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…
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…
Jesus & Gloria say good-bye before the funeral service for their son Jesus Fonseca, Jr. The recent events in Newtown, Connecticut have lit up social media and forums about how will we go forward and change.…
This is just some of the damage to homes by Hurricane Sandy in Union Beach, New Jersey that I saw last week while covering a companies work there. Ken is one of my mentors helping…
When covering an event, I try to think of it as telling a story. So there are seven things I try to always have in my coverage. This week, I discovered that my friend Mark…
Keep the subject off center. If you were listening in last week when I was giving one critique after another at the Southwestern Photojournalism Conference, you would have heard a theme running through my comments.…
Professional communicators understand the importance of getting the audience's attention. A robust hook is necessary to stimulate their interest in the message, and a quote or a visual impact is an effective way to achieve…
