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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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I can’t wait to share Tia’s gorgeous portraits with you at Goldenrod Footbridge! Last week was jam-packed with shoots in California…which means this week will be packed on the blog! I traveled to Laguna Beach, California last week to photograph multiple beautiful clients. And we filmed it all for The Senior Scoop! We have been […]
This is one of my LAST senior sessions before I’m out of office for my wedding day…AH!!! That is so crazy to type!! Alli’s beautiful senior portraits in downtown Charleston were an AMAZING start to my last week of shooting before the big day. Alli traveled into Charleston for her shoot and sent me the […]
I had so much fun photographing Chad’s senior portraits in downtown Charleston! I had been in contact with his wonderful mom, Tammy, to plan out every detail leading up to the shoot. We ended up having to reschedule 3 times because of sickness, sports conflicts and weather…and we ended up getting the most BEAUTIFUL day […]
Spring senior sessions are my absolute favorite…and they are even better when they are perfectly timed with the blooms in downtown Charleston! Katy and her sweet family flew in from TEXAS for her senior portraits. We scheduled this shoot MONTHS ago…but we ended up scheduling it PERFECTLY. Somehow, all at once, the azaleas AND the […]
I got to spend a portion of my week with the beautiful Miss Savannah – what an absolute HONOR this shoot was!! And in the height of spring azalea season!? THE BEST. Brittni was recently crowned as the woman to represent the gorgeous city of Savannah, GA – and we did a photoshoot to celebrate! […]
Getting to photograph another photographer is always SUCH an incredible honor. But, getting to go back to Fredericksburg and do it in the town that I began my business in was even more special!!! Emma Jo is a college senior that graduates this year. She is also a photographer based in North Carolina…and she traveled […]
During our jam-packed week of shooting in Virginia last week, I got the privilege of photographing the beautiful Miss Jasmine!! She met up with us for a SUNRISE session in downtown Fredericksburg and we had the BEST time. We woke up that morning to a surprise rain shower that was NOT in the forecast…and it […]
My FIRST senior session of 2023…and my first senior session back in Fredericksburg in over 4 years!!!! What a special blog post! And, it’s even better because it’s a super special senior. Lizzie reached out to me about photographing her senior portraits when she saw we would be in Fredericksburg. She has followed me for […]
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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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Ever wondered what programs I use in my business? My camera gear? My must-have photography products? Maybe just my favorite outfits to wear on wedding days? I've compiled a massive list of ALL my favorite things in every category!
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