Use your hands/tools in each shot to demonstrate the action being performed.

Shoot in a first-person perspective. Try to set up each shot so that it matches what your readers will see.

This first image isn't necessarily bad; the photo is well-lit, free of clutter, and the required action is clear—but the image is not from the reader's perspective.

The second image does all of that equally well, and also matches what the reader is likely to see.