted, approved commenter. |
| 1:03.8 | He is part of the modern craftsman team. |
| 1:05.7 | Today, we have him on the podcast to talk about photography in construction |
| 1:10.7 | and how you can do a better job of documenting |
| 1:13.5 | your projects to help protect your business, market your business, and hopefully make yourself |
| 1:19.3 | some money. Please enjoy this podcast and Dave thanks for everything. This podcast is brought to you by |
| 1:26.1 | NAHB. Are you ready to level up brought to you by NAHB. |
| 1:28.4 | Are you ready to level up your craft? |
| 1:30.9 | The NAHB International Builders Show is the place to take your craft to the next level. |
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