LibreA pile of phone photos isn't documentation.
Practical guides for what to capture, how to organize, and how to turn photos into proof that helps you get paid.
Why bad photos cost money
Wrong photo, wrong date, no caption, can't find it when the dispute hits. These guides cover the everyday workflows that turn phone-camera dumps into evidence — the kind that helps support invoices, change orders, and dispute conversations. Use the workflow with any app; we'll call out the parts LibreCam makes faster.
Guides
The 12-photo jobsite checklist
The universal starter set every job needs — pre-existing conditions, materials, work in progress, closeout. Use as-is or fork per trade.
Organize jobsite photos (fast)
Project / phase / zone / tag — the four-level structure that makes photos findable without scrolling through a year of camera roll.
Daily reports from job photos
Stop typing reports. Select photos, add captions, generate a PDF. Two-tap daily reports that read like real documentation.
Document for progress payments
What to photograph at each milestone so your invoices get approved — not flagged for 'insufficient documentation.'
Share progress photos with homeowners
Cadence, format, what to show, what to skip. Keep clients confident without burying them in pictures.
Photo mistakes that cost you money
Twelve documentation gaps and what each one costs when the dispute, delay, or rework hits.
30-day CompanyCam migration playbook
Run both apps in parallel. Export your CompanyCam history before renewal hits. Switch without leaving your photo history or core workflows behind.
Radon mitigation
What a mitigation contractor should document
Job records, installation evidence, test results, diagrams, owner information — and where photographs make each one more useful.
Documenting the exhaust termination
Why a close-up of the pipe proves little, and what a wide shot of the discharge needs to have in frame.
How long to keep mitigation records
The national standard, state rules, and warranty terms — and why keeping files is the easy half of retention.
What goes in a closeout record
A worked example: property, installed system, startup reading, completion photos, post-mitigation result.
Roofing at scale
Train roofing crews to take photos
Put the shot list in the camera so a first-week hire documents the job the same way your best crew lead does.
Write a roofing photo SOP crews follow
What a photo standard has to contain, who shoots, when the office reviews, and why it dies in a PDF.
Quality control across every location
For franchises, branches, and roll-ups: one standard, the first pass on the roof, job audits from the record.
See every crew's photos from the office
Photos land in the job record as they sync, so the office sees the day as it happens instead of at week's end.
Get job photos off employees' phones
One shared job record instead of group texts and camera rolls, so the photos stay when people leave.
Verify sub and crew work before paying
Timestamped, located photos tied to the scope, shot by the sub into your record, checked before the truck leaves.
Roofing closeout and warranty documentation
The closeout package, the homeowner record, and what you will need years later for a warranty question or a dispute.
Frequently Asked Questions
Mostly no. The workflows apply to any photo app — we wrote them as documentation principles first. We note where LibreCam saves you a step, but if you use CompanyCam or another app, the guides still hold up.
They're based on common jobsite documentation patterns: pre-job walkthroughs, trade-specific checklists, payment milestones, closeout photos, dispute records. Suggestions and corrections welcome through the contact page.
Yes — see our industry pages for trade-specific photo workflows. Concrete pours, electrical rough-in, roofing tear-off, and more.
The 12-photo jobsite checklist. Print it, tape it inside the job trailer, work through it on the next job. That's a week of better documentation with zero new software.