What's the name of your business?

[350D_Noob]

Everyone has a business name. What's yours? I've been trying to figure out what I want to have for a business name, but with all the ones already out there, it's hard to pick one that no one has.

[asysin2leads]

Crestview Photography. We live on Crestview Dr. We're planning on building a new house next year, but the name is generic enough to stay.

[Steve Parr]

For my concert photography, it's OnStage Photography.

For everything else, it's Steve Parr Photography.

Clever, huh?

:lol:

[PhotosGuy]

d/b/a Visual Communications

[Ultra]

eYeWonder Photography

[dbvirago]

Mine is Brooks Images with my website at brooksimages.com

I started with Brooks Photography, but not only was the domain not available, there are several businesses with that name around the world, plust the Brooks Institute of Photography. If you google brooks images, I come up first.

[cdifoto]

DBA CDI Fotografi.

I was thinking about changing it to DWAC Photo though since it'd be more accurate. :lol:

[MrWills]

It is easier to just use your name, if you pick something else you will need to register it to make it legal. It also makes sure that no one else has it. I just use Shawn Wills Photography / Soul proprietor. You will also need to get State and Fed tax ID numbers.

[ShannonHeat]

Heaton Photography, although I thought long and hard about using my maiden name and calling it Kee Photography, or Kee Images :)

www.heatonphotography.net

[Yanis]

dba Mystic Lens Photography

Peace,
Yanis :D

[paul cacciapaglia]

gold medal photography

[AginKajun]

Kajun Snaps

[swimchic]

Mesmerizing Moments Photography

[PhotoJourno]

It was an ephiphany. I woke up in the middle of the night, in a haze as if by vision.

Gravina Productions. Pretty riskey, but I do like to live my life in the edge.

[BaliHai]

Moments in Time Studio is the name of our photography studio its a lot easier to remember and pronounce than my last name and the .com was available so thats where we ended up.

[white3designs]

White3Designs, Artistic Photography....Specializing in classic car photography.
I also do a little commercial and portrait photography

[manipula]

Manipula. Suprisingly. ;) Came after asking the guys on my car club/forum, a lot of whom are businessmen with successful businesses, and a chap called Dave Brown owner of several deeply successful websites just came up with it. Agreed I could use it in exchange for a mention in my memoirs when I'm famous. I'm sure having met him at a lot of trackdays helped too. I'm deeply endebted.

[Wilt]

Everyone has a business name. What's yours? I've been trying to figure out what I want to have for a business name, but with all the ones already out there, it's hard to pick one that no one has.

The law does not require a totally unique name for every business. You need to do business in the counties in which you offer your services, under a unique name. But nothing says that someone, else five counties away from where you are located, cannot use the same name. And if you use YOUR name, there is nothing at all that prevents you from using your name...you would want to make it somehow distinctive, simply to avoid confusion! So you might be John Jones Creative Arts while another guy in the same community is John Jones Portraiture

[MJPhotos24]

Mike Janes Photography - I tried to think of names, used MJ PHOTOS at first when I wasn't doing much except for friends, but when went as a business just used my name.

[E3_Photo_Studio]

E3 Photography Studio

It's actually E Cubed, but can't type that out. LOL :lol:
My maiden name gave me 3 E's for my initials and when I was in High School my nickname was E Cubed. :) Therefore the obvious name for my business. LOL

[sierra_nova]

Sierra Nova Photographics. It's a business partnership and we wanted something with a bit of ourselves, but not our direct names. We thought of call signs, sierra is good, november is sucky, so we went with nova.

Business names are hard - you (hopefully) get stuck with them a long time!

Cheers,
Naomi

[Tazthecat]

Taz the Cat Creations of course :) . Taz is the name of my cat and I thought it was a catchy name for my business. Obligitory web site can be found in my sig.

[lingham]

oooh a thread i can play in

linghamdesigns.co.uk

name is lee ingham

and i dont just take photos :)

[saqib]

Seven Ages Photography - from Shakespeare to cover the seven ages of man. :) Truth be told it was because I was sure people would screw up my name and add in letters (eg saqUib instead of saqib, hasSan instead of hasan).

[stonefence]

Stonefence Photography...............because of the old stone fence that is at the back of my property.

[AmpedPhoto]

AmpedPhoto
http://www.ampedphoto.com

[JennyJenna]

Ugh!! Im in NEED of a name.. very very badly, need one soon to get my business in gear.. anyone have any helpful links/ideas?

I do a bit of everything, if you want to see some of my work, heres the link to my Deviant Art page :)

www.jennyjenna.deviantart.com

[August 15 Photography]

August 15 photography

[lingham]

Ugh!! Im in NEED of a name.. very very badly, need one soon to get my business in gear.. anyone have any helpful links/ideas?

I do a bit of everything, if you want to see some of my work, heres the link to my Deviant Art page :)

www.jennyjenna.deviantart.com (http://www.jennyjenna.deviantart.com)

JJPhotographics?

JennyJPhotography

[cdifoto]

J J Gabor?

[Karl C]

Everyone has a business name. What's yours? I've been trying to figure out what I want to have for a business name, but with all the ones already out there, it's hard to pick one that no one has.

Ugh!! Im in NEED of a name.. very very badly, need one soon to get my business in gear.. anyone have any helpful links/ideas?

I do a bit of everything, if you want to see some of my work, heres the link to my Deviant Art page :)

www.jennyjenna.deviantart.com (http://www.jennyjenna.deviantart.com)

What speciality of photography are you pursuing? Weddings? Portraits/studio? Nature? Sports? Events?

That might make it easier to determine a name you like. It's not easy - I struggled for a name only to not like it that much later on. Now, I'm trying to come up with something I like better and not having much success.

Good luck

[yoyoboy]

For Paintball- Monkeyball media
Monkeyballmdia.com (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/Monkeyballmdia.com), yes I know that I need to do some site branding

For everything else- B&L Photography, BrendanL.smugmug.com (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/BrendanL.smugmug.com)


Brendan Larrabee

[Actionphotog]

My first Studio was in a building that sold Antique furniture "Mountain Memories" When I Started renting the place I kept the sign on the front of the biulding and added Photography.
So the studio name is "Mountain Memories Photography"
Our Wedding site is MMP Weddings and the sports site is Luray Sports.
I wanted to seperate the Wedding photography from the Family portrait thats why I have a seperate site for that. Same with the sports/little league photography.

[JennyJenna]

What speciality of photography are you pursuing? Weddings? Portraits/studio? Nature? Sports? Events?

That might make it easier to determine a name you like. It's not easy - I struggled for a name only to not like it that much later on. Now, I'm trying to come up with something I like better and not having much success.

Good luck

Hi Karl!! I am pursuing everything.. lol If you have a look at my pictures here..

www.jennyjenna.deviantart.com

that might help :)

[lingham]

JJPhotographics?

JennyJPhotography

?? what about those?

[JennyJenna]

?? what about those?

I really like them :)

[cskn0125]

Cn Imagery.

[JennyJenna]

Cn Imagery.

What does the cn stand for?

[cskn0125]

Chris Naidu.

Edit: Imagery was the only one available for a domain name as well so that somewhat influenced my choice in name.

[JennyJenna]

I like it :)

[cskn0125]

Thanks Jenny!

[Jon, The Elder]

Ferguson Digital Photography

"We Shoot Horses"

[jdilldesigns]

Mirror-Imaging
"Your Image, Is Our Business"

[MiniMemories]

Mini Memories Photography dba Many Memories Photography legally it only takes very little to register adn i don't know if it's just where i live but it was only25 for a business liscense My tax numbers took forever to come in the mail but it didn't cost much over internet. Everythings registered and legal and probably took less than 75 dollars. of course i'm a sole propriotor too.

[Mayfly]

Potomac Photo LLC...................People seem to like it and it is easy to remember.

[MiniMemories]

is that pototmac or photomac?

[Mayfly]

It's Potomac as in the river...............it is synonymous with the area I live in.

[kristofor]

My Business is called Enspri.

The idea was something to do with inspired thinking but had to be a bit different so i went for enspire.

My name was so good a jolly collagen company stole it from me before I had enough cash to think about applying for a registered trademark.

However Because i was in first I own, the .com,the .com.au, the .net, the .org, the.ws, and the .info.

I have been specialising in website and multimedia development, however had to put it on hold because it interferred with my studies. Later in the year I will be offering more photography related services, and more visual effects and animation services.

[chris_m_atl]

Mine is simple & to the point...I hope ;)
Digital Marketing & Photography



Hi Karl!! I am pursuing everything.. lol If you have a look at my pictures here..

www.jennyjenna.deviantart.com (http://www.jennyjenna.deviantart.com)

that might help :)


Here's a list of Greek/Roman God names & meanings. Inspiration for your name may be somewhere in there. Good Luck

http://www.geocities.com/athens/troy/2774/mythgods.html

[makophoto]

Mako Photography. Generic enough for both wedding and portrait. Mako came from when my husband use to race.

[mritchy]

Evan Godwin Photography. I'm thinking about changing it to something more along the lines of Evan Godwin Love Stories since I focus strictly on weddings and engagements now and turn everything else away

[dawnkyung]

Mine is Dawnlight Photos (inc.). Seemed to make sense, if not a bit self-indulgent. :P

[canonnoob]

Turfimages

[kebz]

Lightbox Photography

[SBK1]

you guys do realize that this thread is about 3 yrs old

[canonnoob]

you guys do realize that this thread is about 3 yrs old

you realize it was bumped and it doesnt say the OP date right?

[SBK1]

you realize it was bumped and it doesnt say the OP date right?

Absolutley ! It's kewl when these threads get brought back to life. Carry on.

[kebz]

What does it matter if its 3 years old... its interesting seeing other peoples business names.

[SBK1]

relax ! I was just making a comment on how old the thread was. No sense in getting out of whack here people.

What does it matter if its 3 years old... its interesting seeing other peoples business names.

[trailblazer87]

Well, in that case, since it was dredged up from the depths....

Desert Racing Photography

Though I am just starting out;)

[pauld1946]

Photo Expressions Place LLC

[spikeystitch]

Stoked On Photos is mine. I get very excited and animated when talking about photography or when shooting. My clients also get very stoked on the images I provide them. The whole "stoked" may not fly with some of the veterans of the art or traditional set photogs but my photography isn't for them to begin with and my market is younger at 16-35ish.

[Hikin Mike]

I know this is an old thread, but I'm bored this afternoon!

About 10 years ago I bought the domain 'The Backcountry (http://www.thebackcountry.org)" to showcase my backpacking and hiking trips/photos. When I got 'into' photography I decided on "Images in the Backcountry" because of the name The Backcountry and all I do is nature photography.

[bjyoder]

I'm just starting to put everything together for a business, so one night over dinner, a few close friends and I got going on trying to find a clever name. I was about to throw in the towel on being clever and use my name. (I know there's nothing wrong with that at all, but I just wanted something else.)

My cousin looked at me and said "How about...?", and I ended up with Yoder Art Works. Catchy, easy, and the ".com" was available! :D ;)

[FMX]

Going to call my biz "Based On Style" photography.

It was a toss up between "Wide Open Photo", "MotoPhoto", and several others. I just kept the domain name I already owned.

[canoncad]

J K A N G Photography

[jpbimages]

JPB Images (JPB Being my initials).... It's semi-set in stone, thats what people know my company as.... LOL

[shilophoto]

Premier Photography
When I named my studio I thought I would be moving to Quebec. I needed something that had significance to the French and English community .
www.premierphotography.ca

[sweetypie925]

Simply Flirty Boudoir LLC

[sue.t]

Been debating a name for a while ... Sue Thomas Photography would be first choice, but if you Google Sue Thomas you quickly learn about a TV show that has nothing to do with me.

So thinking that 'Sue T Photography' might be a wiser choice.

However, also wonder about using "Imagery" instead of "Photography" since my work includes editing photos taken by others and scanning/editing/repairing old photos.

The debate continues ...

[TheMaggedy]

Mine is MairImages, named for my sister. Her nickname was Mair. She died last summer, and I picked up a camera simply to take pictures of my nieces. Now I'm slowly edging into a business. It's all because of her.

[ImageryMasters]

ImageryMasters, My wife came up with the name. And so it stuck.

[digitalphotocandy]

We are W Gallerie. I read in a business book that the shorter the name the better. We want our name to refelect more that we are artist's than photographers. Previously we were Illustrative Images (Since we did and still do a lot of montaging.) But it was TOOO LONG!

[soxx09]

Pascack Photo. I live in the Pascack Valley region of New Jersey, and shoot mainly sports.

[ChrisMc73]

I'm trying to decide on a business name right now as many of you did at one point. I know a lot of photographers out there use their name in some way shape or form, but I feel thats an easy way out...and pretty unoriginal. The harder more creative answer is to come up with something else, that makes sense to the work you're doing. So I've resisted buying a domain with my name in it. Just because I know I'm creative enough to come up with something more original and catchy. And its not easy at all.

Its been a few months that I've been mulling over it, and nothing yet. Domain names do play a role in what I have been trying to decide on. That and the fact I'm trying to pick a name that says "Photo + Cinema" so that I can offer up photography and video solutions.

My favorite is taken... Still Motion

So I'm now on my quest...

[sk8rdi16]

I *think* I've settled on Heid Photography. Wanted to use my name, Pat Heidingsfelder, but don't think people will be able to spell it!!

[airfrogusmc]

The pissed off eye.

[ChrisMc73]

I *think* I've settled on Heid Photography. Wanted to use my name, Pat Heidingsfelder, but don't think people will be able to spell it!!

Heid Photography works well, agreed that your whole name would be difficult.

[SnapsbyPoteat]

I didn't want to do the same old "name" photography. Took me awhile to think of something, I originally thought I would do Breathless Moments Photography. but decided I did want something with my name on it, so the business would be associated with me. So I later decided on "Snaps by Poteat' poteat is my last name so it works and I've had several people tell me that it's catchy, different and cute! Just FYI Poteat is pronounced poe-teet. :)

[ChrisMc73]

I didn't want to do the same old "name" photography. Took me awhile to think of something, I originally thought I would do Breathless Moments Photography. but decided I did want something with my name on it, so the business would be associated with me. So I later decided on "Snaps by Poteat' poteat is my last name so it works and I've had several people tell me that it's catchy, different and cute! Just FYI Poteat is pronounced poe-teet. :)

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