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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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It was a double header wedding weekend and that means there are going to be TWO beautiful weddings on the blog this week!!! On Saturday, I had the privilege of documenting Katelyn + Bill’s gorgeous wedding day at KingsMill Resort in Williamsburg! I had been looking forward to this wedding for MONTHS because I just […]
I am in the middle of a series for my brides all about creating a photography-friendly wedding day! But, before we dive into part 2, I want to preface this series by saying this: your photographer should be able to capture beautiful images on your wedding day no matter WHAT the situation or circumstance! They should […]
When a bride contacts me about photographing a wedding in another state, I always feel SO honored. So when Talara contacted me about shooting her wedding in Kentucky, I couldn’t believe it!! And on top of that, she is a wedding photographer herself…talk about an honor! I feel so lucky to have been able to […]
One of my absolute FAVORITE parts of a wedding day is photographing the details!! It’s my wedding day “warm-up” at the beginning of the day and allows me to get my creative juices flowing. I LOVE taking all of the well-thought-out details that the bride has worked so hard on and beautifully photographing them so […]
When we arrived at Blue Valley Vineyard on Saturday, it was HOT. Like 105 degrees, heat advisory, dripping sweat right when you get step outside kind of hot. It was one of the hottest days we’ve had here in VA so far this month but one of my favorite things about Mel and Brian’s wedding day […]
We had their engagement session planned for two weeks before their wedding day because they were going to be in town. I was looking SO forward to it, because I hadn’t had a chance to meet Emily & Kyle in person yet, but I got really sick and had to cancel. I was SO bummed […]
My dad called me randomly one night on the way home from work. He told me that he was at a business dinner and overheard two girls talking about needing a wedding photographer. So, naturally, my dad (who can pretty much become friends with ANYONE) interrupted and told them that his daughter was a wedding […]
Oh, friends. This blog post is close to my heart for so many reasons. I am excited to share all of the beautiful images from Michael and Cristal’s wedding day…but this post is so much more than that. I met Cristal in March at the Creative at Heart Conference. We happened to sit next to each […]
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