MLB Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr. has a surprising new job.
Not content with being one of the most prolific home run hitters in baseball history, the 13-time All-Star will take his talents to The Masters this year.
As he steps up to a different kind of green, Griffey will have a different view too, taking his position behind the camera as a credentialed photographer for Masters.com.
Following his MLB retirement in 2010, the former Seattle Mariners and Cincinnati Reds star picked up a camera in 2015, and he hasn’t put it down since.
Griffey has been accredited to shoot baseball, MLS, NFL and IndyCar events in the past.
Now, he has arrived at Augusta National, to witness one of the most iconic sporting events in the world.
But being behind the lens to capture history is not the only reason Griffey decided to pick up the camera.
“It was actually the only way I could see my kids,” he told Mornings at The Masters, when asked how he got into photography.
“I was still playing, and I understand what my dad felt like, coming to watch me play.
“But now, with social media, it’s a little different. My daughter literally stopped dribbling a basketball and just looked at me, when she was five.
“And I was like, ‘Okay, I have to pay more attention to what’s going on.’ I figured nobody’s messing with the photographer, well let me pick it up and try.
“I have a couple of photographer friends who send me a couple of cameras and lenses, and said, ‘Here you go.’ They didn’t tell me anything about it, they just said, ‘Don’t put it on auto.’”
The 22-year MLB veteran went on to explain how he ended up shooting at The Masters.
“It’s been unreal,” he said of his experience at Augusta.
“I said I was not going to go to The Masters until I play it.
“I got the opportunity a couple of years ago and now I have the opportunity to shoot it. It’s been unbelievable and wild.”
Griffey, who last year offered some advice to NBA rookie Bronny James, is not the only former baseball star who has found a passion for photography.
His old Mariners teammate Randy Johnson loves the lens too.
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But instead of shooting sporting events, Johnson has been captivated by the beauty of Africa, and has taken breathtaking pictures across the continent, from the animal kingdom to natives in villages.
“Randy has been interested in photography for a long time,” Griffey said of his former teammate.
“And when I saw some of his photos from his Africa trips, you can see how talented he is.
“He’s gone through some villages and taken some unbelievable photos of people in villages, animals – he’s captured some really positive and nice images.
“And he’s got to be the tallest photographer in the world, too.”
Indeed, there probably aren’t too many 6-foot-10 photographers walking around villages in Africa with their cameras.
But there also aren’t many people with 630 home runs to their name shooting at Augusta, either.
Griffey’s favorite pictures, though, are in the family album at home.
Son Trey was snapped catching his first touchdown pass at the University of Arizona, and Tevin was photographed returning his first interception for a touchdown at Florida A&M.
Griffey also has a photograph of daughter Taryn making her first college basket.
