Little Lens Club

Little Lens Club Creative photography workshops for ages 5-15.

The one where I broke my back. 🙈😳Be careful asking the universe for things like a “lucky break” because apparently it ha...
08/09/2026

The one where I broke my back. 🙈😳

Be careful asking the universe for things like a “lucky break” because apparently it has a twisted sense of humour sometimes…

Safe to say, this is not how I imagined September going.

After what has genuinely been the most incredible summer for Little Lens Club, I was absolutely buzzing to get back into schools, welcome lots of new little photographers and start putting all the ideas I’ve been dreaming up into action.

Instead, I’m currently recovering in hospital after an accident resulted in a broken spine and surgery to put me back together again. 🫠

I’m gutted. I feel completely blindsided by it. And I’m particularly sad that, after building so much momentum this summer, I’ve had to hit pause just as a new term was beginning.

But it is a pause.

Little Lens Club isn’t going anywhere. 📸💛

I’ve got far too many ideas, far too much enthusiasm and apparently, soon, considerably more metalwork holding me together.

So for now, I’ll be doing something I’m notoriously terrible at and resting.

Then I’ll be back. Bigger, better and bionic. 🤖

Thank you to everyone who made this summer so bloody brilliant. We’ve got plenty more memories left to make. 💛

And an extra special thank you to all the people behind the scenes, currently living in the WhatsApp chat that is essentially holding my entire life together. Keeping things moving, keeping me sane, keeping me safe and making sure everything and everyone I care about is looked after while I temporarily can’t.

I genuinely don’t know what I’d do without you. 💛

Little Lens Club | Camera club for kids | Kids and teens photography

01/09/2026

What a summer! ☀️ 📸

I can’t quite beleive it’s over! I still have so much to share from the past 6 weeks. So many amazing photos, taken by such talented, creative and at times bananas little photographers but for now I just want to say thank you!

To everyone who got involved this summer. You were brilliant and I hope you had the best time.

Grown ups, keep an eye on your inboxes because details of my October Half Term sessions will be announced soon! 😅🙈🤣😜

Love you all!

📸 👧🏼 👦🏻

Little Lens Club | Back to school | Summer recap | Kids club | creative kids | kids photography

Today’s carefully planned summer holiday activity was… diabolical. 😂No family holiday this year + a very busy summer of ...
24/08/2026

Today’s carefully planned summer holiday activity was… diabolical. 😂

No family holiday this year + a very busy summer of work + social media repeatedly informing me I only get 18 summers with my children = me trying VERY hard to manufacture some core memories.

So today I took my 5 and 6 year old to London by myself.

Excellent idea, Sophia. No notes. 🙃

We’re a neurodivergent family and sometimes days out are HARD.

The noise. Crowds. Transitions. Waiting. Change in routine. And when your children are overwhelmed at exactly the same time as your own brain is screaming TOO MUCH, being the calm, regulated adult can feel almost impossible.

By lunchtime I was questioning every parenting decision that had led me to Waterloo that morning. 😂

Meanwhile, other families seem to take the same day in their stride.

Today I felt overwhelmed, even a bit embarrassed. And in the wake of Channel 4’s recent programme about ADHD, I think I felt more sensitive about that than I ordinarily would.

Because whatever debate there is around diagnosis or symptoms, it’s difficult to watch people’s lived experiences reduced or dismissed when days like today remind me how profoundly neurodivergence can affect very ordinary parts of family life.

BUT. There was some light amongst the chaos.

We’d gone to London to see Frida Kahlo and follow the mural trail along Bankside, and my six-year-old had her camera.

While I wrestled with the logistics (and her sister), she started photographing.

She searched for the murals and photography gave her somewhere to direct all that attention.

Tonight I looked through her photographs and honestly… 🥹

She’d documented the murals, captured little details from our day and somehow even beautifully framed Big Ben.

SHE HAS BEEN LISTENING TO ME.

Little Lens Club is working! 😂📸

But it reminded me of something much more important than whether a six-year-old understands composition.

Photography gives children a reason to really LOOK.

It can turn a walk into a scavenger hunt. An unfamiliar place into something to explore. A busy environment into smaller things they get to choose to focus on.

And for children who sometimes find the world a little overwhelming, I think there’s something really lovely about that.

You don’t have to take in everything.

You can look through your little rectangle and decide what deserves your attention.

Our magical London day wasn’t particularly magical. There were meltdowns. I had a few myself. 😂

But one little photographer came home proud of the story she’d captured.

And her mum came home with an even bigger belief in what we’re building at Little Lens Club. 💛📸

All photos by Tanith (6)

Not even torrential rain was going to put stop the last Little Lens Club of summer!For our final workshop, my merry litt...
20/08/2026

Not even torrential rain was going to put stop the last Little Lens Club of summer!

For our final workshop, my merry little band of photographers and I headed out around Yorkshire Wildlife Trust Potteric Carr nature reserve with Lily!

This time last week we worried we might need to cancel because of the heat, today we were almost washed away! But come rain or shine, we show up!

Honestly, I wouldn’t have blamed them for all wanting to give up and I was completely prepared for them to complain but they didn’t. They fully embraced it and I’m so grateful to them!

Little Lens Club | Summer holidays | camera club for kids | kids photography club

🌻 Making the sunflowers dance…Today Little Lens Club headed to Eastfield Farm Soft Fruit, Tickhill to explore the wildf...
18/08/2026

🌻 Making the sunflowers dance…

Today Little Lens Club headed to Eastfield Farm Soft Fruit, Tickhill to explore the wildflowers and their famous sunflower fields, which gave us the perfect backdrop for a lesson in "shutter speed".

I always start my workshops by teaching the children how to hold their cameras properly.

Feet hip-width apart. Elbows tucked in.

We want to minimise camera wobble and keep those photographs sharp....and to keep cameras safely off the ground!!

But then today I told them to forget everything I’d just taught them. 😂

Because today we wanted to make the sunflowers dance. 🌻

The children experimented with really slow shutter speeds, deliberately twisting, flicking and moving their cameras as they took each photograph. Instead of trying to freeze the flowers perfectly, we wanted the movement.

And LOOK at what they created. 😍

I know intentional camera movement and motion blur can divide opinion, but personally, I absolutely love it when it’s used creatively. There’s something so beautiful and emotive about the results. The blur turns the flowers into almost painterly brushstrokes, transforming a field of sunflowers into something completely different.

Photography doesn’t always have to be perfectly sharp to be a good photograph. Sometimes breaking the “rules” is where the magic happens.

And a huge part of what I’m trying to teach these little photographers is to trust their creative instincts. To be brave enough to experiment, take a risk and gradually discover their own artistic style.

So please let them know what you think of their photographs! 🌻📷

Learning that their creative risks and their own unique vision can pay off is all part of the process, and I think they deserve to feel incredibly proud of these.

I LOVE THEM! 💛

SOUND THE CLAXON! We have some new LITTLE LENS CLUB LEGENDS! 🌟 I couldn’t choose just one so I am sharing the accolade b...
17/08/2026

SOUND THE CLAXON!

We have some new LITTLE LENS CLUB LEGENDS! 🌟

I couldn’t choose just one so I am sharing the accolade between Lucy & Hollie who were both on my “Woodland Wanderers” session at Flourish at Woodfield Park

We explored the walled gardens and the woods and both girls did an amazing job! They really mastered making sure their photos were in focus and took some beautiful, colourful and creative pictures!

Photography club for kids | Creative workshops for kids in Doncaster | Kids camera club | Junior Photographers

FINAL SPACES!If you haven't managed to join us yet, there's still time!☀️ FINAL SUMMER WORKSHOP SPACES! ☀️Every other Li...
10/08/2026

FINAL SPACES!

If you haven't managed to join us yet, there's still time!

☀️ FINAL SUMMER WORKSHOP SPACES! ☀️

Every other Little Lens Club summer workshop is now SOLD OUT (thank you! 🥹), which means Monday 17th August at Flourish, Woodfield Park is your final chance to join us this summer!

And there are now TWO ways to join us:

📸 FULL SESSION | 10:30am–2:30pm (£60)
Stay for the full Little Lens Club experience, with photography, woodland walk, professional portrait, photo journal and lunch together.

💙 AFTERNOON CYANOTYPE WORKSHOP | 12:30pm–2:30pm | £30
Drop in for the afternoon and discover the magic of cyanotype! Children will use natural finds, sunlight and a little bit of science to create their own beautiful blue sun prints to take home.
We've added the afternoon-only option after such a brilliant response to our other cyanotype workshops, which have completely sold out!

🌿 Monday 17th August
📍 Flourish at Woodfield Park, Doncaster
📷 Cameras & equipment provided
☀️ Limited spaces remaining

Come and make, explore, photograph and create with us for one last summer session! 💙

Booking available now via the Little Lens Club website.

https://www.littlelensclub.co.uk/book-a-session/p/little-lens-club-workshops

Please share this post with anyone who might be interested in joining us!

02/08/2026

There’s a lot that goes on behind the scenes to get prepped for a Little Lens Club workshop!

From custom designed colouring, photo scavenger hunts and activity sheets, to making sure my craft kit is full and the frames are ready.

Watch me pack my wagon and head down early to near Loversall ahead of our Little Lens Club adventure this week!

Photography club for kids | for parents searching for kids activities near Doncaster | a mum run business

This Monday's Adventure to Annabel’s is SOLD OUT but I still have 2 spaces left for my mini cyanotype workshop at Flouri...
31/07/2026

This Monday's Adventure to Annabel’s is SOLD OUT but I still have 2 spaces left for my mini cyanotype workshop at Flourish at Woodfield Park Community Interest Company.

Each child will have the chance to make their own experimental prints using one of the oldest photography techniques!

Plus they'll take home a professional portrait in their own custom frame!

£35.00

Includes lunch and all kit!

Wednesday 5th August
10:30 - 1:00
The Log Cabin, Flourish @ Woodfield Park
Tickhill Road, Doncaster DN4 8QP

£5 OFF with LLCTURNSONE!

https://www.littlelensclub.co.uk/book-a-session/p/little-lens-club-workshops

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