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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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We had the BEST time at Colleen’s senior session downtown Charleston! One of the common themes of the last few weeks has been the RAIN in the forecast for almost every single shoot…and sadly Colleen’s was no different. Colleen was only in town for a few days with her family, and the forecast was back-to-back […]
If you love color, florals and beautiful light – you’re going to LOVE this senior session just as much as I do!!! Alexandra and her sweet family were in town visiting Charleston from their home in Kentucky. Alexandra wanted to fit her senior session in during their trip to capture one of her favorite places […]
So many blog posts have started this way lately…but Talley’s senior session was ANOTHER one that had to be rescheduled because of the crazy rain this month. We pushed this session back a few days and did a last second sunrise shoot to avoid the torrential downpours…and it ended up being BEAUTIFUL! We had almost […]
Taylor’s senior session took place VERY early on a July morning in Savannah…and it was GORGEOUS!!! But, the reason is happened so early? We had to reschedule because of the storms at the absolute last second! We have had the CRAZIEST few weeks of summer storms…and I’ve had to reschedule almost ALL of my sessions […]
When Elyn told me she wanted to channel her inner Elle Woods for this shoot, I knew it was going to be a GOOD TIME!!! She wanted tons of PINK, florals and girly vibes for her senior portraits in Charleston…and you’ll have to scroll through to see if you think we nailed it! We kicked […]
What. A. Shoot! Lily grew up vacationing on Kiawah Island just outside of Charleston, and she thought it would be the perfect place to capture her senior portraits. We had a FaceTime call leading up to her session to talk about all of her gorgeous outfits, locations and plans for shoot day – and I […]
If you love all things bright, colorful and downtown Charleston – you are going to be OBSESSED with Kaylea’s senior portraits (almost as obsessed as I am!!!) Kaylea traveled all the way from Tennessee for her senior session, and man was it WORTH IT! She wanted to highlight downtown Charleston, and also capture her love […]
It is a FULL month on the blog and I am LOVING it!!! Today I am sharing Reagan’s absolutely jaw-dropping senior session downtown Charleston. She wanted to highlight all of the iconic Charleston architecture, gas lanterns, beautiful doors – and also some colorful florals and sunset on the beach. We packed ALL of that (and […]
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