Timmendorfer Strand.
Eight houses, one place.
Four houses, three restaurants and a golf course on the Bay of Lübeck. All of them have stood in front of the camera — and they are the densest point of work that largely takes place on the Baltic coast.
Hotel Seeschlösschen Strandgrün Golf- & Spa Resort Hotel Royal Hotel Yachtclub Niendorf Golfanlage Timmendorfer Strand Trattoria del Campo Restaurant Vino Sands Grill & Bar Butterfly Niendorf
A hundred rooms
or three
From Porta Westfalica to the Bay of Lübeck is not a day trip. But whether the journey is worth it for a single house depends on the scope, not on the number of houses.
A hotel with a hundred rooms, a restaurant and a spa fills a day on its own — for that I drive to the Baltic for one house. A holiday flat with three rooms does not fill it.
So with smaller properties I combine two or three in one place where I can. That keeps travel and setup in proportion. Distance changes nothing about the result. Only the planning.
By the sea there is
only one season
On the Baltic guests want to see summer: light, terrace, beach. A house whose pictures were taken in November will not sell a week in July when January comes.
Somebody looking in January for a week on the Baltic coast is not sitting on the beach but at home in front of a screen. They still have to be shown July — and by then it is six months back.
That is not a matter of taste but of expectation — and the reason the planning here starts with the calendar and not with the picture list.
Golf balls
on the roof
Four of the forty addresses involve golf: the courses at Timmendorfer Strand and Hohwacht, the Golf Resort Strandgrün and the holiday flats beside the fairway. On the Baltic coast the house and the course often belong together.
From the ground you see little of that. From the air the course is visible as a whole for the first time — the fairways, the water, the coastline behind it. And if the house stands right by the course, the drone also sees the golf balls on the roof.
Four pictures have appeared in the Golf Post golf calendar so far: in 2020 the courses at Hohwacht and Seeschlösschen Timmendorfer Strand, in 2026 the Golf Resort Strandgrün and Hohwacht again.
Fifteen of forty
are on the Baltic
The reference list on the home page holds forty houses. Fifteen of them are on the Baltic coast, across seven places: eight in Timmendorfer Strand and Niendorf, two in Travemünde at the other end of the same bay, plus Hohwacht, Kühlungsborn, Zingst and Rügen.
How far is it
to the water?
On the Baltic coast that is the first question, and it is not about the room. A house in town is judged on parking and the distance to the centre. A house by the sea on what the day looks like between breakfast and the beach.
The answer is rarely in a picture. The way from the house to the water is not a room, so it is on no picture list — that follows the floor plan. The same goes for where the bikes stand, for the terrace in the late afternoon, and for whether the beach in front of the house is one you may bring a dog to.
None of this needs a day of its own. It only has to be on the list beforehand.
The Baltic is not
the North Sea
On the North Sea — Norderney, Butjadingen, Wangerland — the tides are part of the picture. What lies in front of the house at low tide is not what lies there at high tide, and the day is planned around it.
On the Baltic the water stays, always at the same height. That removes one unknown from the planning: the day follows the light, not a tide table.
What remains is the season. And on both coasts that is the question which decides everything else.
Frequent questions
about the Baltic coast
Answers without detours
Do you also photograph in Timmendorfer Strand and on the Baltic coast?
Yes. Eight addresses in Timmendorfer Strand and Niendorf are on the reference list – four houses, three restaurants and a golf course. Fifteen of the forty addresses altogether are on the Baltic coast, across seven places: Travemünde, Hohwacht, Kühlungsborn, Zingst and Rügen as well.
Do you also photograph private holiday flats and holiday homes?
Yes, and not just in passing. The reference list includes the Golf Cubes holiday flat in Hohwacht, and a knowledge article deals with this segment alone. For a single flat a whole day rarely pays off – half a day is often enough, or several properties in one place are combined.
Do you also photograph golf courses?
Yes. Four of the forty addresses on the reference list involve golf: the courses at Timmendorfer Strand and Hohwacht, the Golf Resort Strandgrün and the holiday flats beside the fairway. From the ground a course cannot be taken in as a whole – that is what the drone is for, and it is included in the day rate. Four pictures have appeared in the Golf Post golf calendar so far.
When in the year should a house on the Baltic be photographed?
In summer. Somebody looking in January for a week on the Baltic coast has to be shown July – and by then it is six months back. That is why the planning here starts with the calendar and not with the picture list.
Is the journey worth it for a single house?
It depends on the scope, not on the number of houses. A hotel with a hundred rooms, a restaurant and a spa fills a day on its own – the journey to the Baltic is worth it for that alone. A holiday flat with three rooms does not fill it: there, properties get combined, with a second one in the same place, or it becomes a half day.
What does a day of photography on the Baltic coast cost?
A full day at the property costs 1,300 €, half a day 800 €, plus VAT in each case. That includes 25 or 15 finished, edited pictures, the editing and a right of use unlimited in time and place. Travel is 0.40 € per kilometre.
What is different on the Baltic compared with the North Sea?
On the North Sea the tides are part of the picture: what lies in front of the house at low tide is not what lies there at high tide, and the day is planned around it. On the Baltic the water stays. That removes one unknown from the planning – the day follows the light. What remains is the season.
Is your house there too?
If you run a house on the Baltic coast — on the Bay of Lübeck, in Ostholstein or further east — I am regularly in the area anyway. Then a day can be combined.