Holiday Cottage Photoshoot in Cawsand

The other week I completed a commission to photograph a holiday cottage. I have shot loads of houses for estate agents and homeowners but a holiday cottage was a first.To be fair the approach is similar, the interior photos need to promote and entice for a holiday much the same as a for a sale. There are differences of course, you're only intending on maybe a one or two week stay, a weekend perhaps, so the overall photo package wants to be tailored accordingly.The other aspect was to capture a sense of the location beyond the property and to hopefully again, entice people, this time to the village and location itself.The house is in Cawsand, a tiny little fishing village just West of Plymouth on the Rame Peninsular. A twin with neighbouring Kingsand the two villages offer a small selection of shops, a cafe and four pubs plus beaches and fantastic views.This is a view from right at the rear of Caswand Beach, in the rocky part which at low tide offers a great area for rock-pooling. The beach itself is accessed straight from the village square.The house is a minute walk to the beach right in the heart of the village and is essentially an old terraced cottage. Not big but it holds and old world charm and is great for a 'get away' with two bedrooms. Anyone who has photographed interiors will likely agree that the smaller houses are the hardest to get looking good. A wide angle lens is essential but there is little space to plan a lighting set up, so being something of a contortionist in the corner is the skill you need! The little lane the house is on is really narrow so getting an exterior of the front was tricky. Side on with a view up or down the lane wasn't a problem, but a clear view of the front entailed squeezing up against the front door of the house opposite. If the owners had opened their front door, in I would have tumbled! Cawsand and Kingsand are separate villages but once you're in one, finding yourself wandering in the other is easy. They seamlessly connect and if you stay here you'll find yourself thinking of them as one. The streets are typically narrow and winding, full of character and a sense of history. For the first part of my stay the weather was pretty rotten, both windy and overcast but it did brighten up.   I tried two of the pubs and have no complaints, but they do all stop serving food at 2pm however, I found this little gem right on the water in Kingsand. The Old Boathouse Cafe, open all year round and they serve food pretty much all day. I'll leave you with a few seaviews: If you're interested in staying here's the Facebook page Cawsand Cottage