Longtime Los Angeles Clipper DeAndre Jordan is still involved in sports in Southern California, though he’s now knocking off side quests.
Mar 15, 2018; Houston, TX, USA; LA Clippers center DeAndre Jordan (6) smiles after a play during the first quarter against the Houston Rockets at Toyota Center. Mandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-Imagn Images
Jordan was in the Dodgers’ photo pit on Monday snapping shots of the win over the Tampa Bay Rays.
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He was also wearing a Japanese Dodgers hat.
“Side quest ✅ @Dodgers photo pit,” he wrote on social media.
The MLB social media account shared some of his photos after the game, including some shots of Shohei Ohtani at bat and Andy Pages and Miguel Rojas sharing a celebratory hug.
It tracks that a professional athlete who’s been the subject of high-level sports photography would want his own crack at being behind the camera.
After all, he’s not the first sports star to turn to photography after his playing days are done.
What other sports stars are also photographers?
Perhaps the best-known former athlete who’s now a photographer is Hall of Fame pitcher Randy Johnson, who’s been spotted shooting NFL games.
“My career as a Major League baseball pitcher has been well documented, but what is not as well known is my passion for photography, which began when I studied photojournalism at the University of Southern California from 1983-85,” Johnson wrote on his website. “Baseball became my occupation for two decades but my love of photography never left. Following my 2010 retirement, I was able to focus my attention back to this passion.
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“Thanks to the people I got to meet during my baseball career, I’ve been fortunate to have unique opportunities in photography. I’ve gotten to talk to and learn from some of the best photographers in different fields.”
And Johnson isn’t the only baseball legend to take that route.
Ken Griffey Jr. has also shot some high-profile sports events, including the Masters.
“If you’d like to understand what compelled the owner of 630 home runs into sports photography, you needed only these 15 seconds on Masters Saturday,” James Colgan wrote for Golf.com. “The action at the intersection of anticipation and focus? The game-within-the-game between man and subject? The opportunity to make art from violence? As it turns out, Ken Griffey Jr. is still good at those things. The venue might have changed, but he never stopped hitting meatballs.”
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So is DeAndre Jordan going to follow in the footsteps of Johnson and Griffey?
If that’s his plan, Dodger Stadium is a great place to get some reps in.
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