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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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This video is the perfect grand finale for 2022!!! I was a keynote speaker at the amazing Thrive Photo Conference in Santa Barbara, California and it was a BLAST! I thought it would be fun to do a little behind-the-scenes vlog to show you what the conference was like, the amazing events we attended and […]
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This video is the perfect grand finale for 2022!!! I was a keynote speaker at the amazing Thrive Photo Conference in Santa Barbara, California and it was a BLAST! I thought it would be fun to do a little behind-the-scenes vlog to show you what the conference was like, the amazing events we attended and […]
This video isn’t like one we typically share…because I’m giving you my FIRST IMPRESSIONS of a BRAND NEW feature inside of CloudSpot! For anyone who hasn’t watched previous videos, CloudSpot is the program that I use for all of my client galleries. I switched over to them quite a few years ago and have NEVER […]
This is SUCH an exciting week for so many reasons!!! In case you missed it, our HUGE Black Friday sale is happening this week! You can shop HERE to get all of the deals! And, on top of the biggest sale of the year…I am introducing something BRAND NEW!!! The Junior Collective membership is officially […]
I have known Jake’s family for a few years now, so it was SUCH an honor to capture his senior portraits! He wanted his session done at his high school where he is an amazing baseball player and wrestler. And, we thought it would be a great shoot to film to show you a peek […]
With Black Friday sales just around the corner, I think we are ALL feeling the pressure to decide exactly what our sales and offers are going to look like. One of the best things I ever did for my business was diversify my revenue, and I wanted to share a few ways you can do […]
I’m taking you behind-the-scenes today for another REAL senior session!! These are my FAVORITE YouTube videos that we create. Watching real-life shoots like a virtual second shooter is INSANELY valuable…and I say that because it’s also my favorite kind of content to WATCH! So, we’re taking you along with us to Ella’s beautiful senior session […]
If you follow me on Instagram, then you may have seen that last weekend I photographed a wedding in a HURRICANE. Except, the hurricane ended up slamming Charleston the day BEFORE the wedding (which was a huge blessing!)…until the wedding venue didn’t have power almost the entire day. Whew!! I decided to vlog the entire […]
The first week of October means that I am kicking off a CRAZY month of photographing weddings! I will be photographing a wedding every weekend this month…and they are all in different places! PLUS, I will be a bridesmaid AND photographer in one of them! Whew! LET’S DO THIS! To kick off this crazy month […]
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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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