Just thought incase you haven’t been over to the Qwanoes 2007 portfolio lately, I have posted some new pictures posted! There will generally be one new image every week for the next 9-10 weeks. So check there often, tell your friends, and if you know of Qwanoes I hope you enjoy a view of it through my eyes!P.S. Yes I am still working on the Innovation blog post, it is just taking longer then I anticipated. As my thoughts evolve and knowledge base increases I have begun to rethink a large majority of my post on Innovation. Stay tuned for more!

First, lets define the word…Create: bring (something) into existence : he created a thirty-acre lake | over 170 jobs were created.• cause (something) to happen as a result of one’s actions : divorce only created problems for children.• (of an actor) originate (a role) by playing a character for the first time.• invest (someone) with a new rank or title : he was created a baronet.Now take that definition and think about it in the context of photography. As a photographer you have the privilege to bring a moment that was easily overlooked into a persons circle of concession. When I speak of concession, I am talking about a persons ability to capture and store all the information being sent at them in a single moment. So to simply say we “bring something into existence” would only be a surface scratch, but I feel it is more of an ability to point out a moment in time that we (as photographers) felt would impact the world in a moving way, whether that be positive or negative.Along with moving in positive or negative ways, the ability to create comes with a great responsibility. A creation affects existence, in indirect and direct ways. We (as photographers) must allow our moral compass to point in a direction that will benefit the human race and not destroy it. I have seen humans humble ability to create be turned into a disgusting mutation of self-fulfilling gain. Oddly enough, we as humans have a large attraction to mutated creations, and for some reason feel a boredom towards innocent creativity. Part of our fallen nature? Some would say so, others would say it’s just us being us and who’s to say a creation is a mutation or a beautiful masterpiece.I see creation as gift that we are to use to uplift and admonish one another. Like I was saying in my post previous to this, (Stills - Moving in our Minds) we have a secret romanic attraction to the still image. We secretly love to take moments to gaze and dream while our world teaches us to keep moving. For me this puts so much meaning in my photography, that we have take the time to admire the silent moments of a still image and let our minds fill the silence with meaningful sounds that change our lives. The creation of a still image to bring more meaning and understanding to a persons circle of concession - and doing so in a positive manner - means we as photographers are contributing in a beneficial way to this thing we call “life”.Again - this is by no means the end of this conversation. I would love to hear feedback and personal comments to what you feel it is to “create”.Cheers!- Jordan N

Over the next couple of weeks I am going to be diving into this topic. And a notice to the readers, this isn’t a shallow or easy topic to handle. I will be through out ideas that are not fully formed nor all my own, but I hope that all will have a positive effect on the conversation that takes place.At this point I will be tackling two specific things first, they are the words: create and innovate. This is to lay a ground work for what is to come in the later weeks of this discussion.