Last
week Ken Griffey Jr. did an interview with the Sporting News, during the
interview he talked about his first Upper Deck card. Upper Deck was in such a
rush to get him in to their premier 1989 Upper Deck baseball release that they selected
an image of him in his Single-A San Bernardino Spirit’s uniform and they airbrushed
the hat to appear as a Mariners cap.
In
honor of the 25th anniversary of that first release Upper Deck
released some of those original images that were taken during the same photo
session. It is interesting to see the original image and the final airbrushed image.
I
don’t know if this was an Upper Deck photo shoot or UD just happened to select
these images to work with but I was wondering if it were UD doing the session
why wouldn’t they just toss a Mariners cap on Griffey while taking the photos and not worry about
airbrushing the photo afterwards.
Great post! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI don't think the photo on the left is the one they actually used. Just from the same shoot. If you look closely there are some subtle difference between the two that would not the the result of airbrushing. His head is slightly more turned in the left image. And his right eye is slightly more squinted in the left image. The cap is also at a slightly different angle. Maybe UD forgot which one from the original shoot was the one they used?
ReplyDeleteI read an article about the airbrushing... and I think it's mentioned in the book Got 'em, Got 'em, Need 'em. Maybe UD didn't want to jinx him by putting a Mariners hat before he actually made it.
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