Lately I’ve been immersed in the world of music videos. The work I’m investing in this latest project has given me access to really nifty places, radio stations, big time venues and the like. What’s weird is I’ve met some people along the way that say “oh you’re The Brook Pifer, I’ve know about your work, yadda, yadda, yadda.” Yes, its pretty rad to know people dig your work. Case in point winning first place in the PDN + Billboard Magazine contest. You can check out all of the very talented winners in this months issue of PDN. Anyway, back to my point, I wasn’t always who I am. Lauren Greenfield, Larry Sultan (RIP), Platon, Annie, Herb, they weren’t always who they were either. The biggest piece of advice I can give to photographers, push on, keep shooting and persist CRAP (Criticism, Rejection, Assholes, Pressure). The only difference between you, me and the shooters we admire is they did exactly that.

The Lip Dub to Don’t Stop Believing by Journey strikes again! This time it won first place in the New Media category for the 6th annual AltPick Awards. Earlier this year the video also won a PDN Self Promo Award. AltPick also hooked us up with an honorable mention for this lightning photo. You can see the full winners list here.