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The Thoughts Behind My Thinking

A blog for the things I don't talk about.

Category: Photography

Trick or Treat Trail

October 31, 2022 — Posted inFamily, Personal, Photography — 1 min read

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Shadows and Trees Landscape

October 23, 2022October 23, 2022 — Posted inPhotography, Productivity, Travel — 1 min read

God makes trees as individual as He does people. No two trees are the same. Look up close at their details. The shadows created by the Light, are like the beauty that we leave on the world through Him. This to me is the […]

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Golden Hour Reflections

October 21, 2022October 21, 2022 — Posted inFamily, Health & Fitness, Personal, Photography — 1 min read

When I look at this scene, I reflect about all the people behind those windows, and all the people who built these buildings over the years. Yes, it all looks perfect on the outside, but it’s what’s inside that counts and makes all the […]

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Morning Sunlight Architecture

October 16, 2022October 17, 2022 — Posted inPhotography — 1 min read

All of us are different, yet together. What struck me about this view of Chicago architecture was the Illumination from the morning sunlight. Then what came into view is how these structures are from decades apart of each other. Though each of these are […]

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Let There Be Peace on Earth

October 15, 2022October 15, 2022 — Posted inPhotography — 1 min read

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Our Ways Are Not His Ways

October 14, 2022October 14, 2022 — Posted inHealth & Fitness, Personal, Photography — 1 min read

Our ways are not His ways … Our thoughts go in many directions like the leaves from these plants. Yet, God’s thoughts are above our thoughts. I, too, fall into the (dangerous) trap of finding solutions for my problems without God. Yet when I […]

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When Their Eyes Look At Your Soul

October 13, 2022 — Posted inFamily, Photography — 1 min read

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Father and Son Wisdom Walk

October 12, 2022October 12, 2022 — Posted inFamily, Health & Fitness, Personal, Photography — 1 min read

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Hay Dance

October 11, 2022October 11, 2022 — Posted inFamily, Health & Fitness, Music, Photography — 1 min read

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Morning Storm

October 10, 2022October 10, 2022 — Posted inFamily, Health & Fitness, Personal, Photography, Productivity, Sports, Travel — 1 min read

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Sunday In The Autumn Woods

October 9, 2022 — Posted inPhotography — 1 min read

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The Changing Colors of Fall in Illinois

October 8, 2022October 8, 2022 — Posted inPersonal, Photography, Travel — 1 min read

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Autumn Trail Under The Blue Sky

October 7, 2022 — Posted inFamily, Health & Fitness, Personal, Photography, Travel — 1 min read

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Shades of Autumn

October 6, 2022 — Posted inHealth & Fitness, Personal, Photography, Sports — 1 min read

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Yellow Flowers and the Fence

October 5, 2022October 5, 2022 — Posted inHealth & Fitness, Photography, Travel — 1 min read

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Picture of Faith

October 4, 2022October 4, 2022 — Posted inFamily, Health & Fitness, Personal, Photography — 1 min read

“Faith is the realization of what is hoped for and evidence of things not seen.” ~ Hebrews 11:1 (Catholic Bible version). When I see this moment of hands reaching out to God in prayer, in community, it illustrates to me the outward expression of […]

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Trees and Branches in the Fall

October 3, 2022October 3, 2022 — Posted inPhotography, Travel — 1 min read

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Sunlight Through The Trees

October 2, 2022October 2, 2022 — Posted inGadgets, Personal, Photography, Productivity, Software — 1 min read

Orton imagery, also called an Orton slide sandwich or the Orton Effect, is a photography technique which blends two completely different photos of the same scene, resulting in a distinctive mix of high and low detail areas within the same photo. It was originated […]

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Golden Hour Autumn

October 1, 2022 — Posted inHealth & Fitness, Photography — 1 min read

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Curves In The Woods

September 30, 2022September 30, 2022 — Posted inHealth & Fitness, Personal, Photography, Productivity, Travel — 1 min read

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Winter Trail Golden Hour

September 29, 2022September 30, 2022 — Posted inFamily, Health & Fitness, Personal, Photography, Travel — 1 min read

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Tree Patterns Shadows Houses

September 28, 2022September 28, 2022 — Posted inFamily, Photography — 1 min read

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Branch Patterns

September 27, 2022 — Posted inPersonal, Photography, Productivity — 1 min read

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Rolling Clouds Sunrise

September 26, 2022September 26, 2022 — Posted inHealth & Fitness, Personal, Photography, Travel — 1 min read

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First Light Blue

September 25, 2022 — Posted inPhotography — 1 min read

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One or Another – Square

September 24, 2022 — Posted inFamily, Health & Fitness, Photography — 1 min read

I’ve been attracted by trees lately. The light and shadow play on the branches. The colors from the Fall Season. But deeper, the formations from their environment and the other trees around them .. Or not. Trees, very much like our lives, all have […]

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Autumn Forest Sunset

September 23, 2022September 22, 2022 — Posted inPersonal, Photography, Travel — 1 min read

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Free Bird in the Golden Hour Sunset

September 22, 2022September 22, 2022 — Posted inHealth & Fitness, Photography — 1 min read

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Fall Colors

September 21, 2022September 21, 2022 — Posted inFamily, Health & Fitness, Personal, Photography — 1 min read

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Acceptance

September 20, 2022September 20, 2022 — Posted inHealth & Fitness, Photography, Travel — 1 min read

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I'm Frank J Casella, American, freelance photographer, and independent artist. I'm also co-founder of a Catholic Men's Apostolate. My life mission is to share hope and God's love in the world.

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