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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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One of the questions that I get asked most frequently, from both friends + fellow photographers, is “how do you balance your business and your personal life?” This is a pretty huge question, and the thing that I struggle with the most. Being a student, friend, daughter, girlfriend, big sister AND professional photographer is SO crazy, […]
I had been dreading this surgery for months. 10 months to be exact. I had my wisdom teeth removal scheduled for August of 2013…but then I got sick, then we had a vacation, then I had this and that and I kept having to reschedule. As July 18th started to approach…I tried to think of […]
New York City is one of my absolute favorite places on earth. Some people hate it because it’s dirty (it is), some people avoid it because of the traffic (it’s absolutely awful) and some people dislike the noise and late-night adventures (there’s lots of that), but I just think there is something SO beautiful and […]
As I am currently on the train ride home from NYC, I just cannot contain my excitement about this post!! This shoot has been secretly in the making for MONTHS and, as we arrived in Times Square on Monday, I was squealing with excitement!! We took this NYC trip for my 18th birthday (woohoo!) and […]
The last few days have been full of a mix of emotions. From excitement at RU orientation, to sadness, to doubt, second-guessing and confusion…I was a mess. I couldn’t quite pin-point why, but I just could not get myself together. My mom pointed out that I was over-working myself and booking a session EVERY DAY […]
Whew, it has been a crazy few weeks!! With multiple sessions, two weddings, Jasmine’s workshop AND college orientation in the past month…I’ve been super busy!! (And I head to NYC in two days for my 18th birthday…what!?) But, after spending the last two days at Radford University for Quest (orientation) I am SOOO excited for […]
OH. MY. GOODNESS. I can’t even begin to describe how amazing the last two days have been. Not only did I get to meet the one and only Jasmine Star, but I got to meet 20+ other phenomenal photographers and grow alongside them! From Sunday night’s mixer (complete with truffle fries and caramel popcorn) to […]
I could not feel more blessed to be a part of such an amazing group of photographers. I am so thankful for all of the support, friendship, laughter and encouragement that each and every member of the Shoot & Share community shares. I will have to do a more detailed blog post in […]
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