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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 said it over and over and I’ll keep saying it…having a photographer trust me to capture their photos is SUCH an honor! G is a sweet friend of mine and an amazing photographer in Charleston, and we have been planning these anniversary portraits fo SO long! They had to be rescheduled more times than […]
The dreamiest of Charleston summer shoots is coming your way!! Meredith and Mitch traveled all the way to Charleston from Richmond, VA for their engagement session last week. Before their shoot, we had 3 straight weeks of non-stop rain and thunderstorms…so I was a little nervous that the forecast said rain for their shoot date […]
This session was such a sweet and special one. Elise is a photographer herself, and she is not located here in Charleston. We booked this session halfway through 2020…but ended up having to reschedule countless times due to sickness, family emergencies, poor weather…you name it! So, when the day finally rolled around for this shoot […]
This blog post is a testament to the fact that even people with strong systems in place in their business miss things!!! This entire week I SWORE I had already blogged Jamie and Adam’s anniversary session…but I didn’t!! I still don’t know how that happened! But, these cuties were traveling through Charleston at the end […]
I’ve said it on the blog SO many times and I’ll say it over and over again: one of the BEST emails I can get is an inquiry from another photographer!!! When Madison emailed me that her and her fiancé, Christian, would be in Charleston and wanted me to capture some portraits for them… I […]
Goodness gracious I have been so excited about this shoot for SO long!!! Julianna reached out to me all the way back in February the SAME DAY that she got engaged. I photographed her older sister Kat’s wedding last July, and I had SO much fun working with their entire family. When I saw Jules’ […]
Oh my goodness, I love this shoot SO much!! Michael reached out to me back in April to inquire about a proposal he was planning for his girlfriend, Betsy. Just from his initial inquiry alone, I could tell that Michael was beyond thoughtful, and that he wanted to make this moment a surprise for Betsy. […]
If you love Spanish moss as much as I do…you are about to love this session!! Allison and Ben reached out to me in the very early stages of planning their destination wedding in the South. We share a love for dreamy moss and charming Southern cities, so we hit it off right away (plus, […]
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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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