Stanley talks about Don Rutledge’s photos
photo by: Don Rutledge In my last blog post I talked a little about understanding how to create photos that communicate. In this post I am showing your my mentor Don Rutledge's photos and sharing…
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Depth-of-field is more than Aperture
Egypt—Missionary Mike Edens (left) worked closely with Egyptian Baptist pastors to enhance their discipleship and pastoral ministries. These pastors—(left to right) Mikhail Shehata Ghaly and Anwar Dakdouk—took MasterLife discipleship training in Cyprus in 1984 Technically, Depth-of-Field—is…
Master’s Thesis on Don Rutledge: Chapter Five – Conclusion
Don Rutledge (photo by Ken Touchton) CONCLUSION To a non-Christian, Don would have been considered crazy for taking the positions with Southern Baptist. Going to the Home Mission Board was a step down in pay…
Master’s Thesis on Don Rutledge: Chapter One
Figure 1 Harley Shields is a Southern Baptist Home Missionary whose workplace is in Selawik, Alaska. Don photographed him in 1978. This writer has enjoyed seeing the world, approximately 137 countries, and all of the…
Master’s Thesis on Don Rutledge: Chapter Four
FOREIGN MISSION BOARD, 1980 TO 1993 When Dr. Keith Parks went to the Foreign Mission Board in 1975, his responsibility was to head up the mission support division. Establishing one of the finest communications departments…
Master’s Thesis on Don Rutledge: Chapter Three
HOME MISSION BOARD, 1966 TO 1980 When Walker Knight went to the Home Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention in 1959, he was handed photo story packages done by Don Rutledge. He published some…
Master’s Thesis on Don Rutledge: Chapter Two
THE EARLY YEARS WITH BLACK STAR, 1955 TO 1966 Don was born in Smithfield, Tennessee. The family moved to Murfreesboro, Tennessee, South of Nashville, shortly after being born. "Good ole' home folk," is what you…
Don Rutledge my mentor
Don's awareness of body language is sometimes very clear-cut, like here in this photograph of the teacher and students. Often, the body language is more subtle in Don's photographs. Body language is always essential in…
Photo Tips I learned from Don Rutledge
Don Rutledge has visited Russia a few times, and this is his second trip. The reason I am using his work as an example is that, in my opinion, his work is stellar and has…