Horndean Camera Club has an established Junior Camera Club for young photographers in the South Hants area. The group is intended for boys and girls from 10 years old upwards, and introduces members to all the basic principles of photography together with lots of practical experience.

The Junior Club draws its membership from outside of the adult Club, although our members are registered with the Club for the purposes of this governance. The HJCC is for youngsters from 10-18 years, and aims to introduce them to basic photographic skills and good practices through tutorial sessions and photo shoots in and around the area. It meets once a month, and is supervised by adult Club members.

The Chairman of Horndean Junior Camera Club, at the time, Geoff Lambert, said “our main club’s programme is not really suited to young people, so we looked for ways to start a Junior sub-section of the club which can be focussed solely on their needs and start them on their way to a fascinating, creative and rewarding hobby.”

Thanks to a grants from East Hants District Council specifically for this purpose, we equipped and can run such a club. In addition these Grants have allowed us to visit ‘action’ locations such as Brooklands Museum and Marwell Zoo to extend their skills at photographing real events and scenes.

Members can work with their own cameras, but we also have a quantity of suitable cameras and a printer that can produce instant photo prints during the sessions. Other equipment is available from the main club. Apart from the expertise of our own photographers we also have the benefit of experienced teachers of photography to help plan and run the junior group.

We have up to 10 members and usually meet on the first Saturday morning of each month (with bank holiday variations). We have indoor theory sessions and demonstrations, and indoor and outdoor photo shoots in the surrounding area. We also spend time working with the software used for post processing pictures. Members can work on projects and can carry prints and picture files home, and bring in photos taken at home. The youngsters’ work is shown at the main club meetings from time to time. We hope also to have occasional wider ranging field trips, with parental support. To our knowledge, there is no other club of this type in the South Hants area.

You can see examples of the activities, highlights and awards that our Junior members have achieved.

Anyone interested in joining the Junior Camera Club can email us here.