Below is an excerpt from my latest eBook Photoshop Enhancements for Flowers. Available only through A Creative Adventure HERE. This is a simple fix but I feel it makes the flower shine (last image is the final result). I hope this helps anyone struggling with post-processing. Straight-out-of-camera From “Photoshop Enhancements for Flowers” For the dahlia photo above, I used the crop tool to rotate the flower slightly before cropping it. Next, I filled in the areas shown with the red arrows on the screenshot below with the clone tool. I used the spot healing brush to eliminate all the dust spe ..read more

Bird Island, Seychelles workshop – July 17 - July 25, 2025 (8 nights total) Led by Paul McKenzie and Denise Ippolito Dates: July 17- 25th, 2025 Price: $7499.00 per person all inclusive. Limit 7 photographers. 1 night on the main island of Mahe and 7 nights on Bird Island SIGN UP HERE Bird Island and Photography During the period from 2001-2011, Paul made seven visits to Midway Atoll at the end of the Hawaiian Island chain. To this day, it remains one of the greatest wildlife destinations on our planet with more than half a million seabirds on the main island. But after it closed to the public ..read more

In my mind I’m going to Carolina… can’t you just feel the sunshine…. Anyway, I hope to be moving to the Carolinas this year. I’ve always felt a strong draw to move there, the appeal of low-country living and live oaks made me want to settle right in. When my daughter went to college in the Carolinas I visited as much as possible while running multiple businesses. I soon gave up on the dream to move there, especially when my daughter moved back to Jersey, met her husband and they had two of the most beautiful boys. So, life happens, and I have had a wonderful ride so far. After time, I set my ..read more

Black-browed albatross chick, Saunders, Falkland Islands In this series, I am going to give some behind the scenes details for one image at a time. I’ll go over some of my settings, what I did in the field, why I composed it the way I did, or any other bit of information that I feel is relevant to the image. I will not be posting this series on Facebook; it is meant to be a bonus article for my subscribers. Having a clean attractive background really helps when you want your photo to stand out. Busy backgrounds deter from the shot, and I avoid them unless they add to the scene. It is best to ..read more

Blue Cypress Lake Florida & More. - March 16-21, 2025 Blue Cypress Lake is a lake in Indian River County of the Treasure Coast in Florida. It is teaming with nesting Osprey. We will photograph the nests and the Osprey flying to and from the nests from a boat. We will be careful not to get too close as we do not want to disturb their behavior. However, we will be close enough for great images. Price: $2150.00. Dates: March 16-21, 2025 Limit 10 Included: Two Days on the Osprey boat with 2- three hour photo sessions each. The target during our time on the boat will be Osprey and Owls, photog ..read more

Kenya, Maasai Mara and Samburu ~ African Safari October 10- 20, 2025 Limit: 6 photographers Price $10,999. based on double occupancy We will have custom safari vehicles that are designed so that we can shoot out of the sides, or standing out of the top, and each person will have a row to themselves. This photo tour will be an amazing adventure with the very best guides and photographic opportunities. Join award winning photographer and tour leader Denise Ippolito for an amazing safari adventure to the Maasai Mara National Reserve. The Mara is an area of preserved savannah wilderness in southw ..read more

Florida East Coast Bird Photography Workshop - March 10-15th, 2025 Join multi-award winning photographer Denise Ippolito for five days of bird photography on the Florida East Coast. There are tons of great birding spots in Florida and we will hit quite a few of them, Exact locations will of course be determined by the birds—after all they are in charge! Daily schedule will be an early morning shoot followed by a break with informal image review and Photoshop/ Lightroom sessions as time permits, then head back out for a late afternoon shoot. A detailed file will be sent with hotel, gear and cl ..read more

In this new series, I am going to give some behind the scenes details for one image at a time. I’ll go over some of my settings, what I did in the field, why I composed it the way I did, or any other bit of information that I feel is relevant to the image. I will not be posting this series on Facebook, it is meant to be a bonus article for my subscribers. During our 2023 Mara safari, we were fortunate to have spent some time with a beautiful cheetah named Nashipae with her 4 cubs. Nashipae was/is a very good mother. She made her fearless cubs walk miles and miles so that she could hunt. They ..read more

For this road trip I’d like to further explore the area of southeast Utah, more specifically Factory Butte and surrounding areas. Last year I visited the butte area and thought the entire trip was amazing. I also thought that there was so much more to explore, but I didn’t have the chance. I am going back again for my third visit and taking 8 clients. Price $1899 Dates January 12-17th - 5 nights (we leave on the 17th) During this road trip we will drive to many of the BLM areas and parks in the area. Everyone will be responsible for driving their own car, park fees, meals and lodging. Before ..read more

Confused in the Rain In this new series, I am going to give some behind the scenes details for one image at a time. I’ll go over some of my settings, what I did in the field, why I composed it the way I did, or any other bit of information that I feel is relevant to the image. I will not be posting this series on Facebook, it is meant to be a bonus article for my subscribers. On an afternoon shoot in the Maasai Mara we came across four young lions (some female, some male) looking at a Monitor Lizard. It was right in front of them but it was not moving. The lions were all looking at it and you ..read more