With the first week’s submissions for the Strong Island Photo of the Year Competition all collected from email, Twitter and Instagram (using the hashtag #SIPhotoComp2015) we’re happy to announce the very first weekly winning photo and photographer, ‘Sunglasses Spinnaker’ by Alessandro Salvatore, an amateur photographer based in Southsea.

This weekly winner will now be entered into the finals of the competition which will happen in December where everyone can vote for their favourite weekly winning photos. This week’s winner was chosen because it showed an innovative new way to capture a familiar landmark of Portsmouth, capturing the city lights at night in a reflection. This image will now become our Strong Island Facebook header image for the next 7 days until next week’s winner.

‘Sunglasses Spinnaker’ by Alessandro Salvatore.

Below are just some of the 200+ photos we received in the first week. A huge thank you to everyone who submitted! Don’t worry if your photo didn’t win or make the shortlist, you can enter photos every week until the finals in December. You can now submit photos for this week’s weekly winner selection which will be chosen and shown next Monday. To enter simply email, Tweet or Instagram your photo that was taken in, on or around Portsmouth.

Photo by Tony Benham.


Photo by Paul-Stanley.


Photo by Zac-Austin.


Photo by Tom Jacobs.


Photo by Stefano Pollina.


Photo by Rhys Geehan.


Photo by Liam Ritson.


Photo by Kate Smith.


Photo by Johnny Black.


Photo by Jamie Thorpe.


Photo by James Henderson.


Photo by Hayley Reeves.


Photo by Gemma White.


Photo by Christopher Greening.


Photo by Chris Grant.


Photo by catspaws_22 (on Instagram).


Photo by Catherine Taylor.


Photo by Billie Cawte.