Summer Pix 2019

Summer Pix 2019: swimmers kiss before heading out to open water outside Salthill in Galway. Photograph: Martin Kalvaster

Summer Pix 2019: Your best entries from week one

Submit the best photo for a chance to win a Canon DSLR camera from Harvey Norman

Summer Pix: last year’s winning entry, of Bailey the springer spaniel jumping into Lough Derg, was taken on a GoPro Hero5 by Louis Smith

Summer Pix 2019 competition: Can you take the best snap of summer?

Win a Canon DSLR from Harvey Norman. Plus, expert advice from Alan Betson

Summer Pix: catching a perfect moment in time. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw

Can you take the best photo of the summer? Enter to win a Canon DSLR

Summer Pix 2019: Capture the moment of the summer and you could win a camera from Harvey Norman

From the archive

Taken on a GoPro Hero5, this photo of Bailey the springer spaniel jumping into Lough Derg “seemed to encapsulate this incredible summer”. Photograph: Louis Smith

Springer Spaniel incoming: The winner of our summer photography competition

SummerPix2018: This stand-out doggy photo, taken by Dubliner Louis Smith in Lough Derg, Co Tipperary, is the winner of our contest run in association with Harvey Norman

SummerPix2018: some of the final week's entries

The final week of our photo competition: Your best entries

Summer Pix 2018: Competition for a camera sponsored by Harvey Norman closes

Underwater life. Photograph: Gina Gardiner

Week three of our photography competition: Your best entries

Summer Pix 18: Third week of the competition in association with Harvey Norman

Summer photography competition: Your best entries from week two

Summer Pix 18: The winner will receive a Panasonic camera from Harvey Norman

Summer photography competition: All your best entries from week one

SummerPix2018: Seize the moment – and capture it – and you could win a Panasonic Lumix GX800 Mirrorless camera in our Summer Pix 18 competition in association with Harvey Norman

Advice from the experts

Advice from the experts

Henry Quinn took this on holidays in Waterville, Co Kerry. 'A magical moment shared by my wife and son, it makes me smile'

Summer Pix 16 Week 1

Little Green Cars at the Iveagh Gardens. Photo by Gerry Sugrue

Summer Pix 16 Week 3

Wild Atlantic Walk at Enniscrone, Co Sligo. Photograph by Derek Cawley

Summer Pix 16 - Week 2

Connemara cow, taken in Connemara in June. Photograph: Albert Fenton

Summer Pix 16 - Week 4

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