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Category: Productivity

Golden Hour on the Fence

January 19, 2023January 19, 2023 — Posted inHealth & Fitness, Personal, Photography, Productivity, Technology, Travel — 1 min read

The golden hour winter sun sets on a picket fence, and snowy tree branches, creating a moment of visual respite for end of the day worries and concerns. When you’re so tired in today’s world, of balancing technology with human interactions, or worries and […]

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Being Committed

November 18, 2022November 18, 2022 — Posted inHealth & Fitness, Personal, Photography, Productivity — 2 min read

The key to vision is being committed to it. But many do you find have a hard time with this? The path to a full life, and reaching your goals, is to be committed to it. There is no vision without being committed to […]

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Hope. Belief. Faith. Victory!

November 11, 2022November 11, 2022 — Posted inFamily, Health & Fitness, Personal, Photography, Productivity — 1 min read

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Chicago Morning Commute

November 3, 2022 — Posted inFamily, Health & Fitness, Photography, Productivity — 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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Morning Storm

October 10, 2022October 10, 2022 — Posted inFamily, Health & Fitness, Personal, Photography, Productivity, Sports, 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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Curves In The Woods

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

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Branch Patterns

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

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All Of Us Are Different, Yet Together

September 16, 2022 — Posted inDesign, Photography, Productivity — 1 min read

I’m always intrigued with the juxtaposition of new and old in cityscapes. 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. […]

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Flowers in the Wetlands

September 13, 2022September 13, 2022 — Posted inFamily, Personal, Photography, Productivity, Sports — 1 min read

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Smarts and Intelligence

September 6, 2022September 6, 2022 — Posted inFamily, Health & Fitness, Literature, Personal, Photography, Privacy, Productivity, Science — 3 min read

Some people seem to be smart, as in intelligent, bright, or knowledgeable, and others not. What makes, or causes, the difference? Someone asked how I come up with my topic for each blog post. Well, basically, I wake up in the morning and spend […]

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Labor

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

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Draw Near to God

August 23, 2022August 23, 2022 — Posted inFamily, Health & Fitness, Personal, Photography, Productivity — 1 min read

The morning sunshine illuminates the clouds in the blue sky, and evaporates the fog in the tree tops as well. God is love, and invites us to draw near to Him. So that we can be illuminated with His Light, and allow Him to […]

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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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