The group is not run as a club. These are meetings of like minded photographers discussing and enjoying monochrome photography, either digital prints or traditional darkroom prints. Will colleagues who attend please bring some of their monochrome prints to show.
For most of history, black and white photography was a photographer’s only choice for taking pictures. Even when colour became available, black and white photos were initially of better quality and less expensive to develop than their colour counterparts.
As its quality improved, colour film became a more popular choice for photographs, causing black and white photography to decline in popularity.
However, at present, black and white photos are enjoying a revival. Photographers are rediscovering the power and timeless nature that black and white can lend to photos.
The Lincolnshire Monochrome Group meet on the first Sunday of the month at Nettleham village Hall near Lincoln .
The venue opens at 10.00am with the meeting starting at 10.30am usually with a speaker. All the speakers have their own web pages ;just google them for more info.
We break for lunch at 12.15pm until 1.30pm . The group members show their MONO images (prints or digital images ) in the afternoon ; we usually finish about 3.30pm .
The cost of the day is £8.00 . For more information contact j.m.martindale@outlook.com.
Why Take Black and White Photos?
With the vibrant colours available in modern film and with digital cameras, why opt for black and white photos at all? Depending on the subject, a photographer may use black and white film to create a stark, somber tone for his photos. This quality has paved the way for black and white photography in photojournalism.
The vibrancy of colour can, at times, actually detract from the desired photographic effect. Subtle effects of texture and lighting that can be lost in colour photographs, will stand out in black and white photography.
Black and white photos can add an air of romance, 
class, timelessness and mystery to otherwise ordinary photographs. A run-of-the-mill colour photo may look entirely different when seen in black and white. For this reason, both wedding and gothic photography have embraced the timeless quality of black and white photos.
Members Work
Click link below for a zip file containing an EXE file of the members work
Programme
MARCH 2nd Leigh Preston ‘ Hugh and I’ Leigh will be presenting a Zoom show of Hugh Milsoms and Leighs own work . Highly recommended.
APRIL 6th Finalise Folio . We will be finessing the presentation of the mono group folio of images which will be posted on the LPA website ;for LPA clubs and members to view.
MAY 4th Andy Macdonald. A member of the Midlands Mono Group; Andy is a highly recommended speaker. His work includes architectural images.
JUNE 1st Richard Egan, Richard is a well-known fine art figure photographer ; his work has been featured in many magazines and exhibitions.
JULY 6th John Gill is a street documentary photographer who has had several books of his work published. This is a Zoom talk .
AUGUST 3rd Valerie Mather is a travel ;documentary and portraiture photographer from North Yorkshire who does excellent work .
September 7th to be confirmed.
OCTOBER 5th John Gravett. Is a well known Lakeland photographer. His work has been published in many photographic magazines and he is know for his work with Lakeland Photographic Holidays.
NOVEMBER 2nd Members day . this is a half day meeting when the group members can show their own work .
DECEMBER 7th Martin Pick ; Martin is a documentary photographer who has had several exhibitions including at The Ropewalk at Baton on Humber of life in the coalfields after the pit closures