Above - A holiday rental beautifully styled and photographed for a client by Vanessa Wood Interiors

My blog is very much about beautiful images and the beach homes featured, often have me dreaming of summer holidays by the sea. Why then, do many holiday rentals use boring and uninviting photos, it's no wonder when you check their availability they have few bookings. It doesn't take much to have a holiday home look utterly irresistible when it is beautifully decorated and photographed correctly.

I am writing this post a little in reverse, talking about the photography before the decorating (that's next week's post). However, no matter how beautiful your holiday home may be, when it comes to the world wide web, your photographs are all a viewer has to go by and when there are many more homes to rent in the same location, your images need to be quality photo's that set you apart from the rest. At this stage, I want to add a disclaimer :) ?I am not a professional photographer (although I do own a great camera), these tips are from my personal experience of photographing homes for my blog and they should help you achieve better images of your property whether it be a holiday rental or a house for sale. When I go on holiday, I normally book my holiday rental on line, and it is only the well decorated and beautifully photographed properties that catch my eye. Dark or grainy images don't do justice to a property even if it i...