Photograph the fail, not the whole gym

You do not need a photo of every pass. You need a photo when a fail would otherwise be argued, or when the defect is easier to see than to describe: a fray, a crack, a belt position, a blocked stop.

Stand so the machine’s code or a known feature is in frame, then a closer frame of the defect. Two photos. Not twenty.

Keep them with the result

The photo lives on the inspection or the fault it created. A chat image will not be there when someone asks what last March looked like.

Do not photograph members to prove a machine was busy. That is not an inspection, and it is not your record to collect.

If the fail is a smell or a trip of a breaker, say so, and do not fake a photo of a normal panel. Words are the right evidence when there is nothing to see.