Red Arrows Over Salthill
Salthill Prom
Marian, Tommie and Dympna watching the Yacht Race Volvo Ocean Race Yachts in Galway Docks
Salthill Prom
Marian, Tommie and Dympna watching the Yacht Race Volvo Ocean Race Yachts in Galway Docks
Whilst walking around the docks during the weekend, I looked up at the giant photo on the gable end of the building and suddenly realised: That's me! I had been going for a run down at Blackrock about a month ago during a storm and bumped into a photographer who was taking photos of the waves crashing over the path to the diving boards. He asked me if I would mind being in the photo for some added drama. I said no worries, and we did a few takes with me running away from the waves as they came over the top of me. I got a thorough soaking, but it was fun. I thought no more of it, until that day at the docks when I looked up and the penny suddenly dropped:
Also, an interview with the photographer, Pat Comer, appeared in the Irish Times later on in the summer. Here is a link to the article:
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/magazine/2009/0627/1224249608800.html