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| About Mike Nowak |
| A childhood love of playing sports has been parlayed into a photographic career by Mike Nowak in Southern California. At high school in east San Diego, his love of playing sports was augmented by helping to document those sports. As he got involved with each new athletic endeavor, he would spend some time photographing it, starting with body boarding and surfing. His other major interest was college football at San Diego State. While shooting the players, he learned some portraiture techniques, worked with some other photographers, and began developing his own style. While he took a few black and white photography courses in college, he considers his craft largely self-taught. “I was brought up in the film days of shooting Polaroids and creating your look through gels and other ways of processing your film, and it’s definitely a different ballgame now,” he says. “I’m glad I learned on film because it gives me a good base for my photography now.” Hailing from San Diego, Nowak landed what many sports fans and photographers might call a dream job. Since 1998 he has been photographing the San Diego Chargers. He covers all aspects of the team, both home and away, and has complete access to every part of the stadium at all times. Complete write up on Pocket Wizard Blog |