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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 always get SO excited for this first wedding of the season each year…but I was ESPECIALLY excited for Katie and Ryan’s!!! Katie is a wedding planning herself (Social Graces Events!) and she has also become such a sweet friend of mine. From their beautiful engagement session to having them model for a workshop to all […]
Tigre and Josh are just the sweetest couple. Last year, I photographed Josh’s brother’s wedding (Anna and Caleb!) and these two got engaged shortly after! After meeting Tigre and Josh at the wedding, I was SO excited to receive an inquiry to photograph THEIR big day!! I was getting more and more excited as the […]
The first day of the Hope Taylor Workshop last week (actually, the entire week, to be specific) was forecast to be 90% chance of heavy rain and storms. I prayed and prayed and prayed for a break in the rain just long enough to photograph the wedding day styled shoot…and the rain somehow COMPLETELY disappeared from […]
Every single workshop I do a recap post…and every single workshop leaves me without the right words to adequately summarize it. This set of 16 attendees from across the country (and Canada!!!) blew me away with their talent and their desire to learn. They were beautiful, smart, excited, outgoing and SO much fun to spend two […]
This post is definitely bittersweet to be writing…but I feel so much peace about this decision. This may come as a surprise to quite a few of you…but bear with me here 🙂 Earlier this year, I made the decision to end my lease at my storefront studio space in downtown Fredericksburg. After seeking advice […]
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again…engagement season is in full swing and it’s my FAVORITE time of year for that reason 🙂 Especially when it includes breathtaking destination engagement sessions like Kelley and Perry’s!! We have been planning this shoot for quite a few months and Kelley worked so hard to pick the location […]
Sometimes you meet with a client and you just click…and that’s exactly how it felt when I met Amanda at my studio for the first time!! We ended up talking for quite some time and I just loved her. I didn’t get a chance to meet D’Angelo until our engagement session last week…but I had […]
Last weekend was SUCH a fun, jam-packed weekend! I photographed all 19 of my beautiful 2018 spokesmodels for their mini sessions in Fredericksburg. Each and every one of them took my breath away – I am one lucky photographer! These girls are not only beautiful – they are smart, kind, outgoing, bubbly and SO involved […]
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