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I'm Hope Taylor. A photographer, educator and business coach serving joyful clients for almost a decade. I began my business when I was just 16 years old, and now I help you grow yours from my home in Savannah, GA!
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In today’s video you’re going to get to watch me LIVE on a real senior session with the iconic Miss Savannah! She’s technically not a senior but we had an incredible time photographing downtown and it is one of my favorite sessions. What I’m focusing on in this video is the difference between using my […]
Last week, I hosted my incredible 2023 Mastermind Retreat in Charleston, SC and it was AMAZING! As a reminder, my Mastermind is my high-level coaching program that I offer for business owners who are looking to begin education and create passive income. For 6 months, I coach these entrepreneurs through weekly calls, one-on-one Voxer discussion, […]
It’s not often that we have guest posts on the blog…but today is an exception that I am SO excited about! We have the amazing Paige Griffith of The Legal Paige sharing hew knowledge on senior portrait contracts. She was a guest speaker inside of The Senior Scoop earlier this month, and we wanted photographers […]
Today we are going to talk about how to book your FIRST EVER senior session! I’ve been a senior photographer for over a decade and I absolutely LOVE it. But I know how hard it can be to break into the market and get in touch with your first client if you’ve never done it […]
My LAST senior session of the year!!! WHAT!? 2023…how did this happen?! I truly can’t believe that we’re already in November! But, Ciana’s Charleston senior session was the PERFECT way to end out the year. I called my mom on the way home from this shoot and said “it was the ideal senior session in […]
I can’t quite believe it, but this is my second to last senior session of 2023! Where did time go!? Cassie’s senior portraits took place in Charleston, SC during a beautiful fall sunrise. Those early mornings used to not be my favorite time to shoot…but they are now by FAR what I prefer! Cooler temps, […]
My LAST wedding blog post of 2023…and it’s such a special one! Olivia and Curt tied the knot last week in Charleston, SC with the most gorgeous, intimate elopement at Middleton Place. And I still can’t believe I got the honor of being their photographer! Olivia and I went to high school in the same […]
Cloudspot, which is the program that I use for my gallery delivery, has released a brand new program called Cloudspot Studio and in today’s video, I am joined by their CEO, Gavin Wade, to talk all about it! With Cloudspot Studio, you can now use it to deliver contracts, invoices, and questionnaires to your clients, […]
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I began my business during my junior year of high school, and fell in love with photography while capturing all of my peers and their senior portraits. I built a six-figure photography business on my passion for senior clients - and now I help hundreds of photographers across the globe do the same!
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"Hope is so much more than *just* an educator, but a loyal, fierce believer in the people she invests in, and who invest in learning from her."
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