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FEBRUARY 18, 2010 | Calgary Sports Photographers | Favorite Photographs

I just finished updating my sports gallery with new and larger photographs and I though I would put some of my favourite photographs on the blog and see what you think. I would love to see your comments saying what image is your favourite :)

CANON 1D MARK II, 400 MM, ISO 320, F 2.8, 1/1250

CANON 1D MARK II, 70-200 MM, ISO 100, F 2.8, 1/2500

CANON 1D MARK II, 70-200 MM, ISO 800, F 3.2, 1/500

CANON 1D MARK II, 70-200 MM, ISO 500, F 9, 1/100

CANON 1D MARK II, 400 MM, ISO 100, F 2.8, 1/2500

CANON 1D MARK IV, 70-200 MM, ISO 100, F 2.8, 1/250, STROBES

CANON 1D MARK II, 16-35 MM, ISO 100, F 13, 1/25

CANON 1D MARK II, 400 MM, X1.4 TC, ISO 640, F 4.5, 1/800

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2010-03-04 15:59

Sergei Belski:

Thank you Violetta, I took the photo. I attached my camera to the back sit and used a remote trigger :)

2010-03-02 19:28

Violetta:

I love the pic where you are driving your mini!!!! Who took it? How was it done? It looks very relaxed, chill, and fast at the same time. I love it!

2010-02-24 15:52

Sergei Belski:

Trevor, I wonder why you picked a MINI photo :) Thank you!

2010-02-24 10:10

Trevor Z:

Definitely the MINI picture :D. They are all fantastic though!

2010-02-22 11:58

Sergei Belski:

Thank you very much for all your comments! Its not really sports photo, but I think my favourite is me driving a MINI, I had fun photographing it :)

2010-02-22 07:41

Shawna Benson:

I think you ROCK sports photography! They are all wonderful!!

2010-02-21 23:26

Maple:

I like the one with you driving.

2010-02-18 22:24

Viktor:

Great pictures, the "horse legs" is my favourite one. It's the highest level!

2010-02-18 17:59

Paul Rice:

Nice work Sergei - as usual. 900 lbs on the back HAS to hurt. Keep up the good work.

2010-02-18 13:53

Greg P:

I still gotta go with the horse legs pic. It's a classic and I was with you when you took it. I will go with the motion capture mini shot second best. The horse on top of the cowboy is interesting, but oh so wrong.

2010-02-18 13:40

Tracy B!:

Great pics--I remember them all ;) I think I like you in your Mini the best...though not sure it really should be considered a sport?

FEBRUARY 13, 2010 | Calgary Sports Photographers | MRC Cougars/Lethbridge Kodiaks Basketball

Here are some photographs that I took on Friday night for Mount Royal University Cougars, who played against Lethbridge Kodiaks. So far this is turning out to be a basketball month on my blog and I have another basketball tournament next weekend.

CANON 1D MARK IV, 70-200 MM, ISO 250, F 3.2, 1/250, STROBES

CANON 1D MARK IV, 70-200 MM, ISO 320, F 3.2, 1/250, STROBES

CANON 1D MARK IV, 70-200 MM, ISO 250, F 2.8, 1/250, STROBES

CANON 1D MARK IV, 70-200 MM, ISO 320, F 3.2, 1/250, STROBES

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FEBRUARY 8, 2010 | Calgary Sports Photographers | Bowness High School Basketball Tournament

On Friday and Saturday I photographed Bowness Trojans Classic Basketball Tournament at Bowness High School in Calgary. This was my 4th year photographing it and it was great as always. Thank you Tracy for helping me out, without you it wouldn't be possible!! You can also see some photographs from the last year's tournament in my blog archives

CANON 1D MARK IV, 70-200 MM, ISO 160, F 2.8, 1/250, STROBES

CANON 1D MARK IV, 70-200 MM, ISO 100, F 2.8, 1/250, STROBES

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2010-02-21 23:20

Sergei Belski:

I'm very bad at photoshop. I try to do everything I can in camera, and try to stay away from photoshop as much as I can so I'm really not the right person to give advice on how to do anything in photoshop :) I was asked about my logo before and I wrote my process (again, probably not the best way) on a Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=14387663313&topic=4360 Hope it will help :)

2010-02-21 13:39

Dan Smith:

Sergei, thanks for the information. I shoot a lot of sports and really like shooting 'through' the action. I get the peak as I start and follow up expression and sometimes an even better shot than the one I was working for. One problem I am having in trying to put my logo on the images. I use Printroom.com and they take Jpegs for the galleries and prints. I can't get a jpeg to have a transparent background and stay that way when I save the image. Photoshop saves it as a PSD. I am using jpegs, not Gif or PSD. Any way you know of to make the Logo stay as a layer so I only have to upload the full image for delivery after stripping the logo layer off it?

2010-02-18 09:40

Sergei Belski:

Forgot to mention that yes they all connected to the power outlets. Battery will not do it. Shooting with strobes you have to time your shots. Recycle time is like 2 seconds so you need to time your shots at the pick action. Knowing sports helps. I really don't find it limiting and when I shoot without strobes I also time my shots.

2010-02-18 09:33

Dan Smith:

Thanks for the information. The images do look good. I am looking toward next year with volleyball, basketball and wrestling. I love the full intense color. I use strobes seldom, relying on fast lenses and shooting in gyms I know are lit well enough to use them. Does having to wait for recycling of the flash put a crimp in your shooting? I tend to 'shoot through' peak action. Pick the peak and trigger a 3-5 shot burst, like shooting an M16. This has given me a lot of follow up facial expressions that are worth it. I got to your site from SportsShooter.com... so someone reads what you posted. Thanks for the information.

2010-02-17 23:13

Sergei Belski:

Thank you very much Dan! Its hard to have a diagram, I use different setup every time I photograph. Its all depends on the venue and what sport. I use Alien Bee strobes, anywhere from 2 to 6 of them. I always point them up towards the ceiling and bounce them. This way I get the softest light and I don't bother the athletes. Plus I really don't like the look of the direct strobes, I'm trying to have the look so you can't really tell if I used strobes or not. For this tournament I had 2 x 1600 strobes, set on one side of the court. One attached to the shot clock and one on the light stand. Advice.. make sure you have permission to use strobes, when I use them, I'm always hired and officials and everyone involved knows that I will be using them. Other than that, just play around and find what works for you :) About my logo, I use photoshop, copy/past. When I sell or deliver photos I don't have any watermarks, its just for Internet.

2010-02-17 21:29

Dan Smith:

Forgot this on the first comment. How are you putting your logo on each photo? A simple photoshop action? When you sell prints do you have the logo on the delivered work or just on the internet images? Looks good, clean and professional.

2010-02-17 21:27

Dan Smith:

Nice work. Can you put up a diagram of how you set up the alien bee strobes? Are you doing a ceiling bounce or direct onto the court? All battery powered or wired for power from wall plugs? A blog entry covering this would be much appreciated. Any particular problems you have run into using your setup? Advice for those of us wanting to try it?? thanks, Dan

2010-02-09 21:05

Viktor:

Excellent pictures, the quality is perfect! And the shots persuasively demonstrate how seriously these young guys were struggling in this tournament.

2010-02-09 09:43

Tracy B@:

Great Pics! Love the collection you put together, I think you picked almost all my favorite ones--except your missing a stellar team huddle picture--those were super popular!

2010-02-08 22:21

Sergei Belski:

Thank you Vanessa!

2010-02-08 20:10

Vanessa Day:

Pretty wicked shots here Sergei!

JANUARY 30, 2010 | Calgary Sports Photographers | MRC / NAIT Hockey

Friday night I photographed girls hockey game for Mount Royal University Cougars, who played against NAIT's OOKS.

CANON 1D MARK IV, 70-200 MM, ISO 125, F 2.8, 1/250, STROBES

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2010-01-31 18:43

Sergei Belski:

Thank you Katya! Its hard to tell about camera, for games like this I use strobes so the quality is great with all my cameras. I do love it, the high ISO is great! I would be able to tell more when I will shoot some other events where I can actually push it :)

2010-01-31 18:25

Ekaterina:

Excellent! How do you like the new 1D4?

JANUARY 25, 2010 | Calgary Sports Photographer | MRC / Red Deer College Volleyball

Here are some photographs from two volleyball games that I photographed on Friday night for Mount Royal University Cougars, who played against Red Deer College.

calgary hockey MRC/Red Deer College photo

CANON 1D MARK III, 70-200 MM, ISO 320, F 3.2, 1/250, STROBES

CANON 1D MARK III, 70-200 MM, ISO 250, F 3.2, 1/250, STROBES

CANON 1D MARK III, 70-200 MM, ISO 320, F 3.2, 1/250, STROBES

CANON 1D MARK III, 70-200 MM, ISO 200, F 2.8, 1/250, STROBES

CANON 1D MARK III, 70-200 MM, ISO 320, F 2.8, 1/250, STROBES

CANON 1D MARK III, 70-200 MM, ISO 200, F 2.8, 1/250, STROBES

CANON 1D MARK III, 70-200 MM, ISO 320, F 2.8, 1/250, STROBES

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2010-01-26 00:13

Sergei Belski:

Thank you very much!

2010-01-25 19:35

Vanessa Day:

I loved playing in MRC!! Best gym ever...

2010-01-25 17:40

Israel Groveman:

Really great work! Loved looking at these.

JANUARY 23, 2010 | Calgary Sports Photographer | MRC / Augustana Hockey

Yesterday night I photographed a hockey game for Mount Royal University Cougars, who played against Augustana's Vikings. It was an interesting and high scoring game where Mount Royal ended up wining 7-4. Later tonight I will be photographing a couple of volleyball games, should be fun :)

CANON 1D MARK III, 70-200 MM, ISO 100, F 2.8, 1/250, STROBES

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JANUARY 17, 2010 | Calgary Sports Photography | MRC / SAIT Basketball

On Friday night I photographed a couple of basketball games for Mount Royal University Cougars, who played agains SAIT's Trojans. I like photographing basketball and it was a while since my last game, so it was great to do it again :) Here are some of my photographs.

CANON 1D MARK III, 16-35 MM, ISO 250, F 2.8, 1/200, STROBES

CANON 1D MARK III, 70-200 MM, ISO 250, F 2.8, 1/250, STROBES

CANON 1D MARK III, 16-35 MM, ISO 640, F 2.8, 1/250, STROBES

CANON 1D MARK III, 70-200 MM, ISO 250, F 2.8, 1/250, STROBES

CANON 1D MARK III, 16-35 MM, ISO 640, F 2.8, 1/250, STROBES

CANON 1D MARK III, 16-35 MM, ISO 250, F 2.8, 1/250, STROBES

CANON 1D MARK III, 70-200 MM, ISO 250, F 2.8, 1/250, STROBES

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2010-01-23 10:22

Sergei Belski:

Thank you very much Shawna! If you come to one of the games I photograph I would be happy to show you the way I do things! Thank you very much!

2010-01-21 08:38

Shawna Benson:

I have been admiring your sports photography for a while! It is so AWESOME! Althoug sports is a side passion of mine (I mostly do weddings!!) Your set ups intrigue me ... ONe day I'd love to come and watch you do a game ... Basketball and Football are my faves ... Excellent work!

2010-01-18 14:48

Sergei Belski:

Thank you very much! Yes the second game MRC lost at the buzzer!

2010-01-18 00:34

Ingrid:

Great images Sergei! Looks like the second game was even more intense than the first. Thanks for showing me the ropes.

JANUARY 13, 2010 | Airdrie Hockey Xtreme game photographs

Yesterday evening I photographed a hockey game of Airdrie Xtreme for the City of Airdrie. I usually use strobes to photograph hockey but this time I was stuck doing it without them. I still ended up with some nice shots but as you can see I had to use pretty high ISO settings.

CANON 1D MARK III, 70-200 MM, ISO 3200, F 2.8, 1/400

CANON 1D MARK III, 70-200 MM, ISO 3200, F 2.8, 1/250

CANON 1D MARK III, 70-200 MM, ISO 3200, F 2.8, 1/400

CANON 1D MARK III, 16-35 MM, ISO 2500, F 2.8, 1/160

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JANUARY 5, 2010 | Airdrie Tournament Photographer | Airdrie Hockey Tournament Photography

Have many things going on around here but I finally had a chance to post some photographs from Airdrie Tyke Hockey Tournament that I photographed on December 27/28. Thank you very much to Tracy for doing an awesome job of helping me out with this job! It was a great tournament and I loved doing it!

CANON 1D MARK III, 70-200 MM, ISO 250, F 4, 1/250, 1X4 TC, STROBES

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2010-01-05 16:07

Sergei Belski:

Thank you Kristy! I'm very happy that they liked them :)

2010-01-05 15:59

Kristy:

My sister-in-law said the photos of her son's team you shot were amazing! They were really impressed.

NOVEMBER 30, 2009 | Calgary Volleyball Photographs

Here are some photographs from Mount Royal University Cougars agains SAIT's Trojans Volleyball games I photographed last Friday night.

CANON 1D MARK III, 70-200 MM, ISO 250, F 2.8, 1/250, STROBES

CANON 1D MARK III, 70-200 MM, ISO 125, F 2.8, 1/250, STROBES

CANON 1D MARK III, 70-200 MM, ISO 250, F 2.8, 1/250, STROBES

CANON 1D MARK III, 70-200 MM, ISO 250, F 2.8, 1/250, STROBES

CANON 1D MARK III, 70-200 MM, ISO 250, F 2.8, 1/250, STROBES

CANON 1D MARK III, 70-200 MM, ISO 125, F 2.8, 1/250, STROBES

CANON 1D MARK III, 70-200 MM, ISO 125, F 2.8, 1/250, STROBES

CANON 1D MARK III, 70-200 MM, ISO 125, F 2.8, 1/250, STROBES

CANON 1D MARK III, 70-200 MM, ISO 250, F 2.8, 1/250, STROBES

CANON 1D MARK III, 70-200 MM, ISO 250, F 2.8, 1/250, STROBES

CANON 1D MARK III, 70-200 MM, ISO 125, F 2.8, 1/250, STROBES

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2009-12-06 22:39

Sergei Belski:

Thank you! The games are pretty interesting to watch, you should come out sometime :)

2009-12-01 06:03

Svetlana :

wow those games are intense! great captures, Sergei!

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