Your Photographer

I'm Cami! I am first and foremost and a mom of four very individually unique kids ages teen to young adult, and a wife to a super supportive and amazing husband. My own family with its photographic challenges (I have children on the autism spectrum) is what drove me to capture real and beautiful moments for other families.

When I first started studying photography, I had two autistic toddlers who would not sit still long enough for any professional photos, and when they did, the photos felt forced and awkward. The portraits I was able to take of them myself are so important to me, as they really felt like I could see my children in them. After 10 years of photographing families in a natural and fun way, I knew I wanted to provide that same kind of experience to schools, especially those schools who might need some extra patience and understanding.

Doing school portraits for several K-12 schools and daycares every year has significantly impacted my ability to take on family clients, but it’s worth giving up those private sessions for me to provide natural and beautiful portraits of children who don’t often have someone willing to take the time and energy to try to capture their personalities. My only regret about school portraits is that I don’t have more time with each student. Over the years, I feel like I get to know these kids, and I have a personal connection and love for each one of them.

This boutique service is run just by me, and my husband who helps me with some of the technical tasks, so I am personally manning every step of the process, from preparation and picture day, editing and delivery, to customer service. My son, who was a student at Spectrum Academy, is now my assistant during picture day! Everyone in the family steps up to help keep our household running during the months I’m focused on school portraits.

What else do I do?

Besides doing schools, I do a lot of photography based personal work, and love to think of myself as an artist. I shoot mostly analog film for my family, personal work, and traveling, but I also do a lot of mixed media and experimental work. I’m also a writer, and photography educator! I teach online workshops for photographic artists during the months when I’m not doing school portraits.

You can see some of my work and classes HERE.

Thank you!

Thank you so much for taking the time to get to know me a little more. I want you to know that I am invested in getting the best photos possible of each student at the schools I serve. I am also determined to keep prices as low as possible, which usually means I am doing a lot of extra work by hand rather than letting computer programs and volume photography companies take over. I hope my passion for this work comes through in your photos!

Cami Turpin