About Black Thumb Studio
How did you get that name?!
We use Nikon professional DSLRs when we shoot. We found that when we’re shooting all day, the black rubber on our camera literally wears right off the camera onto our thumb. Seriously! We’d be happy to show you!

With that in mind, we felt the name “Black Thumb Studio” was a true representation of who we are as photographers – passionate, hard working, a little outside the box and self-sacrificing. We’ll do anything we need to get THE shot.




Where is your studio?
Everywhere! Although we don’t have a permanent physical indoor location where we shoot, we see the world around us as our studio. We prefer a variety of environments for our photography and because our focus is on wedding photography, we have not found a studio of our own to be a priority. We have many different locations we photograph regularly and have exclusive access to some really cool properties as well.




About Jeff Turner - Photographer

Photographer Jeff Turner was raised in Somerville, MA. Born the “son of a preacher man,” he quickly learned the values of diversity, humanity and unconditional love. He has always had a passion for adventure and travel and can remember sitting in church listening to the stories of visiting missionaries. Jeff’s love of the outdoors grew out of the many weeks he would spend in New Hampshire with his family.




Jeff earned a B.A. from Eastern Nazarene College in Quincy, MA. It was at ENC that his love of photography took root. A school trip to Venezuela with one of his early photography mentors, Rob Larocco, made a lasting impression. Jeff’s elective photography class with the provocative Carl Winderl earned Jeff the only A+ of his school career.




Jeff’s love of nature is evident in his compelling portraits and his evocative landscapes of New England. Jeff’s self-proclaimed “in the moment” wedding photography appears both intimate and spontaneous. An inveterate traveler, Jeff’s African animal photos were the inspiration for his pet photography business. In addition, Jeff enjoys shooting social events as well as family and child portraits. His work has been featured prominently on boston.com a number of times.




Jeff regularly wakes before dawn to venture out and capture the world as it welcomes another day. On the rare occasion that he sets the camera aside, he heads for the White Mountains to play. Whether skiing, camping or hiking, he’s still a nature boy at heart.