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Kern Little - Photographer/Poet
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- Uniontown, PA 15401
- United States
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- About Me and My Photography Experience:
- Bio: Photodoctor
Home: Wherever I hang my hat!
Born: 12/07/1955
I have always been able to see as good as or better than others. This is a strange remark, from someone who sees the world through coke-bottled glasses, but for some reason, God gave me the ability to see.
I thought he gave me the ability to see when I excelled as a preschool marksman. I could see well enough to snap a swinging cord at 25 yards, with a 22 rifle. This ability followed me though my teen years as I dropped many a deer or clover leafed a target at hundreds of yards. But that isn't why God made me see.
I thought he gave me the ability to see because I excelled at sports. During my school years I was always able to hit a baseball and then a softball in my thirties at a very high batting average. During my school years in the town's or on a high school court and then to anyones court as a thirty something I have always been able to dribble and shoot a basketball. But this wasn't why God made me see.
I thought as a salesman, being able to look into the customer's eyes and tell when it was the right time to close a sale. But that was not why God made me see.
For many a year ......(grin) I thought God gave me the gift to see the twinkle in the lady's eyes to know if they were interested in me or not. Well I think this gift still works from time to time, but that wasn't why God made me see.
I for many a year in my adult life have been able to pull the curtain back between the living world and the past one and see others who are lingering. I still have a pet cat who comes and visits from time to time, but others can't see him, but my dog and I can. This is a present gift and an interesting one, but that is not why God made me see.
I first picked up a camera in scouts, then again in high school as an elective, and then again in college as a credited filler course, but only thought of it as fun. In the early 80's at the near end of my marriage, I developed a nearly career ending back problem. Rehabilitation and my two wonderful children kept me very busy, but I eventually wanted to get back to work. I walked into a mom and pop camera store and asked them for a job, and the rest is history. That day I picked up a camera and fell in love with the photographic medium. Guess that statement said allot for my marriage at the time, well anyway.. After twenty some years of my life God finally showed me why he gave me the ability to see.
Photography has gotten me through some of the hardest times, in my life. I have always been able to pick up the camera and go do something difficult and loose myself in it and forget everything else and return with some very remarkable results, so I know this is why God gave the the ability to see. I has been about twenty five years now since I bought my first Pentax K-1000SE and I still am shooting with Pentax 35mm, 120mm, and Digitals. I have spent many hours, days, weeks, month and I guess years reading the brilliant words and viewing the wonderful photos of Ansel Adams, Minor White, Edward Weston, Alfred Stieglitz, W.Eugene Smith, Robert Capa. Paul Strand, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Henri-Cartier Bresson, John Hedgecoe, Gallen Rowell, John Shaw, George Lepp, Anne Leibovotz and many others. God also gave me the abilities to solve complex mathematical equation in my head on the fly, this very unused talent, laid dormant since high school, but exploded when I had to figure out exposure value equations. I have been able to, like Ansel Adams and other, visualize a scene, without a camera, and know what will make up a great shot before then camera has reached my eye. I have long said I have no artistic talent, just “God Given Ability”.I know I annoy my friends when we are out shooting, because I look at what they are shooting and then say, “Well what about this other view?”
I guess you can say I am a very lucky man, and I give the credit to the most important people in my life: My God, My Mom and My Dad. I thank God every day for what talents I have been give and I go out of my way to help others in the arts with their photographic projects. My Mom past along her love of politics, sports, food, shinny cars, shopping and her love of family.. My Dad past along his love of music, the arts, the wilderness, hunting & fishing, his work ethic and his love of the Roman Catholic religion. Even though they both are gone I thank them every time I can, and know I would have been nowhere without them.
On a more personnel note I am a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. I am as Cryptic as I am Easy To Read! I am Caring, as I am Difficult! I am Distant & Reclusive as I am Outgoing! I am as much at home navigating through Pittsburgh as I am walking through the highlands of West Virginia. My faith guides me but I believe in the “bond with close friends” rather the bond with a church full of people. I have built my life and thoughts around four prime words: Faith, Hope, Trust & Love. Think about it, because you can't have Hope without Faith and you can't have Love without Trust.
Whatever is going on in my life, anyone can surely tell I love my two children, Heather and Joshua, my seven, very bad at times, grandchildren, and also the love of my life - Victoria Reese.
- My Photography Equipment:
- Graphlex 1940 Anniversary Speed Graphic (4x5)
Pentax Gen.II 6x7 W/50 f4, 90 f2.8 LS, 200 f4 (120)
Pentax PZ_1 Gen.I (Assorted Lenses) (35)
Pentax Gen.I *istD (Assorted Lenses) (Digital DSLR)
Pentax Gen.I K20D (Assorted Lenses) (Digital DSLR)
Newest Lens - Sigma 180 f3.5 1:1 Macro
Newest Flash - Pentax 500 FTZ (168gn)
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Poetry By Kern F. Little - Compassion Sought
Posted on May 17, 2009 at 4:52pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Compassion Sought
By Kern F. Little
why is compassion
a reaction
to closeness found
in another's arms
reaction of compassion
leads you on
tricks your mind
when only warmth is found
why is compassion
a reaction
to the warmth
of bodies held close
in a reaction of compassion
burning warm
then cool instantly
as time and distance separates
how can we trust another
why… Continue
By Kern F. Little
why is compassion
a reaction
to closeness found
in another's arms
reaction of compassion
leads you on
tricks your mind
when only warmth is found
why is compassion
a reaction
to the warmth
of bodies held close
in a reaction of compassion
burning warm
then cool instantly
as time and distance separates
how can we trust another
why… Continue
Poetry By Kern F. Little - Corner Booth
Posted on May 17, 2009 at 4:47pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Corner Booth
by Kern F. Little
45's in a jukebox
looking eye to eye
hand in hand
breaking our grip
as her mother
walks by
kissin' goodbye
just moments
on the phone
can't wait
till our next
time alone
forty years pass
iPod tunes
net cam viewed
international friends
she is easly wooed
in her room
she sits alone
door locked
in her… Continue
by Kern F. Little
45's in a jukebox
looking eye to eye
hand in hand
breaking our grip
as her mother
walks by
kissin' goodbye
just moments
on the phone
can't wait
till our next
time alone
forty years pass
iPod tunes
net cam viewed
international friends
she is easly wooed
in her room
she sits alone
door locked
in her… Continue
Poetry By Kern F. Little - Old Friend Returns
Posted on May 17, 2009 at 4:39pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Old Friend Returns
by Kern F. Little
home alone
reading
shadow shifts
floor creaks
my eyes arise
thoughts of book
mystery averted
foot falls
across the floor
old friend
walks in
seat taken
my attention
and smile awaken
it's been a year
since you've
been here
might seem weird
your eyes
so clear
last seem
in hospital's greens
as we all
drew near
as… Continue
by Kern F. Little
home alone
reading
shadow shifts
floor creaks
my eyes arise
thoughts of book
mystery averted
foot falls
across the floor
old friend
walks in
seat taken
my attention
and smile awaken
it's been a year
since you've
been here
might seem weird
your eyes
so clear
last seem
in hospital's greens
as we all
drew near
as… Continue
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