IF YOU are ready to hit the beach for summer, make sure you capture it in pictures: it could win you a Nikon camera worth nearly $700.

The Chronicle is giving away a Nikon D3300 DSLR with AF-S 18-55mm VR 11 lens, in our I AM Summer photo competition.

You'll nearly be as well equipped as our professional photographers!

From Boxing Day until Friday, January 22, get snapping your great Aussie summer photos and upload them to us at www.thechronicle.com.au/iamsummer

Please provide the name of the person who took the photo in the submitted caption so we can credit them both online, and in if used in print.

The pics will go into our online I AM Summer gallery, and the best will be used in the paper each week.

Where we've done this before, some of the photography has been so good, and the subject matter so interesting, it's made the front page.

That won't look bad in your CV.

The best pic by a Chronicle reader will win its creator the Nikon D3300 kit.

To have a chance to also win the D750 AF-S with 24-120 VR 11 F4 lens, all you need to do is enter your details on thechronicle.com.au/ wincamera. You can also email the picture to our newsroom via news@thechronicle.com.au

Happy summer snapping!

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