Joe McDonald has been photographing wildlife and nature for almost 40 years, beginning as a junior high school student. He has been selling images for almost 35 years, financing his hobby through high school with sales to the National Wildlife Federation's film library. Joe has been a full-time wildlife photographer since 1983. He has written several books, including The Wildlife Photographer's Field Manual, The New Complete Guide to Wildlife Photography and Photographing on Safari and he has produced one educational video entitled Photographing on Safari.

Joe and his wife, Mary Ann, conduct several photographic and Photoshop workshops from their home-studio at Hoot Hollow. They also run photographic tours and safaris to a variety of US and foreign destinations. They usually spend at least 12 weeks a year in East Africa, and regularly photograph on three continents a year.

Joe is a columnist for Outdoor Photographer magazine and for the web magazines, photosafaris.com and naturephotography.com. He is a regular contributor of images to most natural history publications.

Joe has appeared on several television programs promoting wildlife photography, including Nature's Best Photography, a series airing on the Outdoor Life Network (OLN).

He is a Second Grand Prize winner in the Valley Land Fund Wildlife Photo Contest.

Joe is perhaps best known for his high-speed flash expertise and for his action photography.

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