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About Gabriel

I’ve lived in more than fifty places. I've been paid to pick stones out of fields, take backstage photos of Britney Spears, and report on Internet privacy issues. My photos have been published in several newspapers, and a couple of magazines.

The Samurai bee and the red ninja horde

Posted on September 20, 2010 by Gabriel

Even without the hordes of tiny, red six-legged monsters stealthily climbing the flower stems, preparing for the attack, this is a pretty cool shot. But it’s a lot better with the thousands of tiny, red six-legged beasties quietly climbing upwards … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Cool Stuff, Entertainment, Experiments, Favourites, Nature, Photography, Photos, Shambhala, Vankleek Hill, Vankleek Hill Photos | Tagged | 4 Comments

Almost Like Art | The slow death of colour

Posted on September 11, 2010 by Gabriel

I really like this shot, but I believe the only thing in focus here is the fly. This ‘theme’ only allows for a width of 640-650px, which means I can’t enlarge the photo to prove it, so take my word… … Continue reading →

Posted in Almost Like Art, Animals, Cool Stuff, Entertainment, Everyday Stuff, Nature, Photography, Photos, Seasonal | Tagged , | 4 Comments

Little Victor Update | Heart, teeth, ghosts and his dad’s 200th post

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Gabriel

. Tomorrow morning Victor’s great-grandfather is having heart surgery. I’m not really sure how “relative”, but apparently it’s relatively minor. He’s having two more ‘stents’ implanted to clear his arteries. He had a “minor” heart attack just over a month … Continue reading →

Posted in CSN:AFU Aboot Me, Entertainment, Family, Family Events, Hawkesbury, Parenthood, Parenting, Photography, Portraits, Vankleek Hill, Vankleek Hill Photos, Victor, Victor's Week In Review | Tagged , | 9 Comments

Azrael and Papa Smurf smurfing in the smurf but this time it’s to the smurf

Posted on September 2, 2010 by Gabriel

. I may have been eleven-years old when I first asked myself about Smurfette’s role in the Smurf Village, I still don’t really know the answer. So I just checked her Wiki page, and it turns out the dude Smurfs … Continue reading →

Posted in Champlain Township, Cloud Experiments, Eastern Ontario, Entertainment, Experiments, Humor, Humour, Photography, Photos, Vankleek Hill, Vankleek Hill Photos | Tagged , , , , , | 5 Comments

This week in totally inappropriate ad placement

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Gabriel

Recently I surfed to the online edition of the Ottawa Sun, and I saw the teaser headline and paragraph about the Ottawa Senators’ team doctor having been hospitalized in critical condition after a collision while riding his motorcycle. There was … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Entertainment, Hockey, News, Ottawa, Reporting | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

Little Victor Update | Getting ready to crawl

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Gabriel

. Victor has been exposed to almost every type of food a baby can eat. And there’s a lot of it… the combinations the people at baby head office have come up with just get weird after a while. Like … Continue reading →

Posted in CSN:AFU Aboot Me, Entertainment, Everyday Stuff, Family, Favourites, Parenthood, Parenting, Photography, Portraits, Vankleek Hill, Vankleek Hill Photos, Victor, Victor's Week In Review | Tagged , , | 3 Comments