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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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Kora’s destination senior portraits at The Flower Fields may be my new favorite senior session of all time. That is a very big claim!!!!! Let me back up a little bit. For the first time ever, I decided to do something NEW in 2023. I opened up applications for “destination senior models” – the opportunity […]
Today I’m going to be breaking down my favorite email marketing platform, showing you how to set up your account from scratch and talking through super important & strategic things to think about when you do! I use and love ConvertKit when it comes to email marketing and since I know how overwhelming getting started […]
Megan’s beautiful portraits in Laguna Beach were SO special! Megan is a ballerina who has followed me on Instagram for quite some time, and she messaged me when she saw that I was going to be in the Laguna Beach area. Turns out, we were both in town the SAME WEEK (!!!) We had time […]
I can’t wait to share Tia’s gorgeous portraits with you at Goldenrod Footbridge! Last week was jam-packed with shoots in California…which means this week will be packed on the blog! I traveled to Laguna Beach, California last week to photograph multiple beautiful clients. And we filmed it all for The Senior Scoop! We have been […]
We’re going to be talking about a topic today that I get asked about all the time – senior posing, but specifically how to pose seniors in an open field! Photographing in an open field has always been a trend in senior photography because you can create some beautiful images, especially at golden hour, right […]
This is one of my LAST senior sessions before I’m out of office for my wedding day…AH!!! That is so crazy to type!! Alli’s beautiful senior portraits in downtown Charleston were an AMAZING start to my last week of shooting before the big day. Alli traveled into Charleston for her shoot and sent me the […]
Today we’re going to talk about something that we haven’t spent a ton of time talking about on this YouTube channel but something I believe in so fiercely! It’s a marketing strategy that has made a MASSIVE difference in my bottom line: email marketing. Email marketing has quite literally doubled my revenue while cutting the […]
I had so much fun photographing Chad’s senior portraits in downtown Charleston! I had been in contact with his wonderful mom, Tammy, to plan out every detail leading up to the shoot. We ended up having to reschedule 3 times because of sickness, sports conflicts and weather…and we ended up getting the most BEAUTIFUL day […]
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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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"Thanks to Hope, I'm literally booking so fast I can't keep up! I booked 3 sessions in ONE day after applying what she taught me!"
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Ever wondered what programs I use in my business? My camera gear? My must-have photography products? Maybe just my favorite outfits to wear on wedding days? I've compiled a massive list of ALL my favorite things in every category!
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