Trpeski was born on 6 September 1948, in Tetovo, SFR Yugoslavia (today North Macedonia).

He graduated from the Academy for theater, film and television art – Cinematography Department at the University of Zagreb, Croatia.

[1] From 1971 until 1992, he worked at the Macedonian National Television as a cinematographer and director of photography.

He shot many series and TV shows of different genres, made about a hundred reportages, many documentary films and TV movies and about a hundred more music shows, series and music and commercial videos, using all kinds of technologies.

Since 1992, he has been working as a professor and Head of the Film and TV Camera Department at Ss.