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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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Well, it is 11pm and I have had less than two hours of sleep and I just remembered that I don’t have a blog post scheduled for tomorrow morning. I began to size images from one of last week’s senior sessions to prepare a blog of beautiful portraits, but I paused. Because, yes, […]
Two beautiful engagement sessions in one week!? Yes, please!!! I am SO blessed to have so many incredible couples for next year + I just know that 2016 is going to be full of wonderful weddings! After shooting the majority of my engagement sessions this year in Fredericksburg (which I LOVE doing!), it was so nice […]
Kelsie + Byron just make my heart so happy. When I first met this two at my studio months ago, I loved them immediately! They are so sweet + genuine, I just can’t get enough of them!! As we were planning their engagement session, we knew that we wanted to capture the beautiful fall colors […]
Last week, the Fredericksburg Tuesdays Together group met in downtown Fredericksburg for our November gathering! We had so many old and new friends join us to celebrate the holiday season with yummy snacks + good conversation. The topic of this month’s meet-up was philanthropy, and I LOVED coming together as a group of creatives to serve and […]
A few weeks ago, my sweet friend Amanda of Sorby Sweets reached out to me about doing a small shoot for her business baby’s 1st birthday. I absolutely ADORE Amanda + collaborating with her always makes my heart so happy! She is insanely talented + such a wonderful friend, I just knew I had to make this […]
Guys, this is my THIRD (and final!) post about Showit UNITED!! So bittersweet!!! My trip to Arizona to attend this conference was AMAZING + you can read more about it HERE and HERE! But, for today I want to share with you the images from the styled shoot that I had the privilege of leading […]
Oh friends, I have been excited to share this blog post with you for MONTHS! At the August workshop a few months ago, I had the privilege of working with Ty + Ash (aka The Herrintons) to create a promo video for my Senior Photography Workshops!!! The video is now DONE and I am so […]
This is the SECOND beautiful wedding on the blog in a row this week!! I LOVE double headers because it means I get to share more than one of my beautiful couples on the blog in the same week! Stephanie + Corey tied the knot on the first chilly fall day of the season at […]
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