Give me, the truth to me,
and tell me of what I see,
a feeling there must be an answer for me
and tell me of what I see,
a feeling there must be an answer for me
This Year & Beyond
This blog has been running for about thirty months now. I find it incredible that I have stuck with it given that I have so few followers. Most of the time it feels as though I am talking to myself (much like life) and that there are so few people that actually care about it anymore or even if ever at all. But it was nice to share what I learnt and did here in Berlin with my family and friends. I have never been a regular phone call and email kind of guy so it was a also just a way to stay in contact.
It started as a personal diary, to publish online the only real creative thing I found that I could do well. I posted photos, gave reasons why I posted them and then posted some more. Then it developed a little bit more. I added lyrics to accompany some of the photos, to express what I felt at the time.
These days everything seems so much different. I once thought I was quite good at street/documentary photography. Now I think it doesn't suit me so much anymore. I have changed the focus of my photography now too. Objects have turned to people. I am not as shy to take photos of friends or to set up shoots with people I barely know. I have reinvented myself in a way, adapted to what is happening around me and tried to improve. Winter is always difficult though. The cold and lack of light diminishes the motivation to go outside let alone look for something special. So there hasn't been so many new images posted the past few months.
My focus is different this year though. What once was a hobby is now starting to turn into a career. I have some weddings booked already for this summer. I aim to improve my portfolio and really go for it next year, to build a name for myself in Berlin, Germany and Europe. Last October I released my website but already I have plans to redesign, to focus more on the wedding part of my work and seperate it from the artistic side. In the near future this blog will be replaced by a wedding blog also to promote my work on a more regular basis.
I have realised that life goes far too fast (for me anyway) and I need to act quickly or else I will never catch up. So here I am. Planning big things for myself. And it will happen.
Many times I fail to express myself when writing. As usual, Tom Waits can say it better...
It started as a personal diary, to publish online the only real creative thing I found that I could do well. I posted photos, gave reasons why I posted them and then posted some more. Then it developed a little bit more. I added lyrics to accompany some of the photos, to express what I felt at the time.
These days everything seems so much different. I once thought I was quite good at street/documentary photography. Now I think it doesn't suit me so much anymore. I have changed the focus of my photography now too. Objects have turned to people. I am not as shy to take photos of friends or to set up shoots with people I barely know. I have reinvented myself in a way, adapted to what is happening around me and tried to improve. Winter is always difficult though. The cold and lack of light diminishes the motivation to go outside let alone look for something special. So there hasn't been so many new images posted the past few months.
My focus is different this year though. What once was a hobby is now starting to turn into a career. I have some weddings booked already for this summer. I aim to improve my portfolio and really go for it next year, to build a name for myself in Berlin, Germany and Europe. Last October I released my website but already I have plans to redesign, to focus more on the wedding part of my work and seperate it from the artistic side. In the near future this blog will be replaced by a wedding blog also to promote my work on a more regular basis.
I have realised that life goes far too fast (for me anyway) and I need to act quickly or else I will never catch up. So here I am. Planning big things for myself. And it will happen.
Many times I fail to express myself when writing. As usual, Tom Waits can say it better...
Who knows where the sidewalk ends
Well, the road will turn and the road will bend
They always say he marks the sparrow's fall
How can anyone believe it all?
Well, the band has stopped playing but we keep dancing
The world keeps turning, the world keeps turning
www.stevenconwayphotography.com
Well, the road will turn and the road will bend
They always say he marks the sparrow's fall
How can anyone believe it all?
Well, the band has stopped playing but we keep dancing
The world keeps turning, the world keeps turning
www.stevenconwayphotography.com
Rudy Day
Well a rudy day is a rudy day
In a beautiful way
She's a panther girl
Trying to steal my world away
In a beautiful way
She's a panther girl
Trying to steal my world away
The Last Night
Well, do not breathe, nor make a sound
And behold your mighty work
That towers over the uncaring ground
Of a lesser, darker world
And behold your mighty work
That towers over the uncaring ground
Of a lesser, darker world
Come On And Dream
Dream of West Virginia, or of the British Isles
'Cause when you are dreaming, you see for miles and miles.
When you are much older, remember when we sat
At midnight on the windowsill, and had this little chat
And dream, come on and dream, come on and dream, and dream, and dream...
'Cause when you are dreaming, you see for miles and miles.
When you are much older, remember when we sat
At midnight on the windowsill, and had this little chat
And dream, come on and dream, come on and dream, and dream, and dream...
Lament
I've seen your trick of blood, your trap of fire
Your ancient wound, your scarlet moon
And your jailhouse smile
So dry your eyes
And turn your head away
Now there's nothing more to say
Now you're gone away
Your ancient wound, your scarlet moon
And your jailhouse smile
So dry your eyes
And turn your head away
Now there's nothing more to say
Now you're gone away
Nick Cave
Sky Phenomenon
And I called out your name
Like the name of a coming hurricane
I called out your name
But you were caught in a heavenly silver rain
You and I are not the same
We're divided by the smoke of an aeroplane
Like the name of a coming hurricane
I called out your name
But you were caught in a heavenly silver rain
You and I are not the same
We're divided by the smoke of an aeroplane
Of an aeroplane
Can Do
This image annoys me because it reminds me of a lot of things I cannot do. It looks somewhat like a painting I think, but I can't paint. The last time I tried it was horrible. I can't draw, I can't sing, I can't dance, I can't drive a car. Hell, looking at this photo and this boat... I can't even swim!
But there is one thing I can do for sure and that is take a photograph, better than most people who say they can and wish they could. This may not be the best example, but just scroll down, click back onto my old posts and see what I am talking about if you don't know already. Have a look at my website, share it with others. I plan to do a lot of things in the next year or two. Being a professional-talk-no-shit-photographer is one of them!
But there is one thing I can do for sure and that is take a photograph, better than most people who say they can and wish they could. This may not be the best example, but just scroll down, click back onto my old posts and see what I am talking about if you don't know already. Have a look at my website, share it with others. I plan to do a lot of things in the next year or two. Being a professional-talk-no-shit-photographer is one of them!
Rock on!
Galway Bay
In that dream I'm as old as the mountains
Still is starlight reflected in fountains
Children grown on the edge of the ocean
Kept like jewelry kept with devotion
In that dream moving slow through the morning
You would come to me then without answers
Lick my wounds and remove my demands for now
Eucalyptus and orange trees are blooming
In that dream there's no darkness alluded
Still is starlight reflected in fountains
Children grown on the edge of the ocean
Kept like jewelry kept with devotion
In that dream moving slow through the morning
You would come to me then without answers
Lick my wounds and remove my demands for now
Eucalyptus and orange trees are blooming
In that dream there's no darkness alluded
The Rains Are Gonna Come
Well I kept thinking about what the weatherman said
and if the voices of the living can be heard by the dead
Well the day is gonna come
When we find out and in some kinda way
I take a little comfort from that (now & then)
Cause people often talk about being scared of change
but for me I'm more afraid of things staying the same
Cause the game is never won
by standing in any one place for too long
and if the voices of the living can be heard by the dead
Well the day is gonna come
When we find out and in some kinda way
I take a little comfort from that (now & then)
Cause people often talk about being scared of change
but for me I'm more afraid of things staying the same
Cause the game is never won
by standing in any one place for too long
New Project: Sneak Peek
I recently visited a small town called Cortes in the east of Spain, about one hour from Valencia's city centre. When I heard that this place was located in a valley between two mountains, had a population that rose to one thousand in the summer months and had an average age of... well I'm not sure. But old, old enough for me to imagine that this place could possibly be some sort of timeless existence where everybody and everything remained unspoiled from life's more tarnishing qualities.
Anyway, here is a sample of what the projects will be like. I wanted to do a short reportage on the people living in Cortes and the peacefulness of their day to day lives.
Anyway, here is a sample of what the projects will be like. I wanted to do a short reportage on the people living in Cortes and the peacefulness of their day to day lives.
Timeless Berlin
Just posting a link to my Timeless Berlin project on my website. It consists of 35 images shot in Berlin the past two years. Every image is b&w. My intention is to have a collection of images that ignore the fact that they were taken in modern times. I want the viewer to experience and feel as if they could have been taken anytime over the last 40-50 years.
Sipping On The Sweet Nectars Of Your Memories
Last night I ran into my old life
still waiting for someone at the station
someone who never made it into my new life
so I called up Lisa
'cause she's my only friend
"Lisa I don't know anymore,
every heartbeat needs a reason"
She said
"That's when the feeling hits
so just lick your lips
can you smell the spring time in the breeze
you gotta start sipping on the sweet nectars
of your memories"
still waiting for someone at the station
someone who never made it into my new life
so I called up Lisa
'cause she's my only friend
"Lisa I don't know anymore,
every heartbeat needs a reason"
She said
"That's when the feeling hits
so just lick your lips
can you smell the spring time in the breeze
you gotta start sipping on the sweet nectars
of your memories"
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