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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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Oh my goodness, where do I begin with these two!? Sydney and Michael’s sunrise engagement session in downtown Charleston was a dream from start to finish. I had been looking forward to this shoot for MONTHS! Sydney and Michael first inquired with me because they are getting married at the same wedding venue as us: […]
Today, we are going to talk about how I made 6 figures as a young entrepreneur by talking about the things I did wrong! I started my business as a teenager and I made a lot of money very quickly but I did that because I was working really hard, around the clock, and I […]
Today I’m going to teach you how to pose clients with florals! Some of my signature images, my images I love more than anything I’ve created, involve posing a client with some sort of florals or flowers in the foreground. Posing with flowers may seem super specific but my senior portraits are kind of known […]
Spring senior sessions are my absolute favorite…and they are even better when they are perfectly timed with the blooms in downtown Charleston! Katy and her sweet family flew in from TEXAS for her senior portraits. We scheduled this shoot MONTHS ago…but we ended up scheduling it PERFECTLY. Somehow, all at once, the azaleas AND the […]
I LOVE a good website! I love branding, the strategy that goes into building a website that converts… but for some reason I’ve never talked about it here! In today’s video, I’m doing something I’ve never done before — I’m going to critique 3 photography websites! I thought it would be helpful for you to […]
In today’s video we’re talking about how to use a reflector during your outdoor, natural light sessions to get stunning images that you’re really really proud of! To be honest, the first few years of my business I never had one of these… I used a lot of natural reflectors and didn’t really think they […]
I got to spend a portion of my week with the beautiful Miss Savannah – what an absolute HONOR this shoot was!! And in the height of spring azalea season!? THE BEST. Brittni was recently crowned as the woman to represent the gorgeous city of Savannah, GA – and we did a photoshoot to celebrate! […]
Getting to photograph another photographer is always SUCH an incredible honor. But, getting to go back to Fredericksburg and do it in the town that I began my business in was even more special!!! Emma Jo is a college senior that graduates this year. She is also a photographer based in North Carolina…and she traveled […]
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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!"
— jessie
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How To: Tips for Better Senior Portraits
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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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