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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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I am SO EXCITED to share this post! I am finally sharing a full tour of Clara’s baby pink and sage green nursery. Working on her nursery was one of my FAVORITE parts of pregnancy. It gave me so much to look forward to and so many packages to be excited about when I was […]
WHERE DO I BEGIN?! I’ve been waiting for this day for over a year! Maddie and Austin’s luxury pink wedding at Lowndes Grove in Charleston did NOT disappoint. It’s actually the most GORGEOUS wedding day I’ve ever photographed! From start to finish, my jaw was on the floor this entire day. The design, the vision, […]
This is the start of a BEAUTIFUL week of blog posts. Over the last few days, I had the privilege of photographing Maddie and Austin’s wedding weekend. It all kicked off with an epic White Party on Isle of Palms on Thursday night! A stunning rehearsal dinner over-looking the beach seamlessly transitioned into the most […]
How do you pose a senior with a car? I know this seems a little niche, but I hear this question a lot. I get it! It can be overwhelming to do. But if you have a senior who is bringing their own car or renting one for their senior session, this peek into Katie’s […]
I am so excited to be sharing this styled shoot with you!!! To come back from maternity leave, I knew I wanted to do something BIG…so I put together a senior styled shoot in Charleston with The Pink Figgy! It’s the first time in YEARS that I put a shoot together just for ME. I […]
Summer is right around the corner! The light is warm and the temps are rising. But how do I handle cool-toned, wintry lighting for my clients without blowing out their skin tones or ditching my signature style? I tackled this during Mary Caroline’s Senior Session and I’m taking you BTS to watch it all! In […]
In today’s video you’ll get to watch me photograph an iconic senior session in Downtown Charleston with flowers that only bloom once a year! This is one of my FAVORITE sessions of all time. Not only was Brooke’s senior session a sunrise session, but we got to photograph with the blooming wisteria. When you tune […]
This post has been sitting in my drafts for WAY too long!!! I’ve been sharing some of my favorite newborn products over on Instagram, but I wanted to consolidate them all into one blog post! As a first time mom, I will never forget how OVERWHELMED I was with the process of putting together a […]
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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."
— Rob
"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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