Chance CravenDocumentary Photographer
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Two firefighters on a roof working through heavy smoke
Photographer · Greenville, SC

Real photos of real work.

I'm Chance Craven. Book me for a day and I'll document your crew, your work and your story. Real people. Real moments. Nothing staged.

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01 Construction02 Offshore03 Aerial04 Fire Service→ Gallery in 72 hours
The Work

Finding beauty in chaos.

For more than a decade I've been trusted in places most photographers never go. The goal is the same everywhere: capture what's happening without interrupting it.

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An excavator loading a dump truck on a red clay job site
A worker cutting with a chainsaw
Hands tying rebar on a construction site
A bulldozer pushing dirt at golden hour

Crews, equipment and the work itself. I show up, stay out of the way and let the real work speak for itself.

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Day Rate

One day, real photos, nothing staged.

Photography · Full Day
$4,000per day
  • 6–8 hours on site
  • 80–100 hand-edited photos
  • Gallery in 72 hours
  • Edited by me, not a filter
  • Full usage, no watermarks
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  1. Talk

    Call or text me. Tell me about your crew, your work and what the photos need to do for you.

  2. Book

    A 50% deposit locks your date. I plan the timing, locations and logistics so your day runs like normal.

  3. Shoot

    I stay out of the way while your crew works. Your hand-edited gallery is ready within 72 hours.

What one day gets you

What can you do with 80–100 photos?

One day on site gives you more than a few nice pictures. Here's where they go, and I can handle each one for you.

Social mediaA quarter of posts.Post every other day and one photo day fills three months, about 45 posts. If you want, I'll schedule them for you too.See the feed → The Palmetto Upstate Group home page, built around their own project photos WebsiteA whole website.Enough real photos to build a full site. Want me to build it? I can do that: $4,500 with a photo day.See website options → Everything elseMarketing, recruiting and more.Print and marketing material, recruiting, ads, trade show booths, proposals and launch announcements. The same day covers all of it, and I can help with any of it.Read more →
Field Notes

Stories from the field.

2015 to nowWhy I started Honor Supply Co.Read the note → Bahamas · May 2022Shooting a wedding without a shot list.Read the note → Offshore · May 2019Documenting the first fishing trip.Read the note → Offshore · Bubba Blade × Penalty Box FishingDock to dinner.Read the note → DeLand, FL · March 2025Somebody was going to tell his story.Read the note → Asheville, NC · October 2024Hurricane Helene, part 1: Asheville.Read the note →

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