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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’ve been looking forward to Brittney and Bryan’s wedding since the moment she and I first emailed. She sent me the SWEETEST inquiry with a video of Bryan giving her a new puppy as a part of his amazing proposal. She saw the new puppy and hit the ground and started crying – HAHA!! I […]
The blog is full of so many exciting things this week!!! Yesterday I blogged an engagement session that I photographed for a creative boss lady that I love…and today I’m sharing an AMAZING wedding of another AMAZING creative!!! Johnna of Twila & Co. married the love of her life, Joe, on Saturday and it was […]
If you have followed me for awhile or seen ANY of my workshops/events/conferences…you’ve seen Amanda’s work! She is the amazing woman behind Sorby Sweets!!! We have worked together for years now…and she has become such a sweet friend in the process. I saw Amanda get engaged on Instagram, and was jumping for joy for her. […]
I don’t even have enough words to explain how much I adore Jenny and Chris. When Jenny first inquired with me about a wedding in Wisconsin, I was so excited!!! She mentioned she was a photographer herself and had been following me for awhile…but I thought there was no WAY she’d want to have me […]
This blog post has been in the works for a LONG TIME. I have followers and friends who travel into Fredericksburg often, and they ask me where they need to visit while they’re here. I also host workshops and educational events in the area, and always share an ugly Word document of places to visit – […]
Madi and Keegan kicked off my busy fall wedding season and it was the PERFECT way to begin!!! Madi is seriously just the sweetest bride. We hit it off from the very beginning at their engagement session and anytime we ran into each other in between we got to chat like old friends!! She is a […]
This post is going to be a LONNGGG one and I’m not even going to apologize. So many amazing memories, beautiful people and incredible businesses are in these photos. For anyone that is confused by the title “alumni retreat” – let me explain! Last year, I began an annual retreat for all of my past […]
This question has been popping up in my Instagram stories a TON these last few weeks: “How do you charge for destination weddings?” I remember so clearly being completely CONFUSED by this topic when I was in the early years of my business. What do you charge for??? How do you know WHAT to charge? When/how […]
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