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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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WHERE DO I BEGIN?! I’ve been waiting for this day for over a year! Maddie and Austin’s luxury pink wedding at Lowndes Grove in Charleston did NOT disappoint. It’s actually the most GORGEOUS wedding day I’ve ever photographed! From start to finish, my jaw was on the floor this entire day. The design, the vision, […]
This is the start of a BEAUTIFUL week of blog posts. Over the last few days, I had the privilege of photographing Maddie and Austin’s wedding weekend. It all kicked off with an epic White Party on Isle of Palms on Thursday night! A stunning rehearsal dinner over-looking the beach seamlessly transitioned into the most […]
I still remember my first call with Katrina when she inquired about me photographing her wedding. We ended up chatting forever and instantly hit it off…we had so much in common! From that moment on, I was looking forward to their gorgeous spring wedding at Hewitt Oaks! But, just a few months later, we found […]
My LAST wedding blog post of 2023…and it’s such a special one! Olivia and Curt tied the knot last week in Charleston, SC with the most gorgeous, intimate elopement at Middleton Place. And I still can’t believe I got the honor of being their photographer! Olivia and I went to high school in the same […]
Where do I even begin!? Sydney and Michael’s wedding day at Hewitt Oaks in Bluffton was absolutely beautiful. From the moment I had a consult call with Sydney and her mom, I knew that I was going to adore this couple. Photographing their engagement session confirmed just how much I loved them, and it was […]
I’ve been waiting for this wedding day for SO LONG! MK is an amazing photographer that was a part of my mastermind group last year. When she reached out to me about photographing her wedding day in Natchez, Mississippi – I was SO excited! I consider her such a sweet friend, and it was a […]
What a SPECIAL way to kick off my 2023 wedding season!!! I had the absolute best time photographing Henry and Haley’s beautiful wedding last weekend at One Fourteen in Nashville, Tennessee! I met Henry and Haley two years ago shortly after Hayden and I started dating. Henry and Hayden were in the same fraternity in […]
These posts are so special to me every single year. It’s one of my favorite ways to reflect on the last 365 days, and to curate the work that I’m the most PROUD of after an entire year of shooting. Every year, I curate my FAVORITE images from every single wedding, engagement and senior session […]
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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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