How to take progress photos that actually show change
Most gym and weight-loss progress photos fail because lighting, angle and framing drift between shots. The protocol that fixes it.
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Practical guides on documenting progress over time — fitness, healing, growth — with the same photo framing every time. Written by Oleksandr Prudnikov, the indie developer who built Contour.
Rephotography: recreate the same photo years later
Repeat photography, then-and-now shots, rephotography — matching camera position, focal length and height on a phone.
Tattoo healing stages, day by day
Oozing, scabbing, peeling, itching, settled. What each phase looks like, when it's normal, when to ask a clinician, and how to photograph the heal.
Hair transplant progress: month-by-month
Shedding, ugly duckling, early density, final result. What to expect at months 1, 3, 6, 9, 12 and 18 — and how to document it honestly.
Pregnancy bump photos week by week
A 60-second weekly routine plus an overlay trick to keep framing identical across nine months. How to start, kit, mistakes to avoid.
Skincare progress photos — a simple protocol
Tretinoin, retinol, Accutane, minoxidil, beard. Slow regimens where bad photos lie in both directions — same light, same frame, weekly.
Plant growth timelapse on a phone
Document monstera, tomato or tree growth as a timelapse without dedicating a phone to the windowsill for months.
Construction timelapse on an iPhone
Document a renovation, self-build or site progress with weekly iPhone photos instead of a $1,200 timelapse camera.
The app I started with, finally finished
Why Contour took me years — and why it's finally real.