This photo of Tom Kilpatrick caught how I see him. He is such a kid. He loves to explore and have fun.

He has taught photography for more than 30 years. He has been a photojournalist for years, yet he decided to join us in Romania for the Storytellers Abroad Missions Multimedia Workshop.

Nikon D750, AF-S NIKKOR 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR, ISO 100, ƒ/5.6, 1/125

Here Tom shows his wisdom by not getting on the car’s roof like James Dockery.

Tom brought the skills of shooting great still images to the table but had not put together his pictures with video and controlled the entire project.

Tom interviewed a Romanian pastor with a vision for creating an evangelistic outreach for the Romanian Baptist church.

Here is the interview that Tom did and his package.

https://player.vimeo.com/video/133373960 password: ABWE

On the last day we were in Romania, Tom’s computer decided to crash. It took a few days for us to recover all Tom’s work. Finally, after James Dockery worked on the external hard drive, James recovered the package.

Nikon D750, AF-S NIKKOR 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR, ISO 1800, ƒ/4.5, 1/100

You can see Tom working hard here while one of his former students from teaching at Temple College, Jon Franz, is busy working on his project.

Tom worked hard and stretched his comfort zone a great deal.

When digital photography finally became economically feasible for most photojournalists to switch from the film, Tom was not the first to adopt the new technology. But unfortunately, the learning curve of moving from analog to digital just about had Tom giving up on photography.

Tom’s heart couldn’t let him give up on storytelling with pictures. So he bought a new camera system and pushed himself to learn the latest technology.

Nikon D750, AF-S NIKKOR 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR, ISO 12800, ƒ/3.5, 1/60

Tom loves helping missionaries tell their stories. The most likely place to find Tom is in some country other than the USA, shooting photos of missionaries and the people they work with daily. Tom loves to capture the love of God being shared through people’s lives the world over.

Now Tom will be helping the missionaries to tell their own stories in their voices through the power of multimedia.

If you have experience in the industry like Tom Kilpatrick but haven’t had the chance to do it all by yourself, then send me an email, and I will put you on the list to tell you about the upcoming workshops I am doing next year just like this workshop. Here is my email address [email protected].