For those who see somebody acquainted behind the digital camera on the 2025 Masters, it simply is likely to be Ken Griffey Jr.
The Baseball Corridor of Famer is having fun with his second profession at Augusta Nationwide documenting the sporting world reasonably than collaborating in it.
After doing images at MLB’s Tokyo Sequence final month, Griffey is snapping photos for Masters.com throughout this weekend’s event.
The previous outfielder confirmed off his abilities with a cute shot of Jordan Spieth along with his daughter throughout Thursday’s motion in Augusta.
In an interview on the Masters’ YouTube channel, Griffey Jr. revealed what acquired him serious about sports activities images.
“It was actually the only way I could see my kids,” he stated. “I used to be nonetheless enjoying and I perceive what my dad felt like coming to observe me play. However now with social media, it’s just a little completely different. ‘Oh, Ken’s right here.’ So truly my daughter actually stopped dribbling a basketball and simply checked out me when she was 5. And I used to be like, ‘OK, I’ve acquired to pay extra consideration to what’s occurring.’
“I figured nobody’s messing with the photographer,” he continued. “Let me pick it up. Let me try it. And I got a couple [of] photographer friends who sent me a couple cameras and lenses and said, ‘Here you go,’ and didn’t tell me anything about it, just don’t put it on auto.”
He had beforehand taken photos throughout MLB’s House Run Derby, the Fiesta Bowl and an Inter Miami contest.
Griffey was considered one of a number of photographers capturing the Honorary Starter ceremony when Gary Participant, Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson hit the opening tee pictures.
The MLB legend isn’t the one Mariners Corridor of Famer to enter images after his enjoying profession; Randy Johnson, who performed with Griffey in Seattle, has additionally been dabbling in the identical discipline.
