2018 Steven Rucker Memorial Golf Tournament
This past Monday I had the honor of volunteering my time and photographing the 2018 Steven Rucker Memorial Golf Tournament. Engineer Rucker was killed in the line of duty while part of a Wildfire Strike Team fighting the Cedar Fire near San Diego on October 29th, 2003. The crew he was assigned to was providing structure protection and were assigned to protect a house in the fire zone. Shortly after arriving at the house, the fire made a half mile run in less than two minutes directly at the four-man crew. Two were able to escape injury by taking shelter inside of the house, while the Captain received critical burn injuries and Engineer Rucker received fatal burns. Engineer Steven Rucker left behind a wife and two young children.
This was the fifteenth annual tournament and my second time at photographing it. I think that it will be on my calendar every year from here on out.
Camera: Canon EOS 1D Mark IV
Lens: Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L IS II USM
Exposure: 1/3200 sec @ f/2.8 ISO400
This image is © Douglas Bawden Photography, please do not use without prior permission.
Enjoy my photos and please feel free to comment. The only thing that I ask is no large or flashy graphics in the comments.
2018 Steven Rucker Memorial Golf Tournament
This past Monday I had the honor of volunteering my time and photographing the 2018 Steven Rucker Memorial Golf Tournament. Engineer Rucker was killed in the line of duty while part of a Wildfire Strike Team fighting the Cedar Fire near San Diego on October 29th, 2003. The crew he was assigned to was providing structure protection and were assigned to protect a house in the fire zone. Shortly after arriving at the house, the fire made a half mile run in less than two minutes directly at the four-man crew. Two were able to escape injury by taking shelter inside of the house, while the Captain received critical burn injuries and Engineer Rucker received fatal burns. Engineer Steven Rucker left behind a wife and two young children.
This was the fifteenth annual tournament and my second time at photographing it. I think that it will be on my calendar every year from here on out.
Camera: Canon EOS 1D Mark IV
Lens: Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L IS II USM
Exposure: 1/3200 sec @ f/2.8 ISO400
This image is © Douglas Bawden Photography, please do not use without prior permission.
Enjoy my photos and please feel free to comment. The only thing that I ask is no large or flashy graphics in the comments.