Exposure NYC Photo Contest, VOTES NEEDED

As I continue to move forward in the career of photography, I expand my portfolio but seem to fall back to my best photos from the past 2 years. Lately I’ve won a Wired.com contest, 3 entries into the SMC Annual Student show, and continue to sell prints online.

NOW, with a possible gallery showing in New York City, I appreciate any help and any email advertising I can get for my portfolio online for an upcoming contest called “Exposure.” It not only gives out prizes for best portfolio voted by people online, but they will also be judged by some distinguished professional giving prizes to the best portfolio and best student portfolio. Prints may be chosen to hang in a gallery opening in New York City. This is just round 1, so everyone cross their fingers.

This would be a dream come true, so again I appreciate any votes I can get from everyone online, it should only take 5 seconds to click on the link below!!

Thank you to everyone for your support!!
http://www.artistswanted.org/nnowack

Cheers,
Nathan

Free Room in Vegas, why not?

When I get a chance to go to Vegas for free, I normally don’t pass it up. As my cousin Karsten tells me he’s heading to Vegas in May, I conveniently get an offer to stay at the new Palazzo Casino and Resort for 3 free nights in a suite. So 110 dollars later and a 45 minute flight on Southwest, and I’m out in Las Vegas, or Viva Las Vegas, Lost Wages, Sin City, and The City of Lights for 3 day trip of fun.

Every year, Vegas gets bigger, adds new resorts, new casinos, new restaurants, and new shows, I feel that it almost never gets old. I saw “almost”, because if you ask more people, they wouldn’t be able to spend more then 5 straight days there due to the heat, smoke, lack of sleep, hangovers, or gambling losses. This trip was no exception. I arrived on Thursday, I checked into my free suite at Palazzo, took some photos, and played some poker. Karsten, Paliga, and Brown arrived later that afternoon and we ate, gambled, and drank our usual tunes. On Friday, we enjoyed the wave pool and large crowds at the Mandalay pool, as this is where they were staying. That night we dined at Lawry’s Prime Rib, something not to be missed in Vegas.

As many of you know, I’ve been doing reviews for a company called Vezeo.com and this trip I was to review this newly opened Casino resort as well as a few restaurants. Once I get around to writing my article, it will get posted on the website and everyone will be able to read it. But until then, please enjoy these photos.

Palazzo is owned by the Venetian company and is directly next door. It is smaller then the Venetian, but still has some very nice amenities throughout this resort. Some of the shops are still being completed, but others are open like the famous East Coast store, Barney’s New York. Restaurants are scattered throughout the hotel from Asian or Italian, to what is reportedly an amazing upscale steak place by Wolfgang Puck called Cut.

The resort is A+ in my book, from the beds, to the restaurants, to the friendly staff. I didn’t get to go shopping, or drink at any of their bars, but I’m sure I’ll be making future stops at this soon to be popular Northern Strip Casino.

JPG Magazine and my entry for Favorite Hangouts.

If you haven’t heard of JPG Magazine, then you need to go visit them. They are a magazine that has bi-monthly printed magazines but also photography contests where you can enter photos every month and if they win, they are printed in the magazine. The magazine also hosts articles and other photo themes that can also appear in this nationally recognized publication. Please vote for my photo below, as well as my other 2 photos for “Creatures” and “Street Fashion”

Thanks!

Favorite Hangouts

Street Fashion

Creatures

SMC 29th Annual Photo Show

SMC Photo Show

Alas! I have recently submitted 5 photos into the Santa Monica College 29th Annual Student Photo show and the student maximum of 3 pieces were selected to appear in the show. This photo show will be seen at 2 different locations from May 3rd to May 31st. Approximately 1000 photos were entered and only around 220 were accepted.  At the end of the month, a jurors grand prize will be awarded to one photo that catches the eye of the College Board of Trustees and will be purchased and hung on campus.

The artist reception will be this Saturday, May 3rd from 6PM to 8PM starting at Santa Monica College on Pico as well as at the La Foto Gallery further down on the corner of Pico and Lincoln. Please let me know if anyone would like to attend or you can download the flyer above for gallery hours and the address.  There is a free shuttle that goes between each gallery for your convenience.   There will also be food and beverages at the reception this Saturday.

Thanks again to everyone for their support and I hope you get chance to see some of the amazing work by the students of the Santa Monica College Photo department.

Cheers!

Nathan

Maheno Shipwreck vote needed on Wired.com

UPDATE:  5/5/08

Thanks to everyone who voted.  I won my way into the top 10.  Please see the other selections!

http://www.wired.com/culture/art/multimedia/2008/05/gallery_top_ten_transportation

Thanks again!

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Everyone loves a Photography Contest. I’ve entered my Shipwreck photo in Wired’s Transportation contest online. Please click the link or photo below and vote with a GREEN ARROW UP on my photo. You should see it if you click on HOT photos. It’s the Shipwreck by Nathan Nowack Photography!!

CHEERS for your votes!!

http://www.wired.com/culture/art/news/2008/04/submissions_transportation

-Nathan

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Who’s the Joshua in Joshua Tree?

Joshua Tree National Park

Welcome to my first official post. I’ve recently started this blog and thought I should begin with some simple, fun photos that I took over in Joshua Tree National Park east of Los Angeles, California. I went out there on Saturday for a photo workshop, filled with professional advice, creative angles and ideas, and a knowledgeable tour of the park. About 13 of us headed out of Santa Monica at 6AM in the morning and didn’t leave until after the sun was gone at 8PM. As the sun set, the full moon rose like a cosmic balance begging to be photographed. It was a long day, but everyone seemed to have fun and feel confident that they all got some great photos.

Never having been to Joshua Tree, I didn’t know what to expect. I had recently seen photos of the desert parks and the typical photo of a Joshua Tree. I wanted concentrate on my own style and get the photos I would normally get on any travel photography assignment. I used my wide angles, my zoom, my macro, and snapped away. From Desert Dandelions to huge Joshua Tree forests, the park was definitely amazing. If you haven’t ever been to Joshua Tree in the spring, I’d highly recommend it, but don’t forget your camera.

Cost to get in the park is $15 dollars that allows 7 days of access. You can also buy a pass for $80 that gives access to all National parks for 1 year. This seems more reasonable if you’re planning on visiting other parks around the country or certain parks multiple times.

If you’re interested in purchasing any of these prints, I’ll be updating my website with my favorites. If you don’t see the ones you like, please contact me and high quality archival prints can be arranged.

Hello Blogging World, My Name is Nathan Nowack.

As I branch out into the world of Internet exposure, I noticed I had been limiting my ramblings and detailed descriptions to my travel blog. But after creating a Flickr account, two Myspace accounts, a Facebook page and Facebook Fan page, a JPG Magazine account, an Orkut account, an ArtWanted page, and accounts on multiple photography related forums and photo sharing sites, I decided why not add one more. So here I am.

This may be the only post you ever read. This may even be the only time you ever see my page. But with 6 billion people living in the world, I have to expect at least a few people will enjoy my photography, relate to what I write, and feel a little bit happier each time they read a new posting. I’m definitely not an English scholar, nor do I consider most of what I write grammatically correct, but I do write what I feel and think, isn’t that what blogging is all about?

So I leave you with a WELCOME to my page, a few PHOTOS so you understand what I have to offer, and an invitation to leave COMMENTS, send LINKS, be my FRIEND, buy a PRINT, or just send me an EMAIL.

CHEERS!

Nathan Nowack