04/28/2026
Hi! I'm Taylor. I think it's finally time to share a piece of my story with you, that I've been too embarrassed to tell.
I started my photography business when I was 19 years old with my first camera, a Canon Rebel. In college, I majored in Art Education, and took lots of different photography classes, including film and darkroom, which was my favorite.
I worked incredibly hard to build my business for the next 7 years. By the time I was 25, I was photographing 10-15 weddings plus easily 100 family, senior, and couples portrait sessions per year. I had to turn many people away because I had so much volume and was booking out months and years for weddings in advance. My business page had 4,000 followers, and the years I had spent building my business had come to fruition and I felt my hard work pay off.
Then, in March 2020, Covid hit, and like so many, I looked around me and thought, "something has to change." Long story short, I ended up going through a year long divorce procedure, and the day after that process came to an end, my Facebook was hacked by someone who used my recovery email address to steal my entire business page from me. I lost everything I had spent the previous 7 years building. At that time, I was also moving from Canton to Macomb, where I didn't really know anyone. I was devastated.
I tried to start a new page and build it again, but really didn't get much traction. Then I started thinking, "Who would want to hire a divorced photographer anyway? Who would want me to capture their perfect little family, or their fairy tale love story? No one will want me anymore." So, I gave up. I let the person who stole from me win. I said, I'm done. And, for the last 5 years, I have been photographing only my friends, family, and my own kids.
But in the last year, something has really been missing. That something is my art. It's the opportunity to connect with others and allow them to see their own beauty. It's the chance to use my camera to tell stories and create portraits that people will cherish for the rest of their lives. I'm back, and I thank you all SO much for supporting my come back. This journey has not been at all what I thought it would be, but I'm so happy to be back to doing what I love. 🥰💓
