Welcome to The Lockdown Photography Collective

The Lockdown Photography Collective is a community set up to help people use photography as a support to get themselves through the 2020 pandemic lockdown.

The Lockdown Photography Collective is here for anyone interested in developing their photography skills at home in a fun, no-pressure, community-minded way, and for people to connect through a common interest. Join us to boost your skills through fun challenges and projects, and tap the hive-mind for collaborative, practical learning.

We're here for those who want to learn more about photography and photo editing - be that on mobile phone, digital camera or film - using practical tasks and projects, and by sharing, experimenting and collaborating. And for those who'd like to use their photography therapeutically. While we're in lockdown, projects and tasks are focussed on what we can do at home and in the garden. Once we begin to be able to move out of lockdown, we'll be able to expand what we do.

We have a heavy lean towards documentary photography (including street photography), and arts, culture and heritage.

Projects and tasks not only help with the technical skills of taking a photo, but also composition, being artistic with your photography, and editing your photos on computers and phones.

Yes, the group is completely free to join. We want to make the group available to anyone who wants or needs us as we go through such a disruptive time in our lives.

However, we're run by a freelance photographer who doesn't have a salary to rely on during lockdown, so for those who would like to support the community, there's a donation form on the LPC's website.

Working together to give each other a mental boost and to connect over a common interest is amazing, and each and every one of you who joins is helping both you and others during a time of worry, anxiety and uncertainty. Your support is more appreciated than you realise. Let's do this!