Dalton Smith

Experience

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  Seven Springs Mountain Resort

  Apr 2012 - Jan 2018

  Photographer / Marketing Coordinator Assistant

  Provided marketing coverage of resort sponsored ceremonies and special events including but not limited to: visits by VIPs, conference activities, sporting events, competitions, ground-breaking and dedication ceremonies, retreats, commemorative vacation photographs and other events deemed important to support the resort’s marketing requirements.Served as the principle real estate photographer for the resort properties and coordinated with real estate brokers and homeowners to create weekly photo shoots of condominiums, cabins, chalets, hotel rooms and off-site houses and land. Cleaned and decorated interiors of properties for an attractive and appealing scene. Photographed certain areas of the resort during every season of the year, in any weather condition, to display the true beauty of the mountains.Applied professional knowledge and technical skill in photographing of official photographs and visual training material for the resort. Photographic responsibilities require fine adjustments of complex cameras and equipment, accurate computation of exposure time and lighting arrangements which may require synchronous lighting through triggered slave units.Worked directly with customers in determining placement and/or direction of action or other methods to obtain maximum effectiveness in photographic coverage as well as planned resort-wide event coverage and customer photograph sales point. Printed, mounted, design and manipulated a wide range of graphic requirements and large or specialized photography work requests for a variety of support.Was responsible for equipment, records and inventoried supplies on hand to ensure continuous point of sale for commemorative photographs.Perform all office and clerical duties in the Marketing/Multimedia department and ensures that all marketing equipment is in ready state of repair. Ensured equipment is properly secured when not in use. Show less

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  Seven Springs Volunteer Fire Department 625

  May 2014 - now

  Public Information Officer

  Administered medical care to injured patients, providing first aid, as well as other emergency medical responses.Coordinated landing zones for LifeFlight and STAT MedEvac helicopters for loading of patients from ski patrol snowmobiles and ambulances. Relaying vital information to pilots and switchboard operations with constant, proper radio communication and etiquette.Arrives first on scene for motor vehicle accidents, trusted to block off traffic, if necessary, relay status of road and patient conditions, and deploys road flares to stop incoming traffic to prevent further injury.Instructs fellow employees of resort on proper fire extinguisher operations and sets up and runs a “safe drivers” course with annual resort-wide safety training.Inspects firefighting equipment and apparatuses to minimize malfunctions.Maintained and ordered supplies for department vehicles and on-person medical response bags.Assisted paramedics and local law enforcement in providing emergency responses. Assisted and led rescues of zip line tours with medical and weather related emergencies. Including ground support rescues of belaying patients to the ground and on-line rescues, in harness, of replacing damaged trollies for guests. Show less

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  United States Army Reserve

  Apr 2016 - now

  Served as a photographer specializing in digital photographic equipment, procedures and related software programs.Printed, mounted, design, and manipulated a wide range of graphic requirements and large or specialized photography work requests for a variety of support.Was responsible for providing support in areas of digital imaging and video documentation; Employed extensive use of computer graphics computer and printing systems and software and or comparable state-of-the-art equipment to generate required graphics products.Provides photographic/video coverage of various programs including but not limited to, ceremonies, historical events, various construction projects, installation work areas, equipment tests and demonstrations, military and civilian groups, Department of Defense (DOD) events, emergency operations, damaged equipment, accidents and evidence used in legal proceedings.Independently resolves production and presentation problems. Performs duplication of video products to support distribution requirements, actively ensuring that no violations of federal copyright laws occur.Research, prepare and disseminate news releases, articles, web-based material and photographs related to Army personnel and activities.Gather information and arrange and conduct interviews as needed to develop news programs and publications within assigned command and Army wide. Draft, edit and release official documents for news releases, recruitment, feature articles and editorials.Conducted media engagement and Unit Public Affairs Representation training. Show less Served as the chief photographer for the Army Theater Sustainment Deputy Commanding General, supervising personnel performing Public Affairs functions in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibilities to include Kuwait, Qatar, Jordan, Iraq and Oman.Performs demanding and difficult product photography assignments at the installation and on various government facilities worldwide, encountering unprecedented problems of speed factors, camera locations, detail requirements and unusual conditions.Is responsible for providing photographic and video, production, post production and digital imaging services. Directs the shooting of photography, videography, multimedia presentations and audio, performing and/or directing the editing of video, all of which culminate in a complete production or multimedia package. Participates as a member of the planning team in order to contribute knowledge of the capabilities and limitation of cameras and equipment to the total planning of the project. Has a broad knowledge of specific subject matter concerned, which includes an understanding of the objectives and operations involved in the project and the ability and imagination to fully develop the photographic aspects of the project.Exercises artistic and creative ability in using photography and video as a means of communication of information and emotions to an audience or in using the camera to represent a heightened aspect of reality in order to fulfill educational or informational objectives. Takes aerial photographs and video (coverage being air to air, air to ground, and ground to air) of operations, geographical areas and other subjects or events.Utilizes knowledge of all phases of photographic technology to obtain technical data required in the marketing of Army membership, which involves the mastery of unique optical instrumentation devices. Show less

  • Public Affairs Specialist

    Jun 2010 - now

  • Public Affairs / Mass Communication NonCommissioned Officer InCharge

    Apr 2016 - now
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  Komatsu

  Dec 2017 - now

  Primary Photographer / Imaging Specialist

  Motivated, Photoshop savvy corporate photographer.Works directly with Creative Studio and Video managers, along with entire Marketing team, providing imagery assets for use in all types of marketing materials.Detail oriented and proficient with the entire Adobe Creative Suite with an emphasis in Photoshop, Bridge, Camera RAW software. Also proficient with Microsoft Office. Familiar on both Mac and PC computer platforms. Strong communication and interpersonal skills to coordinate with marketing and product managers and customers with photoshoot plans.Travel to other facilities, customer sites, construction sites, underground and surface mines, and tradeshows to capture imagery, and assist with video, of Komatsu equipment and personnel.Responsible for all image asset file management (file naming, archiving and cataloging of all raw/original images for back up purposes) and requests for assistance on Digital Asset Management (DAM) site.Recolours, rebrands, retouches old/current imagery to brand standards with the everchanging requirements to stay up-to-date.Creates documents that includes 'How-To's' and Tips ’n Tricks, log in information, lessons learned etc... for entire DAM.Pilot company Drone (Unmanned Aircraft System) to capture still and video imagery. Show less