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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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If you follow me on Instagram then you saw that I was on a boat last week!!! And it wasn’t just for fun…I was photographing a wedding for an AMAZING couple on a CRUISE out of CHARLESTON. Ya’ll, talk about my dream come true!!! I don’t know a better way to kick off my 2019 wedding […]
This is a MAC DADDY of a blog post…hahaha!! If you didn’t see earlier this week, I shared my Best of Engagements 2018 post. This time of year is when I share all of my FAVORITE work from the previous year…and I absolutely love it! I go through every single wedding gallery that I created (which […]
My LAST wedding of 2018…how in the world did this happen!? I met Stephanie when she attended another bride’s wedding I photographed last year. She was ADORABLE and I couldn’t have been more excited when she reached out to me to photograph her wedding day! We had the BEST time at her engagement session in […]
I have been looking forward to Mackenzie and Brian’s wedding day since the day I met them last year. They are kind, joyful, bubbly and just so wonderfully welcoming to everyone they meet. When I arrived at the bridal cottage on the morning of the wedding, Mackenzie welcomed me with the sweetest hug and she […]
We arrived on Abbey and Sam’s wedding day and NO ONE could stop talking about the weather. In the 60’s, not a cloud in the sky and just the perfect light breeze. It seriously could not have been any better! I had never worked at Upper Shirley before (with the exception of Abbey and Sam’s […]
I photographed Lauren and Riley for the first time at their engagement session early this year. They invited me to get dinner with them afterwards and treated me to the most DELICIOUS burger and fries in Charlottesville…and we talked for hours! Ever since that evening, I have been waiting for their wedding day. These two both […]
When Victoria and Ryan emailed me, they were overwhelmed because they couldn’t find a photographer available for their wedding day. It was a super popular weekend this year, and she had reached out to friends of mine that weren’t available that referred her my way. She was SURE that I was going to be booked…but […]
I’ve been looking forward to Brittney and Bryan’s wedding since the moment she and I first emailed. She sent me the SWEETEST inquiry with a video of Bryan giving her a new puppy as a part of his amazing proposal. She saw the new puppy and hit the ground and started crying – HAHA!! I […]
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