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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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As the end of the summer quickly approaches, I have been wanting to share an educational update for all of my photographer and small biz friends!! Education opportunities for 2016 are starting to dwindle down to the last remaining 2016 dates and I also have an exciting workshop announcement to share!!! 🙂 So, I thought a blog […]
I think sweetheart sessions always end up becoming some of my favorite shoots. There is just something about capturing the love between two people that just makes my heart melt and I LOVE couples that choose to have photos done outside of their engagement or their wedding day! Capturing memories throughout your entire relationship, whether you […]
This post has been coming for a LONG time and I have been so excited to prepare it and share it with you guys!!! One of the hardest and most stressful parts of a wedding day is deciding which lens to use to ensure that you will capture all of your couple’s beautiful memories. After […]
Let me just start off this post by saying that I have the GREATEST friends in the WHOLE entire world. I turned 20 years old last week on June 30th (woohoo!!) and my mom and best friends worked together to plan a surprise birthday getaway for me and I just love them all so much!! […]
My dad called me randomly one night on the way home from work. He told me that he was at a business dinner and overheard two girls talking about needing a wedding photographer. So, naturally, my dad (who can pretty much become friends with ANYONE) interrupted and told them that his daughter was a wedding […]
It happens to the best of us. We arrive at our portrait session full of creative posing ideas and ready to totally rock it…but then a few minutes into the session, we freeze up. We forget all of the posing ideas that we had planned (even if we saved them to our phones because, let’s […]
This week is probably one of my favorites on the blog for quite some time…because I’m getting to share SO many shoots that I love!!! Lena’s senior session last week quickly became a new favorite and I’ve been dying to share it! She was the very last one of my 2016 spokesmodels to do her […]
Last Monday, I hosted my 5th Senior Photography workshop in downtown Fredericksburg (you can read the behind-the-scenes recap HERE!) and the styled shoot this go-around was hands-down my FAVORITE shoot we’ve done for a workshop!! Kat of Dear Sweetheart Events continues to blow me away every single time we work together. For this shoot, we wanted […]
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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."
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"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!"
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Ever wondered what programs I use in my business? My camera gear? My must-have photography products? Maybe just my favorite outfits to wear on wedding days? I've compiled a massive list of ALL my favorite things in every category!
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