First let me be clear, by documentation I mean literally that, not documentary style photography. Photography for documentation purposes can be something as simple as documenting personal belongings for your insurance company…..and then storing the photos off site.

For my own purposes I have always made it a habit to take photos whenever we do renovations on our house. For the photos to be really useful you need before, during and after shots. Take for example the kitchen in our old house:

Not the most beautiful or creative shots I’ve ever taken but I put all the pictures from all the reno’s we did at this house into an album and left it with our real estate agent on the day of our open house……a few hours later we were sitting down to sign papers…..

Aside from the fact that our agent is awesome, the photos helped sell the house. Our buyers got to see something that most do not and that gave them the little bit of security they needed to make a quick decision.

How many times have you gone house hunting and wondered what was behind the walls of the house that you were considering?