Prior to my own introduction to photography, I honestly had no idea of how big photography was in today’s world. I mean, sure, I knew maybe one or two people from my school who were photographers, but not too many.

Now, as I become more and more involved as a photographer myself, I have started to notice how popular photography is in the world around me. In my city alone, it seems that there must be hundreds of people who have some level of interest in photography.

Johnstown’s local newspaper, the Tribune Democrat, runs a weekly promotional photography contest known as the Picture This contest.

The contest gives local photographers of any skill level a chance to display their skills to the world, with two winners being chosen each week-one over the age of eighteen, and one under the age of eighteen.

Each week, a category is announced for the competition in Monday’s paper, which also showcases the previous week’s winning photographers. The categories range from history to family to wildlife to many other things.

The Tribune’s weekly Picture This contest gives local photographers of any skill level-from amateur to professional-the chance to get their work out there in the world and show off what they can do.

I have personally been entering my photographs into the Tribune’s contest for the last few weeks, although I have not won any of the contests. However, for me, my main outlet for my work is through my journalism class. That isn’t available for some other amateur photographers, though, so the Tribune’s contest is a great way for them to share their work with other people.