Tony Gist

While videography has been my career for over 20 years, photography has always been my career adjacent hobby. A hobby that has become more and more of a passion through the unrelenting passing of time.

My photography experience actually exceeds my video career, going as far back as the ‘1900s’ as my kids say, but I never took it too seriously. I took a photography class in high school, and then just dabbled here and there.

I found a passion in video, earning a degree in Digital video production for film and television from Collins College in Tempe Arizona. Then I landed my first real video job at a small TV station in Wichita Falls Texas. Throughout the years, I worked my up to larger markets, seeing and doing things that most people only imagine. I found myself working major floods and fires, meeting all sorts of celebrities, politicians and people from all walks of life. I even spent a little time in front of the camera..

After all of my adventures in local television, I decided to move to marketing. I now create commercials and promos, and still have hopes of at least making a short film some day.

All along the way, I’ve snapped the occasional photo, dabbled in some street photography, did a comic strip style behind the scenes photo series and failed miserably at doing a baptism photoshoot. It wasn’t until I turned 40 that I finally set aside my social anxieties, and attended a photo meet-up. Getting to work with models and learn from other photographers was huge. It really opened up the realm of possibilities and has sparked the flames of passion for photography. A passion I think I’ve always had, but am just now finally pursuing.

I’m more interested in have a creative voice and making art more than making a paycheck. If the two align I won’t complain, but I simply hope to inspire or maybe even impact even just one person with the images I capture and create.