The earliest photographers made monochrome images. That was their only option. Today, the general public expects photos to be in color and monochrome is seen as the infrequent option. So why would you make a “black and white” photo when the world is in color and color photography is so easy? Here are a dozen reasons you may want to Make it Monochrome. Our modern digital cameras are invariably set up to make color photos. To make a monochrome photo we either have to use special camera settings or convert an already captured color image into monochrome with editing tools. The point of this article is not to discuss techniques for doing those things, there are already many good articles discussing tools and techniques for that. Instead, I’d like to talk about why you might want to make a monochrome image instead of a color one.