Matt Gallegos photographs everything! From Aerial photography to weddings, Matt does it all. In fact he thrives on the variety or else he'll get bored.

Matt Gallego and his wife, Kourtney, are the Tandem team at Tandem Studios, living the life of their dreams doing work they love. So tune in and hear how Matt went from a career in IT to professional photographer and business owner!

https://youtu.be/3qh2rkc8ODE

Interview Links:

* Matt's Website: Tandem Studios  [no-affiliation]

* AndersonCreative.works - Matt's a freelancer for this company  [we have no affiliation]

* The War of Art by Steve Pressfield [our Amazon affiliate link]

PLUS:

* 90 Day Goals Journal - [our very own creation]

* 90 Day Creator's Challenge & Mastermind - [our very own program]

 

How Much Do Photographers Make?

FYI, the average photographer's salary in 2016 was $34,070. We didn't specifically discuss this in the interview but we thought you'd be interested in this extra bit of info.

Full Interview Transcription:

LeAura Alderson: Welcome to iCreateDaily, a movement for creators serious about their art. I'm LeAura-

Devani Alderson: And I'm Devani, and today we're joined by Matt Gallegos, I said that right?

Matt Gallegos: Gallegos.

Devani Alderson: Gallegos. Matt is a photographer, cinematographer, and visual artist. He and his wife Kourtney are the tandem team working together making great art for their clients.

Devani Alderson: Welcome Matt, we're so glad that you're joining us.

LeAura Alderson: Welcome!

Matt Gallegos: Well I appreciate you having me.

LeAura Alderson: So tell us, how did you get started becoming a full-time creator, photographer, videographer, cinematographer?

Matt Gallegos: It's a long process, honestly. Really it all stemmed from a lot of IT background. I graduated high school and got a job with a family friend who had a computer shop, that led to a job working for Apple then working for Geek Squad.

Matt Gallegos: And then basically what happened at that point is I was recognizing how much work I was doing and at that point in jobs, before a career happens, I'm thinking how much money I'm making those companies and how little of that I'm seeing.

Matt Gallegos: So I was like, you know, I could just do one of these jobs a day and probably support myself on that. The motivation behind that was there's so many other things I would rather spend my time doing.

Matt Gallegos: At that time I was actually writing, I had... I have some novels partially written on my hard drive that have never seen the world. Really I was just trying to buy time. I was trying to buy more opportunity to make things.

Matt Gallegos: I went out on my own with an IT business, ended up partnering up with that guy who hired me earlier, we ended up being partners and worked in that for a couple of years. From then, just service industry led to parallels. First I would fix a computer, then little bit of technical things lead to graphic design and web design and then I'm all of the sudden in this creative world where I'm needing to add stock photography to stuff. Then I'm using my phone to take photos, then I buy an extra camera,