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Carl E.
Feather: Photographer, writer, multimedia producer He's also Dad to Aaron and Kristi Feather, and Poppa to Mason Feather, husband to Barbara since 1974 and adopted father of Sadie and Polly (Humane Society dogs). I became interested in photography while in high school, several centuries ago, it seems, at leas way back when the Minolta SRT101 was THE camera to own and a "fast ASA (ISO) was 400! I soon melded my fascination with books and the written word with photograph and within a year of buying my first SLR, a Ricoh TLS 401, was making slide shows. When my career in banking ended as a result of deregulation and the S&L crash in the 1980s, I changed careers and used my darkroom and freelance experience with the Erie Times News Conneaut Bureau to get a job with the Ashtabula Star Beacon. Twenty-five years later, I am still at it, as a staff writer and photographer. I was Currents (lifestyle) writer/photographer/editor from 1991 to 2008, when the recesssion and sick state of the industry pulled the plug on the features section. I photographed my first wedding in 1973 and have been a part-time wedding, portrait and freelance photographer ever since. When shopping for these services, please remember experience does count! In our market today, there are many, many "low-ball" photographers, just as there are dollar stores. That is not my market. My market is the value-conscious consumer who also appreciates artistry. Here's the analogy I use: You can go to Wendy's and get a burger for 99 cents. You can go to niche restaurant and get one for $8.99. And you can go to the restaurant in a five-star hotel and pay $40 for a chunk of meat that probably came from the same cow. All three will provide nourishment. But which one will you remember? I am the "niche restaurant" wedding photographer. I provide the value of the higher-priced documentary/PJ photographers from the metro areas with pricing grounded in reality of today's budgets. I've been around in this business for more than 30 years, and I know how difficult it is to survive in this region, let alone try to foot the bill for a wedding. I work hard and deliver a product with value, and my pricing reflects the same. I am fully digital and use Nikon DX and FX cameras and professional lenses. I work on a calibrated PC system that I built to my specifications for photo and video editting. I am starting to work with HD video, as well (Panasonic), and in 2010 will begin incorporating video in our DVD love story presentations. My parents are from West Virginia, and I am proud of my mountain heritage; more than five decades after they left their home state to seek better opportunities in Ohio, I continue to draw my inspiration and peace from Appalachia's mountains, streams and most important of all, people, the finest people in the entire world. I am a vegetarian because I believe all life is created by God and he tells us not to kill; I believe all his living creatures love life as deeply as you and I do, and I have no right to deprive them of that love any more than I would want them to deprive me of my right to live a full and purposeful life. I also realize most people don't share my conviction, and I don't judge them. But I do mourn for the suffering and misery that is inherent to our food culture. I find my purpose and being in serving the Son of God, Jesus Christ, in whom I trust for salvation. The really boring day-to-day stuff is on the Blog. |
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