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