For 5 years now its been a tradition of me taking a photo of our house with a different vehicle in front of it. Here is this year's photo that I just took. Take a look at my previous photos from 2010, 2009, 2008 and 2007 . Our tree is bigger now, we didn't have much snow this year, and we have more Christmas lights up :) My last post of the year... HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!

vespa adventures christmas home photo
CANON 1D MARK IV, 16-35 MM, ISO 100, F 8, 13 SEC
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2014-09-20 06:45 catherine: love your Vespa photos and Vespa adventures.
2013-08-05 14:08 clippingpathoutsource. com: awesome,very very nice photography.
2012-01-01 10:44 Tracy B!: So little snow this year, but love the new lights--Thanks Honey!!!! Love your tradition, but hopefully no new vehicles next year though, right?!
2011-12-31 19:12 Vanessa Day: Kinda neat seeing the progression and also to see how much snow we've had in past years!

Can you believe it? December 29 and we have such a nice riding weather here :) I'm enjoying my time off and today I went out for a little ride on my Vespa.

vespa adventures sergei belski photo
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vespa adventures sergei belski photo
CANON 1D MARK IV, 24-70 MM, ISO 100, F 2.8, 1/1600
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2011-12-30 10:29 Sergei Belski: Thank you Charley! I'm not brave but If I will wait for the warm weather and no snow here, there will not be much time left to ride :) Have a Happy New Year!
2011-12-30 06:10 Charles Chapman: You are a brade soul to ride in the cold and left over snow. Good for you and it is always nice to see the pictures you take. Have a safe New Year. charley, TX

In the morning I visited the Calgary Zoo, here are a few shots.

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CANON 1D MARK IV, 70-200 MM, ISO 3200, F 4, 1/200
calgary zoo sergei belski photo
CANON 1D MARK IV, 70-200 MM, ISO 3200, F 2.8, 1/400
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2011-12-29 17:36 Sergei Belski: Thank you Maple! Yes Red pandas are so cute!
2011-12-29 10:22 Maple: I WANNA RED PANDA!! GREAT SHOTS!! (as usual) :)

Went out on my scooter this morning, mostly to test my new camera, but also couldn't resist taking a quick photo of my Vespa :)

vespa adventures sergei belski photo
CANON 1D MARK IV, 70-200 MM, ISO 200, F 3.5, 1/1000
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For Christmas I got a GoPro camera from Tracy. I was looking at the camera for a while and thought it would be great to have it for my scooter trips and to use it for some interesting angles on my photo shoots :) Today I did a couple of tests. For the Vespa shot I attached camera to the top of my helmet, it worked well but I would need to find a bit better position and try some different angles.

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GOPRO 2, 2.5 MM, ISO 212, F 2.8, 1/7
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GOPRO 2, 2.5 MM, ISO 100, F 2.8, 1/1129

For the bicycle shot I attached camera to Tracy's bike while she was biking behind me. Not many places on my bike for it, I would have to think about it. For the car shot I attached camera to the outside of my windshield. This was just a quick test and I'm looking forward playing with it more :)

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GOPRO 2, 2.5 MM, ISO 100, F 2.8, 1/1798
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GOPRO 2, 2.5 MM, ISO 100, F 2.8, 1/386
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2011-12-28 21:47 Sergei Belski: Its not just the camera.. its that big :)
2011-12-28 15:57 Viktor: Your Mini with this camera looks like a spacious van.

Happy Christmas Everybody! Thank you very much for making my year so great! Thank you for visiting my blog and leaving comments, really appreciate it! All the best to you in the New Year!!! If you are wondering... I got this pretty cool little Christmas ornament from Prints Charming.

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CANON 1D MARK IV, 70-200 MM, ISO 2500, F 4.5, 1/80
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2011-12-26 22:09 Sergei Belski: Thank you so much for all your nice comments! Hope you had a great Christmas!
2011-12-25 16:26 Dawn: Happy Christmas to you and Tracy. Thanks for sharing all your GREAT photos this year..Looking forward to seeing more in the New Year. Love mommy dearest
2011-12-25 09:14 Violetta: Happy Christmas Sergei!!!! Your photos are amazing! Keep up the great work you are doing...Love and miss u
2011-12-24 23:25 Kim Quade: I enjoy following your blog and keeping up with what is going on in your and Tracy's life. Thank you for sharing all your amazing photos. Merry Christmas ! Kim
2011-12-24 16:14 Viktor: Merry Christmas, Sergei! You worked hard this year, and many your pictures are just amazing. Wish you even better the next year!
2011-12-24 11:14 Tracy B!: Love It!!! Happy Christmas to you too Sergei!!! You make all our days, especially holidays, great!!! XOXO

Here are some photographs from the latest Christmas party I photographed. This was a second year in a row being hired by The Muse Group to photograph this company's Christmas party. I said it in the past and I will say it again... The Muse Group can put together a GREAT party! You can click HERE to see some photographs from the last year's event.

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CANON 1D MARK IV, 24-70 MM, ISO 1600, F 2.8, 1/160, 580EX II FLASH
calgary event photographer corporate christmas party photo
CANON 1D MARK IV, 24-70 MM, ISO 1000, F 2.8, 1/60
calgary event photographer corporate christmas party photo
CANON 1D MARK IV, 16-35 MM, ISO 1600, F 3.5, 1/125, 580EX II FLASH
calgary event photographer corporate christmas party photo
CANON 1D MARK IV, 24-70 MM, ISO 1600, F 2.8, 1/125, 580EX II FLASH
calgary event photographer corporate christmas party photo
CANON 1D MARK IV, 24-70 MM, ISO 800, F 2.8, 1/60, 580EX II FLASH
calgary event photographer corporate christmas party photo
CANON 1D MARK IV, 70-200 MM, ISO 1600, F 2.8, 1/250, 580EX II FLASH
calgary event photographer corporate christmas party photo
CANON 1D MARK IV, 24-70 MM, ISO 1600, F 2.8, 1/50, 580EX II FLASH
calgary event photographer corporate christmas party photo
CANON 1D MARK IV, 24-70 MM, ISO 400, F 2.8, 1/250, 580EX II FLASH
calgary event photographer corporate christmas party photo
CANON 1D MARK IV, 70-200 MM, ISO 1600, F 2.8, 1/640
calgary event photographer corporate christmas party photo
CANON 1D MARK IV, 70-200 MM, ISO 1600, F 2.8, 1/640
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CANON 1D MARK IV, 70-200 MM, ISO 1600, F 2.8, 1/500
calgary event photographer corporate christmas party photo
CANON 1D MARK IV, 24-70 MM, ISO 800, F 2.8, 1/60, 580EX II FLASH
calgary event photographer corporate christmas party photo
CANON 1D MARK IV, 24-70 MM, ISO 800, F 2.8, 1/60, 580EX II FLASH
calgary event photographer corporate christmas party photo
CANON 1D MARK IV, 24-70 MM, ISO 1000, F 2.8, 1/160, 580EX II FLASH
calgary event photographer corporate christmas party photo
CANON 1D MARK IV, 24-70 MM, ISO 800, F 2.8, 1/60, 580EX II FLASH
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I was running a Photo Booth at this event and it was very popular, here are a few images :)

calgary event photographer corporate christmas party photo
CANON 1D MARK IV, 24-70 MM, ISO 100, F 10, 1/250, STROBES
calgary event photographer corporate christmas party photo
CANON 1D MARK IV, 24-70 MM, ISO 100, F 10, 1/250, STROBES
calgary event photographer corporate christmas party photo
CANON 1D MARK IV, 24-70 MM, ISO 100, F 10, 1/250, STROBES
calgary event photographer corporate christmas party photo
CANON 1D MARK IV, 24-70 MM, ISO 100, F 10, 1/250, STROBES
calgary event photographer corporate christmas party photo
CANON 1D MARK IV, 16-35 MM, ISO 1600, F 4.5, 1/800
calgary event photographer corporate christmas party photo
CANON 1D MARK IV, 70-200 MM, ISO 1600, F 3.2, 1/640
calgary event photographer corporate christmas party photo
CANON 1D MARK IV, 16-35 MM, ISO 800, F 2.8, 1/200
calgary event photographer corporate christmas party photo
CANON 1D MARK IV, 16-35 MM, ISO 2000, F 2.8, 1/640
calgary event photographer corporate christmas party photo
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calgary event photographer corporate christmas party photo
CANON 1D MARK IV, 16-35 MM, ISO 100, F 2.8, 1/160, 580EX II FLASH
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Some photographs from a commercial photo shoot I did earlier this week for Fortis Alberta in High River, AB. I loved the foggy weather we had that morning :) Looking forward to another photo shoot for them tomorrow morning, this time in Okotoks, AB.

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CANON 1D MARK IV, 24-70 MM, ISO 200, F 2.8, 1/80
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CANON 1D MARK IV, 70-200 MM, ISO 200, F 4.5, 1/2000
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CANON 1D MARK IV, 24-70 MM, ISO 400, F 3.5, 1/1250
sergei belski fortis alberta photo
CANON 1D MARK IV, 24-70 MM, ISO 400, F 3.5, 1/320
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Here are some basketball photographs I took last week for St. Mary's University College.

stmu basketball sergei belski photo
CANON 1D MARK IV, 70-200 MM, ISO 100, F 4.5, 1/250, STROBES
stmu basketball sergei belski photo
CANON 1D MARK IV, 70-200 MM, ISO 100, F 4.5, 1/250, STROBES
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CANON 1D MARK IV, 70-200 MM, ISO 4000, F 2.8, 1/640
stmu basketball sergei belski photo
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stmu basketball sergei belski photo
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stmu basketball sergei belski photo
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stmu basketball sergei belski photo
CANON 1D MARK IV, 70-200 MM, ISO 4000, F 2.8, 1/640
stmu basketball sergei belski photo
CANON 1D MARK IV, 70-200 MM, ISO 4000, F 2.8, 1/640
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Tracy and I upgraded our bicycles. I'm not sure if this is an upgrade or not but we purchased two new folding bicycles. We got a Brompton and a MINI folding bikes, they both fold in seconds and fit nicely into my little MINI Cooper car :) Hopefully when the weather will get a bit nicer we can do some biking trips.

bicycle sergei belski photo
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CANON 1D MARK IV, 24-70 MM, ISO 100, F 5, 1/250, STROBES
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Brompton folding bike has a pretty good rear rack and a nice little pump :)

bicycle sergei belski photo
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CANON 1D MARK IV, 24-70 MM, ISO 100, F 5, 1/250, STROBES
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CANON 1D MARK IV, 24-70 MM, ISO 100, F 5, 1/250, STROBES
bicycle sergei belski photo
CANON 1D MARK IV, 24-70 MM, ISO 100, F 5, 1/250, STROBES
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2011-12-13 22:17 Sergei Belski: Vita, hopefully we can all go biking together one day... on the beach or in the snow.. on the beach would be better :)
2011-12-13 19:09 Vita: wow, they look very cool, but I'll get me a beach cruiser, hoping it will just fit in the back of my convertible:)
2011-12-13 13:01 Trevor Z: Sweet, thanks. I'll have to check it out next time I'm there. Didn't see it the last time, so they must be hiding them!
2011-12-12 14:24 Sergei Belski: Thank you Trevor, good to hear from you! I got it at the dealership when I took my MINI for service. It looks great and very comfy bike as well!
2011-12-12 12:02 Trevor Z: Nice. Where did you get the MINI Bike from?

For the third year in a row I was happy to be asked to do a group shot for this company... here is one of the fun shots that I took this morning :)

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CANON 1D MARK IV, 24-70 MM, ISO 125, F 8, 1/250, STROBES
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2011-12-15 06:08 Tracy B!: TOO FUN!

Back in August I had a pleasure working with a great photographer Edward Ross. Edward needed a second shooter for one of his weddings in Canmore, AB and I was more than happy to help! In my 6 years of photographing weddings, oddly enough, this was my first time not being the main photographer. It was great to see how Edward works and not to have the pressure of being the main guy for a change :) Here are a few photographs that I took.

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CANON 1D MARK IV, 13-35 MM, ISO 800, F 2.8, 1/40, 580EX II FLASH
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CANON 1D MARK IV, 16-35 MM, ISO 1600, F 2.8, 1/100
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CANON 1D MARK IV, 70-200 MM, ISO 1600, F 2.8, 1/125
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CANON 1D MARK IV, 24-70 MM, ISO 1600, F 2.8, 1/320
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CANON 1D MARK IV, 70-200 MM, ISO 100, F 2.8, 1/1000

Ceremony and reception was at beautiful Silvertip resort in Canmore, AB.

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CANON 1D MARK IV, 70-200 MM, ISO 200, F 2.8, 1/800
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CANON 1D MARK IV, 16-35 MM, ISO 1000, F 2.8, 1/100, 580EX II FLASH
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CANON 1D MARK IV, 24-70 MM, ISO 800, F 2.8, 1/160
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CANON 1D MARK IV, 24-70 MM, ISO 800, F 2.8, 1/250
wedding sergei belski photo
CANON 1D MARK IV, 70-200 MM, ISO 1600, F 2.8, 1/125
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2011-12-14 09:53 Sergei Belski: Thank you very much!
2011-12-13 19:12 Vita: another beautiful wedding! U are very good, Sergei....super proud of u!!!!!

We got a pretty big snow fall last night, so this morning I decided to check out Calgary Zoo and take some animal photographs. Here are a few of my favourites :)

calgary zoo sergei belski photo
CANON 1D MARK IV, 70-200 MM, ISO 250, F 4.5, 1/1000
calgary zoo sergei belski photo
CANON 1D MARK IV, 70-200 MM, ISO 400, F 3.5, 1/200
calgary zoo sergei belski photo
CANON 1D MARK IV, 70-200 MM, ISO 200, F 5.6, 1/50
calgary zoo sergei belski photo
CANON 1D MARK IV, 70-200 MM, ISO 400, F 6.3, 1/5000
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CANON 1D MARK IV, 70-200 MM, 1.4 TC, ISO 400, F 4.5, 1/1600
calgary zoo sergei belski photo
CANON 1D MARK IV, 70-200 MM, ISO 400, F 3.5, 1/320
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2011-12-05 21:07 Sergei Belski: Thank you! Good to see that you still visit my blog :)
2011-12-05 20:25 Viktor: Agree with Tracy, the cougar and the red panda are especially good. Great pictures!
2011-12-05 08:58 Sergei Belski: Thank you Tracy!
2011-12-05 07:21 Tracy B!: Wow, I really miss your animal photos! LOVE the close-up cougar and the red panda in the morning sun looks gorgeous--just won't to take him home and squeeze him!!!! Thanks for sharing!!!
2011-12-04 23:00 Sergei Belski: Thank you very much!
2011-12-04 22:39 Runa: Beautiful photos!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2011-12-04 20:46 Sergei Belski: Thank you Dawn! Don't worry, it was actually very nice out today :)
2011-12-04 16:24 Dawn: GREAT pics Sergei! The snow looks great with the animals, not sure I want to come home to that though! Great work.

Yesterday I covered a women's hockey game for Mount Royal University. Cougars played against Red Deer College Queens. Here are some of the photographs I took :)

mount royal university volleyball sergei belski photo
CANON 1D MARK IV, 16-35 MM, ISO 4000, F 2.8, 1/640
mount royal university volleyball sergei belski photo
CANON 1D MARK IV, 24-70 MM, ISO 4000, F 2.8, 1/640
mount royal university volleyball sergei belski photo
CANON 1D MARK IV, 70-200 MM, ISO 4000, F 2.8, 1/640
mount royal university volleyball sergei belski photo
CANON 1D MARK IV, 70-200 MM, ISO 4000, F 2.8, 1/640
mount royal university volleyball sergei belski photo
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mount royal university volleyball sergei belski photo
CANON 1D MARK IV, 70-200 MM, ISO 4000, F 2.8, 1/500
mount royal university volleyball sergei belski photo
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mount royal university volleyball sergei belski photo
CANON 1D MARK IV, 70-200 MM, ISO 4000, F 2.8, 1/640
mount royal university volleyball sergei belski photo
CANON 1D MARK IV, 70-200 MM, ISO 4000, F 2.8, 1/640
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2011-12-04 23:00 Sergei Belski: Thank you!
2011-12-04 22:39 Runa: Brilliant shots!!!!!!!!!

Here are a couple of shots from an event I photographed on Monday for St. Mary's University College. The evening began with presentation by Dr. David Bershad, Art History Professor at St. Mary's University College and the University of Calgary, followed by officially lighting the water tower with more than 8,000 Christmas lights.

stmu event sergei belski photo
CANON 1D MARK IV, 70-200 MM, ISO 2500, F 2.8, 1/80
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CANON 1D MARK IV, 70-200 MM, ISO 2000, F 2.8, 1/100
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CANON 1D MARK IV, 70-200 MM, ISO 10000, F 2.8, 1/25
stmu event sergei belski photo
CANON 1D MARK IV, 70-200 MM, ISO 2500, F 2.8, 1/100
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CANON 1D MARK IV, 16-35 MM, ISO 2500, F 4, 1/80
stmu event sergei belski photo
CANON 1D MARK IV, 24-70 MM, ISO 100, F 8, 10 SEC
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Here are some of my volleyball photographs that I took for Mount Royal University on Saturday night. After photographing for 6 years at the same facility it is pretty hard to stay creative, but I'm trying by running around and photographing from different angles.

mount royal university volleyball sergei belski photo
CANON 1D MARK IV, 24-70 MM, ISO 1000, F 4, 1/160
mount royal university volleyball sergei belski photo
CANON 1D MARK IV, 24-70 MM, ISO 3200, F 2.8, 1/800
mount royal university volleyball sergei belski photo
CANON 1D MARK IV, 70-200 MM, ISO 2500, F 2.8, 1/800
mount royal university volleyball sergei belski photo
CANON 1D MARK IV, 70-200 MM, ISO 3200, F 3.2, 1/800
mount royal university volleyball sergei belski photo
CANON 1D MARK IV, 70-200 MM, ISO 3200, F 3.2, 1/800
mount royal university volleyball sergei belski photo
CANON 1D MARK IV, 70-200 MM, ISO 2500, F 2.8, 1/800
mount royal university volleyball sergei belski photo
CANON 1D MARK IV, 70-200 MM, ISO 3200, F 3.2, 1/640
mount royal university volleyball sergei belski photo
CANON 1D MARK IV, 70-200 MM, ISO 2500, F 2.8, 1/800
mount royal university volleyball sergei belski photo
CANON 1D MARK IV, 24-70 MM, ISO 800, F 2.8, 1/160
mount royal university volleyball sergei belski photo
CANON 1D MARK IV, 70-200 MM, ISO 3200, F 2.8, 1/1000
mount royal university volleyball sergei belski photo
CANON 1D MARK IV, 70-200 MM, ISO 3200, F 2.8, 1/800
mount royal university volleyball sergei belski photo
CANON 1D MARK IV, 70-200 MM, ISO 3200, F 2.8, 1/1000
mount royal university volleyball sergei belski photo
CANON 1D MARK IV, 70-200 MM, ISO 3200, F 2.8, 1/800
mount royal university volleyball sergei belski photo
CANON 1D MARK IV, 70-200 MM, ISO 3200, F 2.8, 1/800
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