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Source: San Bernardino County Sun, Calif.迷你倉Sept. 22--RIVERSIDE -- Gabriel Luis Acosta was celebrated Saturday as a family member, as a faithful Christian, as a skilled and dedicated photographer and as a playful but responsible presence in the lives of those who knew him until his death at age 46 on Sept. 14.Acosta excelled in each of those pursuits -- as a photographer with The Sun and Riverside Magazine for more than 20 years; as the loving husband of Laura and father of Zachary, 14, and Gabriella, 11; and as an involved member of The Grove Community Church -- speakers said between laughter and tears at a funeral that brought hundreds of people to The Grove.Acosta died after a fall from a tree he was trimming at his home in Riverside.His work ethic started early, with yard work and other responsibilities at his grandfather's house, Acosta's brother, Mark, said Saturday."Grandpa taught us never to do anything halfway, and I think those of you who know Gabe know he never did anything halfway," he said.Mark recalled that Gabriel, 14 months older, was always "the ringleader" of the four sons.An artist before he was a photographer -- he described himself as "an artist who makes a living as a photographer" -- Acosta as a child would draw comics and Hulk pictures, assigning Captain America and Spider-Man to his siblings.He and Mark also started a "yard service" for for their block, dragging a broom and rakes on a wagon, before getting his first paying job by dressing up as a Twinkie for a local grocery store, Mark said.But it was his photography that made Acosta known to many of those in attendance Saturday, and to many others who saw his photos of the biggest news events of the last two decades and revealing portraits of many in the Inland Empire."Gabe could turn an average scene into sheer beauty.... The thing that strikes me most in his photos is the way he captures people," said Mike Barnes, a pastor at The Grove who hypothesized that Acosta's humanity made people look迷你倉最平beyond the camera lens and let their character be shown. "Gabe had a sense of calling in his profession, a sense of honor."There were multiple attempts to recruit him to The Press-Enterprise, based in his hometown of Riverside, but he stayed with The Sun in San Bernardino because the fixed schedule gave him more time with his family and because he was sharply loyal to the paper that gave him his start as a lab technician in 1991, said Press-Enterprise photographer David Bauman.Bauman shared remembrances from many Inland Empire journalists during his eulogy, including one from Press-Enterprise photographer Stan Lim."Although we were competing, looking for the best shot, he would always share what he knew, because to him, we were still a brotherhood of photographers," Bauman quoted Lim as saying.Acosta won numerous awards from the Inland chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists and the California Newspaper Photographers Association and mentored youths interested in photojournalism through the California Chicano News Media Association's Inland Chapter. Colleagues remember him as passionately producing eye-catching photos.Yet his family and his faith came first. His note-filled Bible and love were stressed repeatedly during a nearly two-hour service.His wife said the tributes people have been sending had helped support the family."For all of the many ways that he has touched you over the years, this has come back to touch us," she said in a brief but tearful message. "Thank you so very much. We are so blessed."Perhaps the perfect response to the death that shocked so many was one Gabe himself had given to his brother when their father died eight years ago, Mark said."Michael," Mark remembered him saying, "today's a great day because Dad's up in heaven with God."Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the San Bernardino County Sun (San Bernardino, Calif.) Visit the San Bernardino County Sun (San Bernardino, Calif.) at .sbsun.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉