Photo Challenge 2025

Enter Our Local Photo Competition!

We are excited to announce the third Sustainable Skerries photo competition – and we want YOU to participate!

Whether you are a seasoned photographer or an enthusiastic amateur, this competition is the perfect opportunity to showcase your talent.

Naturally the focus will be on what is happening in the town to “lighten” its carbon and biodiversity footprint and to raise awareness about environmental challenges.
Within this general guideline you are free to capture and submit any image you wish.
Below are some possible topics to help you to focus.
We are delighted to have local professional photographer and videographer Mark Broderick as our judge. Mark will select between ten and twenty images from all entries, which will be printed in A4 and exhibited in Skerries Mills from 23 September on for ten days, after which they will be presented to the photographers.

Some ideas for your pictures…

• Local Biodiversity – Highlight bees, birds, hedgehogs, or other wildlife thriving in eco-friendly spaces.
• Getting Around Greener – Photos of walking, cycling, e-scooters, public transport.
• Greener Energy- solar panels, solar-powered amenities…
• Low-Waste Lifestyles – Reusable containers, repair cafés, community composting / leaf collections….
• Homegrown & Local – Vegetable gardens, allotments, farmers’ markets, local food businesses…
• Portraits of locals making a difference: energy advisors, repairers, gardeners, educators…
• Together for the Planet – Community clean-ups, tree planting, activism, youth-led eco-projects…
• Greener Classrooms – School gardens, green school initiatives, photos showing displays of climate-themed artwork or posters…
• Circular Economy- Upcycling, second-hand / charity shops, donation points, reuse of materials…
• Before-and-after shots of restored, repurposed or waste-avoiding initiatives, biodiversity corners etc. (please create a collage of 2-4 images in one picture for these )
• Small Footprint Living – Passive houses, reusing material, water saving, insulation work, clothes drying outdoors….

1. The rules:

• Photos – up to three from each entrant – must have been taken in 2024 or 2025.
• Please note: If your photo features people, make sure you have received their permission to be photographed. (For guidance on this issue, visit dataprotection.ie)
• Images must be emailed to sustskerries@gmail.com by 31 July 2025.
• Important: To be printed successfully an image file must be at least 2MB in size. (Images that have been uploaded to WhatsApp at any stage are reduced in size and while they may look good on screen will not be suitable for printing.)
• If you send us your pictures, you agree to allow us to use them online and in print, with acknowledgment of the photographer. (Thank you!)

Best of luck.
Remember: Deadline for submitting entries is 31 July 2025. Send your email to sustskerries@gmail.com Max of 3 entries per photographer.  

2. Submit Your Entry:

Email your photo to SustSkerries@gmail.com, with the subject line “Photo Competition Entry.” Please include your name, and contact information.
You can submit up to 3 photos.

By submitting photos, you agree that Sustainable Skerries can use your photographs online and offline (with credit to the photographer), and that they can be shown as part of the 2025 Skerries Eco Festival.

3. Deadline:

The deadline for submissions is Thursday 31 July 2025.
Make sure to get your entries to SustSkerries@gmail.com on time!

All entries to the competition will be assessed by Mark Broderick, local photographer and videographer and our adjudicator this year. He will choose the images for this year’s exhibition, which will be printed on 8×12 blocks and be shown for two weeks in Skerries Mills! All photographers will be invited to the launch of that exhibition on Tue 23 September in Skerries Mills.

The photographers whose photos are chosen for this exhibition will receive their printed pic, on an 8×12 block, after the close of the Skerries Mills exhibition.