Today we’d like to introduce you to Trip Ghetaway.
Hi Trip, so excited to have you with us today. What can you tell us about your story?
I started literally taking pictures in the street at night in downtown Dallas. Ran into a Ballerina randomly sitting smoking in front of the perfect night backdrop and asked to take pictures…
Literally went from that immediately to Dallas art shows, fashion shows, multiple publications every month, and non stop paid photo shoots. This magazine reached out to me in which Rick Ross had been on the cover month before asking to publish my work…
That’s where things really took off. Living in the fast life essentially taught me organization, time management, handling money, and personal information constantly more or less. Earning trust, and respect, working my way up, not expecting it to be handed to me.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
I’ve faced opposition like anyone else. People said I was a bad photographer so nobody should work with me. That led curious people to look at my work online and see how good it was leading to business all the time. That has a reverse effect lol.
Been without money long periods of time, sleeping on couches with my camera next to me. Literally waiting for the next big thing to happen. I slept in abandoned houses, hanging out at Starbucks during the day for free electricity and water, plus internet.
Eating off the Sonic snack menu one a day off a Literally $5 a day budget to eat at a point. Just didn’t give up that’s all.
Can you tell our readers more about what you do and what you think sets you apart from others?
I do mixed media paintings, which in the first year I sold 130 of them. Some abstract stuff, some ive been compared to Jackson Pollock.
I write, record, mix,master and publish my own music. Videography for small businesses as well as local entertainers.
I’ve did short films including Kidnapped which hit well over 1 million views before YouTube randomly closed my account like they were doing to a lot of people hitting over 1 million views at that time.
Overall im know for image and quality no questions asked straight business man that wont give you the run around.
What sort of changes are you expecting over the next 5-10 years?
Each artist has control over their own world especially with the right marketing.
When you hear hip hop type beats on commercials to the way designers like Gucci, Amiri, even H&M, some aspects of Levis… Artists influence everything you hear and wear, even drive.
I see a booming creative industry.
Pricing:
- •Photography $200/hour
- •video $500/hour
- •paintings $7500 and up
- •music Spotify iTunes (cant listen free)
- •Financial advise $$$ by the hour
Image Credits
Shot by Blondie
