My name is Preston Hartman, owner of Mountain Soul Media. I recieved my Bachelor of Science in Journalism from West Virginia University in 2013, and studied international journalism at Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland.
Throughout college I was always into video production, directing WVU's college news broadcast, and working camera's for Mountaineer Sports Network, covering all college sporting events. Majoring in broadcast journalism I had aspiring dreams of being a sports journlist for a big network station. But I am a "travel junkie" so after college I moved to Breckenridge, Colorado for a winter season. I got my first professional photography job with Vivid Visions, doing portrait and action photography.
I planned on staying in Colorado and planting my roots, but my father fell ill, so I packed up and moved home after 8 amazing months in the mountains.
When I moved back I figured I would give the news broadcast world a shot, and took a job as a technical director at WMDT-47 in Salisbury, MD. I soon realized I needed to be home, closer to my family and help out my father. After a few enjoyable months directing morning and afternoon shows, I decided to move home.
This is when I landed a job with Taylor-Made, a vacation rental company at Deep Creek Lake, MD as a professional photographer. I photographed rental homes they had on the market. I had no idea how to shoot architectural photography at the time. They also wanted to take advantage of my video production and editing skills, so let me produce video tours and web/marketing videos for the company.
I soon realised my architectural photography skills were not up to par with what I was seeing online with professional photographers in this field. I took it upon myself to learn how to professionally shoot this type of work. Spending hours on youtube, buying online video classes, and practicing for hours. Considering I had over 200 homes to practice on working with Taylor-Made, I made sure to go out every day for 10 months straight enhancing my skills to become the best real estate photographer in the area.
And that is exaclty what I did! Along with the photography, I got into video production and digital marketing. I bought my first drone to market real estate and vacation rental homes at Deep Creek Lake. I was the first person to bring this technology to the area. I have been flying for almost 2 years now.
I realized after a while, I wanted to move up the ladder, get more involved in visual/digital marketing, and own my own business. I left Taylor-Made to take a job with Railey Realty. It was a better position, because they wanted to start an in-house marketing department and put me on the ground floor of it. Along with that, they allowed me to start my own businesss, Mountain Soul Media, and work with other companies throughout the area, and country.
I am now in addicted and in love with photography and video production, taking advantage of the newest technology on the market to visually enhance businesses, real estate, events, weddings, you name it. I can visually bring any project to life with eye-catching shots and inspiring video productions.
I currently reside in West Virginia, and willing to travel any distance for a project! I love my job, it is my hobby, when I am not working, I am still working on getting better everyday.
I am a Simple Man, with Big Dreams! My mom always told me, "If you love what you do, it's never considered work." I took that to heart, and was determined to find a niche, and become successful doing what I love to do.
If you have any questions, or want to chat about a project or need help visuallly marketing yourself or place of business, I am your guy! Please contact me, (304) 790-1427 or email me at mountainsoulmedia@gmail.com. I look forward to working with you, and most of all, HAVE FUN DOING IT!
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A small, hard-working digital marketing firm based in Western Maryland. Established in 2015, we hit the ground running with our unique, creative visual marketing approach to help clients find success. Professional photography, video production, aerial drone production, web-design, & graphic design, we offer clients the total digital marketing package.
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