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About landm
Mark and Leslie Degner are photographers based in central Alberta, Canada that specialize in, but don’t limit themselves to, photographing western Canada and the Canadian Rocky Mountains. They offer inspiring images that vary from the abstract to realistic, the intimate scene to the grand landscape, and the human element to the breathtaking beauty of nature that surrounds us.
February 18, 2019 by landm
Winter Mountain Magic Photography Tour – Jan 9th – 13th 2019 – Karen Cosper’s Images
In early January we had the first of our two Winter Mountain Magic Photography Tour out at Aurum Lodge. They were a great group of photographers and we had a wonderful time with them out in the field photographing and back at the lodge socializing. Below are a few of Karen’s favorites from this year’s […]
February 15, 2019 by landm
Winter Mountain Magic Photography Tour – January 9th – 13th 2019 – Alan Ernst’s Images
Alan Ernst co-leads the Winter Mountain Magic Photography Tour along with Mark and myself. Alan and his wife Madeleine are also the owners of Aurum Lodge where the tour is based. Here are a few images Alan took during this year’s tour. – Leslie
January 22, 2019 by landm
New Bird list
This Common Raven was hanging around in a parking lot looking for handouts, instead he had his picture taken. We’ve decided to continue the “Bird List” challenge for another year. So far Mark has about 15 more bird species than I have but have no fear I will slowly catch up to him. – Leslie
May 25, 2018 by landm
High Speed Photography
A number of weeks ago as we were driving home from the mountains I played around with creating some ICM images. Although the camera did not move very much, the vehicle was moving at a high rate of speed. Please only try this if someone else is doing the driving. Her are a few images […]
April 16, 2018 by landm
A couple of birds for the list
Last year Mark and I took up the challenge from a friend, to take part in the “150 Bird Challenge” to see how many bird species we could identify during Canada’s 150th birthday year. The goal was to try and count at least 150 bird species during the year within Canada. Mark ended up counting […]
April 12, 2018 by landm
Spring Fling 2018 Art Show and Sale
This Weekend the Art Society of Strathcona Country presents the “Spring Fling 2018 Art Show and Sale” at the A.J. Ottewell Community Centre, 590 Broadmore Blvd., in Sherwood Park, Alberta. See art works by over 30 local artists. Show hours are Friday April 13 from 7pm to 9pm, Saturday Apr. 14 from 10am to 4pm […]
March 13, 2018 by landm
A spirit dances amongst the trees
I was recently editing images, when I noticed something different in this ICM (intentional camera movement) image. Can you see what I see? – Leslie
March 6, 2018 by landm
Winter Mountain Magic Photography Tour 2018 – Atri Ray’s images
Atri Ray is very passionate and enthusiastic about photography and I believe that it shows up in his images. He is a really fun person to have along on a tour. Here are a few of Atri’s favorite images from the tour.
March 1, 2018 by landm
Winter Mountain Magic Photography Tour 2018 – Leslie’s images
I am finally getting around to posting a few of my favorite images from the Winter Mountain Magic Photography Tour that ran this past January. For photographers that are interested in joining one of our photo tours we have two upcoming ones for later this year (Transition to Winter Photo Tour – November 14th to […]
February 17, 2018 by landm