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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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If you’ve followed me for a long time…you are going to know exactly what today’s video is about!! From the very early stages of my business, I wanted to set myself apart as a senior photographer and provide a really unique client experience. One of the ways that I did this was to collaborate with […]
Today’s video is for both photographers AND senior clients alike! I am sharing my SIX tips for what to wear for your senior portrait session, and how to prepare your clients for their shooting experience. After 8 years of photographing portraits, I’ve learned that it is OUR job as photographers to give our clients the […]
Photographers, how do you start your senior portrait sessions? What do you say to your clients when they first arrive? How do you prepare them to feel COMFORTABLE in front of your camera with every piece of that first impression? You may not have given a lot of thought to those questions before now, but […]
This wedding day has been a LONG time coming!!! Courtney and Ross’s big day was originally scheduled for April 2020. When that date obviously could not happen…they rescheduled not once, not twice…but 3 TIMES!! They patiently waited for this day to arrive for over one full year…and I think it made it that much sweeter. […]
Today’s video is a fun one!! I hear a lot of photographers that struggle with being confident sharing their IPHONE images alongside their PROFESSIONAL images. They fear that they won’t look as consistent or professional…but I do it ALL the time! So, I’m breaking down how I take and EDIT my iPhone images to make […]
It’s a busy week on the blog this week…because it’s been a busy week of shooting!! Last week, before getting on the road to Virginia, I had the honor of photographing Lainey’s high school senior portraits! Her entire family was in town visiting Charleston from Washington, and they knew they wanted portraits while in town. […]
I have been looking forward to this day for over a year now!!! I first met Austin and Tony in person at their engagement session, and I immediately adored them. The way they love each other, Austin’s attention to detail and her joyful personality made me feel like I was just hanging out with one […]
This post is so bittersweet to write…because it’s the LAST mastermind retreat post. I’m sure I’ll do another mastermind in 2022…but for right now, this is literally the last mastermind retreat we have scheduled!!! This amazing group of business owners were my mastermind students from July-December of 2020. Our retreat was originally scheduled for January […]
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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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