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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 blog post is going to be short, sweet and to-the-point, but hopefully it will help someone with their portrait sessions this week!!! 🙂 For the first two years of shooting senior portrait sessions, I never used a reflector. Not even once! So, if you don’t own one, don’t feel like you NEED one just […]
I have been waiting to share these images with you guys for WEEKS + I am finally getting to share them on the blog today-ah!!! It’s always so exciting to finally share a styled shoot after it has been featured, and this one is no exception! The Caroline Doll + I collaborated for this year’s […]
AHH!! Friends, spring is finally here (at least it finally feels like it!) It’s a perfect 80 DEGREES outside today + I couldn’t be happier about it!! Not only that, but our spring styled shoot at this week’s workshop is the icing on the cake! Bright fluffy tulips, a floral covered bike, floral JEWELRY + […]
Exactly one year ago yesterday, I hosted my very first Senior Photography Workshop. I saw so many senior photographers in our industry wanting so badly to shoot seniors, but wanting to do it in a way that LOVES and SERVES their clients. I saw tons of in-person sales workshops, but no senior workshops that revolved around […]
Sunday night was the first-ever HTP Official Crowning Event + it was so much FUN! We welcomed the brand new team of 2017 spokesmodels to the family with a night full of yummy snacks, beautiful details, tons of selfies + TIARAS! The full 2016 spokesmodel team joined us along with the brand new 2017 girls […]
Like I said in Tuesday’s post…last week was a GOOD one!!! I was lucky enough to have Heather of Cardinal Rose Photography join me for a mentoring session at my studio in downtown Fredericksburg at the beginning of the week. We spent four hours together diving into her business, building marketing strategies + making a game plan to […]
Ohhhh this is one I’ve been waiting to share for a long time, ya’ll!!! Faith is one of my absolutely adorable 2016 spokesmodels + this girl ROCKS it at every shoot that she is a part of!!! I am so thankful for her + her sweet, spunky personality on the team + her senior session […]
Last week was one of my FAVORITE weeks of the entire year!!! If you follow me on social media, you have seen me frequently posting about my senior spokesmodel applications over the last few months. I received over 100 applications from girls all over the state of Virginia and, after weeks of reviewing applications and finalizing […]
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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."
— Rob
"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!"
— jessie
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