A Crisis of Conscience. As photographers, most of us will face at some point in our lives a moral dilemma. To shoot or not to shoot. That is the question. My story below details the struggle that I had with my moral compass as to whether to photograph the flood-stricken county of Cumbria only days after they suffered their worst floods to date in December … Read more

In an attempt to offer some light relief during these very difficult times, professional UK landscape workshop photographer Melvin Nicholson and fellow professional photographer Tony Higginson decided to create a light-hearted, in-depth question and answer video on a range of landscape photography related questions posed by their Facebook group followers. The topics discussed include their favourite locations, photographers and images right through to a variety … Read more

In November 2019 I was contacted by the Deputy Editor of Amateur Photographer, Geoff Harris and asked if I would like to be involved in providing content for an article entitled ‘Great Shots Whatever The Weather’ to be published at the end of January 2020. I was delighted to assist. My Fogbow image made it into the article too. During our thirty minute conversation on … Read more

HELLO and welcome to my Top Ten Images of 2019 and a brief explanation of the images and why I took them. This year, I have found the whole process of trying to decide which ten images make my top ten list so incredibly difficult for a range of reasons. I have visited more amazing places during 2019 including Canada, Venice and Tuscany for the … Read more

A good friend of mine shared on Facebook three versions of the same image shoot with his Canon 7D MK2 stating that the noise levels were higher than he’d like. He also mentioned that he had run the image through Topaz’s DeNoise noise reduction, noise reduction editing software and found it to be quite simply amazing. As someone who shoots with a Canon EOS R … Read more

WOW, what a response I received from over 250 of you who, when asked to decide which twelve images should grace my A3 2020 Calendar, stepped forward and voted in droves. Just to recap, I wanted the process of creating my 2020 calendar to be an interactive experience and so I made the decision that I wanted to give you all an opportunity to assist … Read more

I am delighted to announce that I have been appointed an official Kase Filters UK Sales Agent CLICK HERE to VIEW/BUY the range of Kase filters in my website shop. Please Note: Items delivered within the UK only For those thinking of buying Kase for the first time, I recommend my ‘Melvin’s Choice’ Kit which I have specially created for those who require an excellent … Read more

I am delighted to have been notified that for the fourth year in succession, I have once again been awarded the Tripadvisor Certificate of Excellence having received the same accolade the past three years. As it currently stands, I have over 120 ‘Excellent’ reviews (4th July 2019). I am very proud of this achievement as it is the culmination of many years dedicating myself to … Read more

This blog is really a tale of two stories. One involving a day spent using the latest Olympus OM-D E-M1X mirrorless camera and the other a day spent as a guest of Olympus in conjunction with the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) Power Maxed Racing (PMR) team on qualifying day at Oulton Park 29th June 2019. So the basis of this blog is to talk … Read more

In February 2019, I spent a week photographing Lofoten in the depth of winter. I filmed myself photographing in six wonderful locations and in both videos, I explain how I composed the photos that I took in the videos as well as show you the final images taken, the equipment and camera settings used and I also offer up a few tips and tricks to … Read more

I am absolutely delighted to have my ‘Traigh Bheag, Isle of Harris’ image feature on the front cover of the March 2019 edition of the world’s oldest (and still published) magazine, The Scots Magazine. The magazine celebrated its 280th anniversary on the 9th February 2019. The image featured was taken by me in January 2017 during a week long trip to Harris and Lewis in … Read more