This weekend I photographed a hockey tournament in Airdrie. Lots of great action and I took some great photographs. Tracy was helping me out as she usually does if I photograph tournaments, and I could never do it without her, so I'm very grateful! Here are a few shots from the thousands I took :)

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airdrie hockey tournament photo
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airdrie hockey tournament photo
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airdrie hockey tournament photo
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2010-06-02 11:11 Sergei Belski: Thank you very much!
2010-06-02 08:50 Brent: Great shots Sergei! Thats a busy schedule you have!
2010-05-31 11:57 Viktor: Great action pictures!

This morning I took my Vespa to the shop for its first service appointment. On my way home I found this nice place with a bunch of school busses, I thought it looked pretty interesting with a nice dark sky :) Busy weekend coming up, I'm photographing a big hockey tournament for the next 4 days... wish me luck :)

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I spent the weekend in Penticton, BC, where I photographed Amanda and Greg's beautiful wedding. Click on the link to see their engagement photographs I did back on October 25, 2009 in Revelstoke, BC. The wedding was great, beautiful weather, and I loved Penticton. Here some of the photographs from the wedding day :)

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Amanda and Greg had their ceremony at Linden Gardens in Kaleden, BC. Great place! So Beautiful! After the wedding ceremony we stayed there for a while for some photographs.

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We also took some photographs at a very cool paddle wheeler boat :)

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calgary wedding photographer penticton wedding photo
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CANON 1D MARK IV, 16-35 MM, ISO 400, F 2.8, 1/40, CANON 580EX II FLASH
calgary wedding photographer penticton wedding photo
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Congratulations Amanda and Greg! It was a great pleasure to be your wedding photographer!

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2010-05-29 23:43 Sergei Belski: Thank you Shamima!
2010-05-29 01:36 Shamima Sultana: wow..very nice photography...like it very much
2010-05-26 16:21 Sergei Belski: Thank you very much!
2010-05-26 06:45 Viktor: Very good pictures! I like practically all of them.
2010-05-25 11:43 Tracy B!: LOVE THESE PICS! I think they are your best yet. Sure I am biased, but still! My faves are the ones inside the boat--the couple on the couch, and the bride by herself on the couch--AMAZING!

I just made it home from a wonderful wedding! I will be posting some wedding photographs very shortly but for now I thought I would post a photo of my MINI, because I love it just as much as my Vespa :) It is much harder to stop and take a photo with a car than with a scooter, there are really not many places you can pull over.

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2010-05-26 08:01 Svetlana Yanova: gorgeous! We stayed at this hotel a couple of years ago when we went to the Enchanted Forest.:) Loved it!
2010-05-24 16:22 Sergei Belski: Thank you very much Randy!!
2010-05-24 06:19 Randy Santa-Ana: I am just a fan of your photography! Thanks for sharing these wonderful images at it really inspires me!

Tomorrow morning I'm driving to Penticton, BC to photograph a wedding! Before I go, I decided I would post some of my favourite photographs from today's family/grad photo shoot that I did at Fish Creek Park in Calgary.

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Just came back from a wonderful family/grad photo shoot at Fish Creek Park in Calgary. Because it was so close to my parents house I decided to stop by and see my mom. This is a photo of my Vespa in front of their garage, I love that bush full of flowers :) I will post photographs from the photo shoot soon.

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I had a couple of photo shoots for SAIT this morning.

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Of course I rode my Vespa to the photo shoot and here is an image I took of my scooter on my way home :)

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Sunny weather is finally here! Yesterday Tracy and I spent some time in our yard, had a nice little BBQ after playing soccer. Looking forward to have many BBQs this summer!

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2010-05-17 21:40 Maple: THAT LOOKS VERY YUMMY!!! I might make wings this weekend- if Sergey isn't too lazy to clean the BBQ :P
2010-05-17 10:08 Tracy B!: Wow, you sure make it look yummy! Kind of regretting not having any :(

It will be a busy week for me, I have some photo shoots and than a wedding to photograph in Penticton, BC on Saturday. Today was a relaxing day with Tracy and our friends! In the morning we visited Body Worlds & The Brain at the Telus World of Science... it was great, very interesting exhibit! In the afternoon my friend Greg and I went for a ride on our bikes. I'm happy that Greg still rides with me because I stop so much to take pictures :) Although my Vespa can go pretty fast, my style of riding is slow. I like stopping for photographs, like exploring different farm roads and finding where they lead.

calgary wedding photographer vespa photo
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calgary wedding photographer vespa photo
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calgary wedding photographer vespa photo
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2010-05-17 06:49 Tracy B!: Love the sunset picture, your new Vespa is starting to take on it's own persona and feel a bit animated finally--not as much as the Orange one, but better then before ;)
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2010-05-15 23:00 Sergei Belski: Maple: no I don't name my cars or scooters. I will come over sometime and he should buy one for sure, it will be great!
2010-05-15 16:25 Maple: Did you name your new Vespa? Or is it a girl thing? Looks pretty sharp! When are you going to ride over here and show it off? I know Sergey would LOVE to have one ;) Now look at what you have done- he always ask if he could get one b/c you have one- ;)
2010-05-13 13:50 Greggy_Baby: I think you should have picked up some of those frogs while you were there and placed them in your underseat storage!
2010-05-13 11:24 Sergei Belski: Doesn't make a difference to me... I will explore anything :)
2010-05-13 08:45 Tracy B!: Obviously impassable does not mean impossible ;)

I had to do some errands today, like buying some chocolate at Costco, etc :) Also had to deliver photographs to one of my clients in Cochrane. It was a wonderful day and I had lots of fun riding my scooter.

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It was nice to visit this bridge again, one of my favourite wedding photographs was taken here. You can see the photo in my Wedding Galleries.

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2010-05-12 06:23 April: Hey! I know that bridge! Of course the first time I was on it the thing was covered in snow and I was wearing a dress but good memories just the same :o)

I spent Saturday evening with this wonderful couple in the Town of Hanna, Alberta. We had a great photo shoot and here are some of the photographs :)

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calgary wedding photographer engagement photo
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2010-05-10 22:00 Sergei Belski: Thank you very much guys! Thank you Katya, it was great spending some time with you!
2010-05-10 16:49 Ekaterina: You are right on, 13 photos!:))) Great pictures!! I have some backstage photos for you on this one.
2010-05-10 15:23 Shelley: Nice location and cool couple! Love all the outfit changes..sweet job!
2010-05-10 13:57 Tracy B!: Wow, crazy location, looks war-torn! The lighting looks very soft in these pics, but I must admit the location seems like it would be ridiculously cool at sunset/dusk for pics! Maybe another time?!

Yesterday when I did my photo shoot for the AirdrieLIFE magazine one of the guys was missing so I took some photographs of him this morning :)

AirdrieLIFE photo
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Had a great time yesterday. Good company, good chicken wings, and a great ride to get there :) Busy day today, a couple of photo shoots and a meeting, better get started :)

calgary wedding photographer vespa photo
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calgary wedding photographer vespa photo
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2010-05-11 08:49 Sergei Belski: Thank you April!
2010-05-11 06:52 April: Congrats on the new Vespa!

One of the photographs from today's photo shoot for the AirdrieLIFE magazine.

AirdrieLIFE photo
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As some of you already know, I upgraded my scooter. I got a 2009 Vespa GTS 250 and it is great! My longer trips should be much safer now :) Today the weather is not the best but I went out to scout some wedding locations around Airdrie and Calgary, and of course I stopped and took some photos of my new scooter.

calgary wedding photographer vespa photo
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calgary wedding photographer vespa photo
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2010-05-07 15:09 Sergei Belski: Thank you Dawn! Yes orange is better for photographs and I loved the colour, but this one is much better to ride and I love it! Is it ok to be in love with a scooter? Hmm...
2010-05-07 07:30 Dawn : WOW... upgrade already... I have to say I liked your orange one better.... Congratulations!!!!

As some of you already know, I'm a man of many talents :) I just came back from hanging some of my work, wedding photographs, landscapes, and animals at the Airdrie Public Library. I have 18 photographs displayed, pretty much all photographs are 20x30 canvas prints, and I think they look great! They are all for sale and will be displayed there for two months, so please stop by and see them :)

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2010-05-04 19:48 Sergei Belski: Thank you! Yes they should... they probably not going to... but they should :)
2010-05-04 19:00 Ekaterina: Adds so much beauty to the library! They should buy these from you!:)
2010-05-03 19:17 Dawn : I don't really go to the library (its to quiet) but I may have to make a special trip... Hope the teens will check them out...
2010-05-03 10:46 Sergei Belski: Thank you :) I'm sure teens will enjoy :) My photographs are big and you can nicely see them from anywhere in the library.
2010-05-03 10:40 Tracy B!: Looks Great! I'll have to take a visit to go check them out! Do you think the Teens will enjoy?

I did a bit of riding with my friend Greg this weekend. We rode in Airdrie, Calgary, and Cochrane, visiting different ice cream shoppes.

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Vespa and a friend :) My scooter together with Greg's Honda CBR 125.

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