Photo road trip to Elk Island National Park... Total trip drove 776km... DAY 1: Packed my bags, made my delicious coffee and I'm ready to go! Oliver, Tracy and I are on our way to try to find some buffalos to photograph.

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iPhone 17 Pro
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iPhone 17 Pro
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CANON EOS R1, RF24-105mm, ISO200, F2.8, 1/2500

Stopped in Red Deer to get a bit of a charge and to stretch our legs... It was a pretty busy place :)

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CANON EOS R1, RF24-105mm, ISO200, F2.8, 1/1600

Pretty much anytime I go to Edmonton, I stay at the same Four Points by Sheraton hotel, because of the location and because they have nice electric car chargers. Here is a behind the scenes look of Oliver taking a photo of me in the parking lot :)

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We quickly unpacked, had a bite to eat, and got back on the road to Elk Island National Park. I really wanted a coffee and with temperatures dropping it never hurts to top up your car as well... Very quick charging speed at over 950km/h.

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CANON EOS R1, RF24-105mm, ISO100, F2.8, 1/400
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CANON EOS R1, RF24-105mm, ISO200, F2.8, 1/250
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We drove around Elk Island National Park for awhile looking for buffalos and Tracy and Oliver would think that every dark spot in the trees was a buffalo that needed to be investigated.

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CANON EOS R1, RF24-105mm, ISO800, F2.8, 1/1600
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CANON EOS R1, RF24-105mm, ISO800, F2.8, 1/1250

Yay! We found some buffalos :)

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On our way to the hotel we stopped for dinner at Cactus Club Cafe :)

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DAY 2: Today's plan is to visit West Edmonton Mall and do some swimming in the wave pool before we drive back home.

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And of course we had to visit the Lego store :)

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How cool is this? A large wall of lego flowers :)

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CANON EOS R1, RF24-105mm, ISO800, F2.8, 1/60

Today the weather really took a turn for the worse.. Snow storm, with very low temperatures, strong winds, and some road closures. This is the reason I always buy the best winter tires possible.

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CANON EOS R1, RF24-105mm, ISO2000, F2.8, 1/6400
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Here it is, the best adventure vehicle.. Rivian R1S, covered in some beautiful snow :)

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CANON EOS R1, RF24-105mm, ISO400, F2.8, 1/250

A driveway full of snow that needed to be cleared waited for us when we got home :)

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Here are a few of my favourite photographs of animals I took for the Calgary Zoo on my latest visit.

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CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO500, F5.6, 1/2500
calgary zoo wildlife photographer sergei belski photo
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO800, F5, 1/4000
calgary zoo wildlife photographer sergei belski photo
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO800, F5, 1/4000

I usually only visit polar bear exhibit when there is some nice fresh snow on the ground, but I decided to take a look. The bear looked pretty dirty, since we don't really have much snow left at the moment :)

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CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO1600, F5.6, 1/500
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CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO1600, F5.6, 1/640
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Always fun to visit meerkats :)

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Komodo Dragon kinda scares me :)

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My Rivian Adventures...Visited Calgary downtown earlier today and stopped for a few photographs on my way :)

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CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO50, F4.5, 1/1000
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With the Olympic break for NHL I only photographed two Calgary Flames hockey games this month... I thought I would do a little blog post with a few of my favourite images. Photographs for Imagn Images.

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First game was against the Toronto Maple leafs. There are a few teams in the league when it feels like there are more fans for the visiting team than for the Calgary Flames... Toronto Maple Leafs games feel this way :)

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nhl hockey Calgary Flames sports photographer sergei belski photo
CANON EOS R1, RF70-200mm, ISO2000, F2.8, 1/2000
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CANON EOS R1, RF70-200mm, ISO2000, F2.8, 1/2000
nhl hockey Calgary Flames sports photographer sergei belski photo
CANON EOS R1, RF70-200mm, ISO2000, F2.8, 1/2000
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CANON EOS R1, RF70-200mm, ISO2000, F2.8, 1/2000

I photographed many empty net goals in my time and usually you can't really do much, photo wise... But this time, it looked pretty nice, too bad it was the Calgary Flames that got scored on.

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CANON EOS R1, RF70-200mm, ISO2000, F2.8, 1/2000

Second game, this time against Edmonton Oilers. "Battle of Alberta"... it was a pretty nice game and we event had a fight :)

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CANON EOS R1, RF70-200mm, ISO2000, F2.8, 1/2000
nhl hockey Calgary Flames sports photographer sergei belski photo
CANON EOS R1, RF70-200mm, ISO2000, F2.8, 1/2000
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CANON EOS R1, RF70-200mm, ISO2000, F2.8, 1/2000

Shot of Connor McDavid, skating with the puck.. took this one from the press box in the catwalk.

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CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO8000, F7.1, 1/1600
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CANON EOS R1, RF70-200mm, ISO2000, F2.8, 1/2000
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I feel like Tristan Jarry was trying to kill me, just look at the look on his face :) This one actually hit the glass very close to my photo hole.

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CANON EOS R1, RF70-200mm, ISO2000, F2.8, 1/2000
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Funny moment when Calgary Flames goaltender Devin Cooley lost his skate blade and needed a little tow to the bench.

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CANON EOS R1, RF70-200mm, ISO2000, F2.8, 1/2000
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Here are a few of my favourite images from last month of photographing Calgary Flames NHL hockey games for Imagn Images.

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CANON EOS R1, RF70-200mm, ISO2000, F2.8, 1/2000
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CANON EOS R1, RF70-200mm, ISO2000, F2.8, 1/2000
nhl hockey Calgary Flames sports photographer sergei belski photo
CANON EOS R1, RF70-200mm, ISO2000, F2.8, 1/2000
nhl hockey Calgary Flames sports photographer sergei belski photo
CANON EOS R1, RF70-200mm, ISO2000, F2.8, 1/2000
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CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO200, F7.1, 1/30

Zach Whitecloud takes the ice for the first time after being traded from Las Vegas for Rasmus Andersson.

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CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO8000, F7.1, 1/1250
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CANON EOS R1, RF70-200mm, ISO2000, F2.8, 1/2000
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Once in awhile I setup an overhead remote camera in the catwalk.. It takes some effort and extra time, but I do try to do a little extra each game than what is required :)

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CANON EOS R1, RF24-105mm, ISO4000, F4.5, 1/2000
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CANON EOS R1, RF70-200mm, ISO2000, F2.8, 1/2000
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CANON EOS R1, RF70-200mm, ISO2000, F2.8, 1/2000
nhl hockey Calgary Flames sports photographer sergei belski photo
CANON EOS R1, RF70-200mm, ISO2000, F2.8, 1/2000
nhl hockey Calgary Flames sports photographer sergei belski photo
CANON EOS R1, RF70-200mm, ISO2000, F2.8, 1/2000
nhl hockey Calgary Flames sports photographer sergei belski photo
CANON EOS R1, RF70-200mm, ISO2000, F2.8, 1/2000
nhl hockey Calgary Flames sports photographer sergei belski photo
CANON EOS R1, RF70-200mm, ISO2000, F2.8, 1/2000
nhl hockey Calgary Flames sports photographer sergei belski photo
CANON EOS R1, RF70-200mm, ISO2000, F2.8, 1/2000
nhl hockey Calgary Flames sports photographer sergei belski photo
CANON EOS R1, RF70-200mm, ISO2000, F2.8, 1/2000
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CANON EOS R1, RF70-200mm, ISO2000, F2.8, 1/2000

I tried to do in camera multiple exposure shot of the warmups... didn't work the way I wanted, but I will share anyway :)

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CANON EOS R1, RF24-105mm, ISO2000, F4, 1/2000
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CANON EOS R1, RF70-200mm, ISO2000, F2.8, 1/2000
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CANON EOS R1, RF24-105mm, ISO4000, F4.5, 1/2000
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CANON EOS R1, RF24-105mm, ISO8000, F3.2, 1/500
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