Joe & Mary Ann McDonald

Joe and Mary Ann McDonald are a professional wildlife photography husband and wife team who have been teaching photo workshops and leading photo tours for the past 39 years. Their images have appeared in every major natural history magazine and calendar throughout the years. Joe has written 8 how-to books on photography, ten how-to eBooks and is the author of numerous natural history books and is a columnist in two photography magazines. He has produced several photography teaching videos and together they have created a YouTube channel to profile their work. Mary Ann has written 29 natural history children’s books, has published a Hoot Hollow Cookbook and a coffee table book on The Amish. They have photographed the Seven Big Cats of the World four different years, have completed 116 treks for mountain gorillas in Rwanda and have both named a baby gorilla in the Kwita Izina Naming Ceremony. They are both OM System Ambassadors; they have both won in the prestigious BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition and were awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the North American Nature Photographer’s Association in 2021.