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Nigel wants to sell his trusty Canon EOS 1Ds camera, having recently invested in a Canon EOS 5D MkII. Nigel's 1Ds travelled the world with him for over five years and has given hardly a moment's trouble. Almost all the images you see on this website were taken with that camera. Inevitably, it is well used, but is also in good condition, and comes with five batteries (admittedly a couple getting a bit tired), straps, charger, cables, mains adapter, software disc and manual. Price, Ł800 incl p&p. Anyone interested should e-mail him at nigel@nigelhicks.com, or phone on 01626 770181.

Nigel's first ever calendar will be published some time this summer, in time for the 2011 market. Produced in conjuntion with Infocado and the Calendar Club, among Britain's biggest calendar publishers and distributors, this will be a beautiful wall calendar, 30x30cm (12x12in), whose images will cover some of Devon and Cornwall's most stunning landscapes. Many of the images overlap with Nigel's Southwest Landscapes greetings cards, but some are completely new images. It will be for sale in a range of shops around the southwest, as well as from this website. Send an e-mail to info@nigelhicks.com if you would like to place an advance order (but don't send any money just yet!). A preview of the calendar's design will be posted on this site shortly. If you'd like to find out right away, send us an e-mail.

Nigel has just signed up with the National Geographic Image Collection. April 2010.

In March Nigel was invited to join up with the National Geographic Society's photo library, following which Nigel signed a contract just before Easter. Run separately from the famous magazine, but of course all part of the NGS and also run from Washington DC, much of the international photography Nigel has been involved with over the past few years dovetails perfectly with the type of imagery the NGS Image Collection markets. It's still very early days of course, but Nigel hopes to start supplying images to the library by the end of April. To find out more about the NGS Image Collection visit www.nationalgeographicstock.com.

For the first time Nigel will be running a four-day photography course. Set for mid-week dates, it will run 11-15th October 2010, and will be based at the Bossiney House Hotel, near Tintagel on the north Cornwall coast. This will be a mainly coastal landscape photography course, using photo locations ranging from Port Isaac to the south, as far as the cliffs near Bude to the north, as well as the coves and harbours around Boscastle and Tintagel. Click here for full details.

In addition to the dates for the spring course (23-25 April), we have now also confirmed details of our autumn weekend course, running 29-31 October. Based at the lovely Durrant House Hotel, on the outskirts of Bideford in North Devon, this will be a largely coastal photography course, making the most of the area's renowned rugged cliffs and enormous sandy beaches, and ranging from Morwenstow, just inside Cornwall in the west, to Morte Point and Woolacombe Bay in the east. We're taking bookings for both the spring and autumn courses, so click here for details of the spring course (to be based at Bovey Tracey in south Devon), and here for the Bideford-based autumn course.

We can now confirm details of our spring 2010 photography course. It will be held over the weekend of 23rd-25th April, based at Coombe Cross Hotel, in the village of Bovey Tracey, on the eastern edge of Dartmoor National Park, south Devon. Details for our autumn 2010 course are just being put together and will be published shortly. We are also planning a new venture, a five-day course, to be held early in the autumn, hopefully somewhere on the north coast of Cornwall. We're hoping this will come together shortly. To see full details of the spring 2010 course, click here.

I had a great time photographing all over Iceland during June-July, and selected images were long ago sent off to the publisher. It has taken me a long time to get sample images loaded onto this site, but they are finally there. Click here to see images.

The giant rock band Muse recently kicked off its world tour with two gigs on the sea-front of their home town, Teignmouth, in Devon, southwest England. Living nearby, I was able to capture the amazing event. To see images click here. To use the images go to www.photoshot.com and type 'B821 Muse Teignmouth' in the home page search box.

Yes, I'm about to head off again on another commissioned photo shoot, this time to Iceland. I'll be there for five weeks, for the first 10 days in Reykjavik, photographing museums, restaurants and hotels. Then I head off into the countryside for three weeks, photographing everything from yet more museums to puffins, glaciers, mountains and rugged coastline. Fingers are crossed for some decent weather. Watch this space for some photos later. I'll be back home in mid-July, so images should be up on this site by August.

I finally got back to Britain from the Chile photo shoot on 25th March. The shoot was a qualified success - Chile was lovely, but the project was hard work, not helped by ample helpings of rain, a dose of food poisoning and a car break-in (nothing significant stolen). Great landscape in Chile's south, however, with superb mountains and glaciers, as well as a few smouldering volcanoes, one of which blew its lid while I was in the country. I'm now working my way through a mountain of photos destined for the client, but a collection will be posted on the site for everyone to see shortly. Watch this space!

From 20th Jan I will be off on another commissioned overseas photo shoot, this time shooting the southern half of Chile. Scheduled to take five weeks, the trip will cover much of the country lying south of the capital Santiago, all the way down to the islands around Cape Horn. It's a challenging shoot - a bit of a logistical nightmare, actually - but I've been wanting to go to Chile for some time, so this new commission is a great opportunity. Keep a look out for images posted on this site after I get back.

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