Nigel Hicks Photography

17/07/2026

With summer on us, I thought it time I put in a new word about my books, currently available on my website (as well as on Amazon and high street bookshops).

Mostly travel and nature photography about southwest England, but also about my other big area: the Philippines.

These include: Wild Southwest, Beautiful Devon, Beautiful Cornwall, Beautiful Somerset, Beautiful Dorset, Wild Philippines, Exploring the Philippines.

And until 10th August you can get 10% off any of them. Just use this coupon at checkout:

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Go to https://www.nigelhicks.com/nigel-hicks-photography-products/nigels-bookshop/

I hope you'll love these books!

13/07/2026

It's time for a new blog article! This one, just published on my website give tips and techniques for how to successfully photograph high contrast scenes, overcoming the shortcomings of a camera sensor's limited dynamic range.

To have a read go to: https://www.nigelhicks.com/keeping-image-contrast-down/

The image shown here illustrates in-camera HDR used to cope with bright light through backlit vegetation. I hope you like it!

'Keeping Image Contrast Down' is a blog by pro photographer Nigel Hicks, giving tips on how to ensure images have no burn-out or black shadows

03/07/2026

It has taken me a while to get to this, but a collection of images taken by me while running this spring's photography workshops are now up on my website.

You can take a look by going to: https://www.nigelhicks.com/photography-workshops-courses/photography-course-images/.

I hope you'll like them!

My autumn workshops kick off in September. All events still have spaces, so I'd love to have you come along. I'll look forward to hearing from you. Find out more by going to: https://www.nigelhicks.com/photography-workshops-courses/one-day-photography-courses/photography-courses-programme/.

To whet your appetite here are a few images from this spring's workshops.

See you in the autumn!

21/05/2026

Dusk over the estuary of the Taw and Torridge Rivers, looking from Instow towards Appledore.

A beautiful day turned into a beautiful evening, with this lovely dusk. I shot this while running my recent Taw and Torridge coastal photography workshop a couple of weeks ago. Everyone had a wonderful day along the shore and in the dunes.

You can see more workshop images at: https://www.nigelhicks.com/photography-workshops-courses/photography-course-images/

I've two more workshops this spring: Dartmoor in spring and Exmoor in spring.

Details are at:
https://www.nigelhicks.com/photography-workshops-courses/one-day-photography-courses/photography-courses-programme/

If you'd like to come along, get in touch. I'd love to hear from you and to see you.

28/04/2026

I thought you might like to see some of the photography that I've been doing for my ongoing book project about the marine life of the Philippines. So here are a few images of just some of the colourful reef fish you might see swimming around a Philippines coral reef.

The fish you'll see in this little taster are:
1. Longfin spadefish
2. Roving Coral Grouper
3. Redlip Parrotfish
4. Coral Rabbitfish
5. Yellowmask Surgeonfish

I hope you'll enjoy the photos!

28/03/2026

It's almost April and suddenly it's nearly time to start my spring photography workshops!

This year's spring series kicks off on 26th April with a day of architectural photography in the beautiful city of Bath, shooting views and details of its many historic buildings.

This is followed on 9th May by some coastal landscape photography in the estuary of the Taw and Torridge Rivers, on Devon's rugged northern coast.

Then on 16th May it's the turn of Cornwall's rugged Atlantic coast, where we'll be photographing some stunning, rocky coves around Boscastle. We'll be shooting through the afternoon up until sunset.

30th May will be my annual Dartmoor in Spring workshop, when we'll be photographing in ancient woodland along the banks of the River Dart, and then out on the open moors nearby.

Finally, 6th June will see me running my Exmoor in Spring workshop, shooting in riverside woodlands, on open moors, and then along a little of the national park's coastline.

All in all, it'll be five great workshops in some beautiful parts of southwest England. So if you'd like to come along to have a great day of photography, improving your skills and generally enjoying the great outdoors please sign up.

Details of all the events, along with sign-up, can be found at https://www.nigelhicks.com/photography-workshops-courses/one-day-photography-courses/photography-courses-programme/.

I'll look forward to hearing from you, and to seeing you this spring.

Meanwhile, here are a few images from previous workshops to whet your appetite.

25/02/2026

I'm now back from my Maldives trip, and the terrible dose of jetlag is almost gone. Time to get back in touch with the world!

Here are the first couple of images taken with my new drone while in the Maldives. I hope you'll like them, because there are a whole lot more still to come!

And an added note: my spring photography workshops kick off in April, so sign up now to join the fun! To find out more go to: https://www.nigelhicks.com/photography-workshops-courses/one-day-photography-courses/photography-courses-programme/.

18/01/2026

I hope the new year has got off to a good start for everyone. For me it has had a flying start, in the form of being commissioned to do another book about the Philippines.

This time it's entitled Underwater Guide to the Philippines; a guide book to the dive and snorkelling sites around the country, and some of the marine life you're likely to encounter.

I'm really quite excited to get stuck into this. Last week I spent a day in Paris, visiting the Paris Dive Show, where I was able to drum up quite a lot of support from Philippine dive centres and resorts that were exhibiting there.

Now it's a question of gathering together data on diving from dive centres all over the country. Actually doing some diving and underwater photography will come later.

Meanwhile, I thought I'd post this little video of work I've done in the past in the Maldives and the Philippines, to set the mood. I hope you like it!