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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 this video I’m breaking down my current FAVORITE strategy to increase my visibility and social media engagement when marketing to senior clients. I’ve been using a version of this same strategy since aaalll the way back at the beginning of my business in 2013…and it only takes a few extra minutes at your senior […]
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In this video I’m breaking down my current FAVORITE strategy to increase my visibility and social media engagement when marketing to senior clients. I’ve been using a version of this same strategy since aaalll the way back at the beginning of my business in 2013…and it only takes a few extra minutes at your senior […]
I almost NEVER do weekend senior sessions…so this was a treat for me!!! When Kate’s mom inquired about doing her senior portraits while they were in Charleston for vacation, I realized I was going to be in town the same dates…and I had just enough time to squeeze in her shoot! We had the most […]
Let’s talk about MARKETING!!! I have been living in Savannah now for over 8 months…and I’m now successfully booking clients CONSISTENTLY in my new city! After moving twice in the last 3 years…I think I’ve gotten a little bit of a handle on the marketing strategies I used to get me integrated into a new […]
This one is for the BOYS! Just kidding, this one’s for the photographers who want to photograph more senior boys…haha! In today’s YouTube video I’m talking through some of the biggest paint points I hear from photographers in terms of photographing guys. How do you make them excited for the experience? How do you get […]
This video has been long awaited…and it’s finally here!!! Hayden and I signed the contract to build our first home in June of 2021, shortly after getting engaged. We closed on our home in early February and have been working hard to make it a home over the last few months…and we are finally ready […]
Emma’s senior session was so much FUN!!! We met up in downtown on a beautiful May evening for her Charleston senior portraits. My favorite way to kick off every senior session is to look through outfits and props that my clients brought along with them to map out exactly where we will photograph each piece. […]
This week’s video is a fun one…because I’m sharing a peek into my OWN branding session + images from last year! I got a YouTube comment a few weeks ago from a photographer that is prepping for her own branding images, and she’s struggling with what to wear and how to make the most out […]
One year from TODAY we will become husband and wife…so I thought it was the perfect time for this post 🙂 I am finally sharing our ENGAGEMENT PHOTOS!!! What a surreal sentence to type. I’ve dreamed of working with Lauren Fair for years and years…and I’m still not quite sure it has sunk in that […]
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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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