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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 had been looking forward to this senior session for SO LONG! Maddie reached out to me about wanting to travel into town to capture her senior portraits here in Fredericksburg. She lived over two hours away in a small town AND she was a photographer herself. Talk about feeling HONORED to be chosen to […]
Week number THREE of May is here! So far, we have broken down two of my favorite lenses: the 35mm lens and the 100mm macro! Today, I want to break down a lens that is NEW in my collection: the Canon 24-70mm lens! This lens has been SO fun to play with and add to […]
Earlier this week I shared a COLLEGE senior session at Mary Washington…and now I’m sharing another!! I had the privilege of traveling to George Mason University to photograph Karla’s senior session and it was SO much fun! I actually applied to George Mason 5 years ago when I was trying to make my college decisions. […]
I haven’t been this giddy to share a blog post in a LONG TIME!!! If you follow me on social media, then you probably saw that I was in Charleston, South Carolina last weekend working on a secret project. I still can’t share details about what the overall project was for…but I can share this […]
When I opened up senior dates this year, something happened that I wasn’t expecting…I got an influx of COLLEGE senior inquiries!!! Typically, I specialize in local high school seniors, but I was regularly getting emails asking if I offered the same experience for college graduates. I had done a handful of college seniors in the […]
You guys are already LOVING this month, and we are only one week in!!! I love it! For the month of May, I am covering my LENSES and breaking down a new lens each in video. I’m sharing when I use the lens, why I love it and some of the tips and tricks for […]
Oh this senior session is just to special to me!!! If you’ve been following me or reading my blog posts this year, you know that I took a break from photographing seniors last year to focus on education. This year, I am accepting senior bookings again and am already booked through almost the entire summer. […]
It’s officially my spring shooting season…which means I get to share #alltheprettythings on the blog! AH!!! I kicked off a super busy week of THREE shoots last week, and I’m equally excited to share each one of them!!! I kicked things off with Danielle and Matt’s engagement session at Brookeside Gardens in Maryland. I always love […]
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