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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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Whew. 2015, what a year it’s been! Full of the most incredible #htpseniors, a brand new senior rep team, a new storefront studio, new locations, new boutique options + some of my absolute favorite work that I’ve produced. I am so thankful for a year full of growth and change. These blog posts have to […]
AHHH!!! I have been waiting for this day for WEEKS + I am SO excited to finally launch the 2017 Senior Spokesmodel Applications!!! The 2016 spokesmodel team has been INCREDIBLE + I am so sad to see them go, but I am SO excited to welcome 10 fabulous ladies onto the team for the new […]
I am SO excited for this blog post!!! When I made the decision to host a winter workshop in December, I knew the shoot would be holiday-inspired and that I would LOVE it. But, as usual, Kat of Dear Sweetheart Events blew my expectations out of the water!!! We used icey blues, sparkly silver + […]
Oh I just LOVE LOVE LOVE this girl!!! When Nicki and I first met last year, she was a little firecracker of energy and I immediately knew we’d be friends! She is one of the sweetest + most encouraging photographers I know + she is just downright ADORABLE. I mean, wait until you scroll through […]
Guys, this is my THIRD (and final!) post about Showit UNITED!! So bittersweet!!! My trip to Arizona to attend this conference was AMAZING + you can read more about it HERE and HERE! But, for today I want to share with you the images from the styled shoot that I had the privilege of leading […]
Fall is my absolute FAVORITE time for year (I think it is for almost everyone!!) but that means I have been shooting a TON! I have had so many beautiful senior sessions lately that I have been dying to share, and I have a feeling I’ll be playing “catch up” well into the winter months […]
Oh, friends, the last few days have been a whirlwind. A double header wedding weekend, cross-country trip to Arizona for Showit UNITED, leading a styled shoot, making so many sweet friends + then heading home for a senior session + week full of shooting. WHEW! I’m loving every second of it + I can’t wait […]
Ya’ll, I have been excited to share this one for a week now!!! Gabbi is another one of my gorgeous 2016 senior spokesmodels + her senior session was a STUNNER last week! I have worked with Gabbi quite a few times now (even before she was a spokesmodel!) so she has quickly become a friend. […]
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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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