# Photography credits

All photographs below are from **Pexels** under the
[Pexels License](https://www.pexels.com/license/): free for commercial use,
no attribution required, modification permitted. Credit is given here anyway
as a courtesy and as a record of provenance.

| File | Photographer | Source |
|---|---|---|
| `img/hero-garage-dark.jpg` | Connor Scott McManus | [pexels.com/photo/13599611](https://www.pexels.com/photo/underground-parking-lot-13599611/) |
| `img/condition-spalling.jpg` | Serinus | [pexels.com/photo/4015582](https://www.pexels.com/photo/dirty-exterior-of-a-car-park-4015582/) |

Product screenshots (`export-exterior.jpg`, `export-interior.jpg`, `app-viewer.jpg`,
`placement.jpg`) are our own captures from live inspection work and carry no
third-party licence.

`inspector-capture.jpg` is **AI-generated** (ChatGPT, 16 Aug 2026). It depicts no
real person and no real project, which is why it can sit in the hero without the
client-confidentiality questions the product screenshots carry. Worth knowing if
image provenance is ever asked about.

> A photograph of two inspectors beneath a viaduct was dropped on 2026-08-16.
> People in hi-vis were the weakest thing on the page: the section is about a
> parking basement, and a picture of the actual basement says it better than a
> picture of somebody standing near one.

## Selection notes

The obvious search — "construction inspector using a smartphone" — returns the
most commoditised image set in the industry, and every competitor uses it. Those
shots were rejected for two reasons: they read as residential real-estate stock
rather than structural assessment, and their bright white grounds fight the warm
black and gold identity.

What replaced them is **structural concrete with visible deterioration** —
spalling, cracking, moisture staining, biological growth. That is the literal
subject matter of facility condition assessment, it matches the first real
project (a parking garage), and it sits naturally against `#100E0A`.

## Two licensing traps worth remembering

1. **Unsplash results credited to "Getty Images" are Unsplash+**, a paid
   subscription tier — not the free Unsplash License. A large share of the
   "construction worker + smartphone" results are exactly that. Everything here
   is Pexels, which avoids the issue.
2. **The Pexels License does not permit implying endorsement** by an
   identifiable person in the photo. Keep depicted people away from testimonial
   copy or any claim that they use the product.