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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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Madi and Keegan’s engagement session was the first shoot of the year where we found blooming flowers!!! AH!!! The cherry blossoms here in VA have started to bloom and I am SO ready for spring. But, as I’m typing this, there are up to 8 INCHES of snow in the forecast for Virginia this week…what!? Bring […]
I vacationed at The Greenbrier with my family while I was in high school, and it quickly became one of my “photography bucket list” locations at age 14. I photographed my first wedding there last year…and was SO excited when Ali and Josh reached out about their wedding at The Greenbrier this summer! When they told me […]
If you live in Virginia (or anywhere on the East Coast…) then you know ALL about the crazy wind storms we had last week. Initially, those storms were supposed to roll in on Thursday evening…the night we had scheduled for Stephanie and Jason’s engagement session. Washington D.C. was under a high wind and storm warning, […]
*Before you dive into this blog post I want to give you a FREE gift for reading today! CLICK HERE to download my brand new free e-book: The Ultimate Guide to Instagram Story Highlights! Over the last few weeks (and months), some major changes have started happening on Instagram. Some of these changes have made it […]
Last week I shared a recap of the February workshop and this week I shared the wedding styled shoot. That means that, last but not least, the gorgeous senior styled shoot is ready to go live today! These shoots are always so much fun because I bring along 5 of my senior spokesmodels to model for the […]
Last week I shared a RECAP of this month’s Hope Taylor Workshop. Today I am sharing the styled shoot images from day one and I’ve been DYING to get these on the blog for you! I was going to say that these were “highly anticipated”…but maybe I’m the only one who is that obsessed with […]
I think writing these blog posts may be the hardest part of every workshop experience. How in the world do you summarize 20+ hours of incredible new memories!? I try to find the right words each and every time…and I always feel like I come up short. But, here I go…giving it another shot! On Tuesday evening, […]
This blog post just makes me so excited!!! Johnna is such a sweet friend of mine and I work with her and her amazing company, Twila & Co, ALL the time for my workshops and events. She is such a rockstar business owner and an even sweeter friend. When Joe proposed to her last year, […]
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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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