PLEEEEZE SHARE YOUR LOGO!

[Michelle Brooks Photography]

I have someone working on a logo for me and I am trying to find samples of ones I like just so they can get an idea of what kind of look I'm trying for...if you love your logo, would you please share?

[tim]

You can see mine on my Wellington Wedding Photographers (http://www.wildphotography.co.nz/) website, top left :)

[Michelle Brooks Photography]

You can see mine on my Wellington Wedding Photographers (http://www.wildphotography.co.nz/) website, top left :)
Believe it or not yours was s\cutally one I stumbled across & was going to use since I like the letter style so much! Thank you.

[tim]

Believe it or not yours was s\cutally one I stumbled across & was going to use since I like the letter style so much! Thank you.

I believe it.

[sevillafox]

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=442018

[sevillafox]

Mine.

398885

[Michelle Brooks Photography]

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=442018
Thanks for the link to that thread! Great ideas!

[canonnoob]

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=760861

on the photos

[jblaschke]

Here's The Wife's on her website. We designed it together, in-house.

http://www.lisaonlocation.com/

[sf1]

Here's mine:
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u198/shanef1/sf125b2.png

[Zansho]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2672/3830789884_343a15c137.jpg

[ryant35]

Nothing special... It's a work in progress.

oh wait that's way too big.

Mine is at www.ryantorresphotography.com

[Michelle Brooks Photography]

I believe it.

Tim who did yours?

[Michelle Brooks Photography]

Here's The Wife's on her website. We designed it together, in-house.

http://www.lisaonlocation.com/
That's a beaut. are you for hire? Do you work cheap?:lol:

[quijibo69]

http://members.shaw.ca/mywebstorage/logo.jpg

[tim]

Tim who did yours?

http://www.designoutpost.com/

[Michelle Brooks Photography]

http://www.designoutpost.com/

Awesome. Thanks!:D

[TheToad]

You guys may want to try this site. I haven't used them personally but have heard really good things.

http://logotournament.com

[Speedsixnine]

Here's mine, I had a friend design it with creative direction by me. Good luck with yours!

[Stickman]

The STICKMAN logo has enabled people to quickly see and identify my images.


http://stickman.rainierarms.com/galleries/Magpul%204/STCK1601%201024%20Stick.jpg

[ClickHappy]

Stickman, I've been a fan of your pics from ARF and other forums for quite awhile before I got into photography and joined here. Your logo is top notch, out of the way but immediately recognizable.

[Hikin Mike]

http://www.imagesinthebackcountry.com/images/logo.gif

[modix]

this is mine

[Rubi Jane]

Clean & simple for me

[anjc]

mine is simple...just my signature and Century Old Style font.

[phr0ze]

here..

[Svetlana]

on the last couple of posts..:) my logo is pretty new...my friend designed it for me.

http://lanagurevichphotography.blogspot.com/

[jonwhite]

Mines on my blog top left > Wedding Photographer (http://boundlessphotos.com/blog/)

Got it from Design Outpost (http://www.designoutpost.com/) which I think is a great place if you don't have a concept of what you want and so want lots of different ideas.

I didn't like our logo that much at the start but since its now on our website, blog, shirts, cards, towels, fav icons on websites, iphone icons and everything else in our business I really like it.... feels like it fits.

My only advice when getting a logo is find something that works in black and white as well as color, inevitably you will need to use it in black and white even if it starts out life as a colored logo like ours did.

http://boundlessphotos.com/wip/logo1.jpg

http://boundlessphotos.com/wip/logo2.jpg

[Michelle Brooks Photography]

Mines on my blog top left > Wedding Photographer (http://boundlessphotos.com/blog/)

Got it from Design Outpost (http://www.designoutpost.com/) which I think is a great place if you don't have a concept of what you want and so want lots of different ideas.

I didn't like our logo that much at the start but since its now on our website, blog, shirts, cards, towels, fav icons on websites, iphone icons and everything else in our business I really like it.... feels like it fits.

My only advice when getting a logo is find something that works in black and white as well as color, inevitably you will need to use it in black and white even if it starts out life as a colored logo like ours did.

http://boundlessphotos.com/wip/logo1.jpg

http://boundlessphotos.com/wip/logo2.jpg

Very nice! thanks for the heads up on the b&w issue; I'd have overlooked that. I acutally have my tech head brother working on something for me; see if I can't get something wonderful for free!!

[geofftelforduk]

Some great logos here!!

You can see mine at www.geofftelfordphotography.co.uk!

[cdifoto]

Mine's on my website here (http://www.cdifoto.com). I also put it on everything. I'm shameless really. Hats, shirts, catchlight cards, brochures, flyers, front plate on my car, etc.

[OdiN1701]

PLEEEEEEEZEEEEE LEARN TO SPELL!

[cdifoto]

PLEEEEEEEZEEEEE LEARN TO SPELL!
Who?

[Michelle Brooks Photography]

PLEEEEEEEZEEEEE LEARN TO SPELL!

Wow, such unnecessary meanity. :lol: Obviously the spelling was intentional.

[Michelle Brooks Photography]

Some great logos here!!

You can see mine at www.geofftelfordphotography.co.uk! (http://www.geofftelfordphotography.co.uk!)

Nice! Very simple yet not "simple", ya know?

[geofftelforduk]

Nice! Very simple yet not "simple", ya know?

Thanks! I appreciate your comments!

[DMPhotique]

Here's mine

[Michelle Brooks Photography]

Here's mine
VERY pretty!

[OdiN1701]

You guys may want to try this site. I haven't used them personally but have heard really good things.

http://logotournament.com

http://www.designoutpost.com/


Please do not use either of these services, they both are Spec work sites.

Basically a bunch of people do work for free and only one gets anything out of it, and it's bad for the design community.

Imagine having 5 photographers, you all have to do a wedding shoot, and the client picks whichever one they want and you get paid nothing if you don't get picked. Would you welcome that type of environment? Designers don't like it either.

[pitrow]

Designers don't like it either.

then I'd have to ask, why are so many of them there and why are they submitting work? If it's really that bad for them, then they wouldn't be there and/or wouldn't waste their time on it.

[OdiN1701]

then I'd have to ask, why are so many of them there and why are they submitting work? If it's really that bad for them, then they wouldn't be there and/or wouldn't waste their time on it.

Because they aren't designers. At least they don't work in the business, likely don't hold a degree in it. Most would either be students, or those who just do it in their spare time. I do web and graphic design but only on occasion, just not in a professional capacity.

The people there are not really working with you - they are just submitting a ton of logos and stuff and hoping you like one. It's not taking into consideration your business - it's not tailored to your business like a design firm would do. Branding is a big thing, but you're not really getting that type of service with these places. You just get a logo. And while it may look good, it probably won't communicate anything about your business like one from a professional designer who takes a look at your business as a whole and works to design things that fit.

[cdifoto]

Because they aren't designers. At least they don't work in the business, likely don't hold a degree in it. Most would either be students, or those who just do it in their spare time. I do web and graphic design but only on occasion, just not in a professional capacity.

So you're saying no one should hire you for their web or logo design, right? You're doing it just in your spare time like the spec folks.

It worked for tim. And I'm sure it worked for many others. The solo designer I chose for mine was a student at the time. She wasn't an out and out full time professional. You also don't know for sure that these spec designers aren't taking into account your business, just as you can't be sure that a professional doesn't have an ego so big that he designs something you definitely don't want but insists that it's what you need.

Phil Knight also used a student for the Swoosh.

[OdiN1701]

If someone wants to hire me to do web or logo work, that's fine. I do it in my spare time, and make some extra here and there. But it's not on a speculative basis. I get paid for my work or I don't work. Simple as that. Completely different.

Obviously you don't just hire someone by throwing a dart at a phone book. You setup interviews to review portfolios and see if you work well with someone, etc. Then you pick someone, and you can let the huge ego guy have his huge ego but no project to work on.

I'm not saying don't hire someone in school or without a degree or that just does it in spare time. I'm just saying hire someone you like with a portfolio you like instead of a nameless, faceless group of people whom you've never met and have no idea whether they care about the work or just the cash. A designer will get something that you like, that also is tailored to your business, unlike most spec work. Picking something you like out of 200 logos seems like a good idea, but it really isn't. You may like a logo, but there may be problems with it and you could get better service from working with a single designer who understands the way ads and brands and such need to be handled.

[cdifoto]

Okay, since we're making broad, sweeping, and ultimately unfair generalizations:

I would venture to say it's the spec guys who are doing it because they love it more so than the independent folks. After all, they're designing without guarantee of income while the independent guy won't even get out of bed without being paid.

[OdiN1701]

I'd like you to shoot my wedding. Please show up, no deposit, no guarantee of payment. Would you do that?

I certainly wouldn't.

[pitrow]

I'd like you to shoot my wedding. Please show up, no deposit, no guarantee of payment. Would you do that?

I certainly wouldn't.

you may not, but there's probably people out there that would.

Let's flip that one around a bit. I'm going to the coast to shoot some landscapes this weekend. There's no guarantee of payment. I'm going to spend a lot of my own money and time to get a few good pictures that may or may not sell as fine art. I guess I shouldn't go because I have no one financing me and guaranteeing that they'll buy my work huh?

That's technically "spec" work too... so I guess you're against pretty much every photographer on here except those that do studio work and get contracts in advance. Most every landscape, sports, wildlife, etc. photographer (unless they're working for a publication) is working on spec.

[OdiN1701]

And you get what you pay for in that situation.

Landscapes however, is entirely different. Fine art is not something usually comissioned or done for hire.

[Snowshooters]

look in their portfolio. A lot of the people are from overseas. This is just a case of globalization. Someone in a poor country will work hard for $250 US dollars. Also it looks like a lot of businesses in countries where there are not design firms are using this site. Its a crap shoot though since you only get what people are willing to do. A serious person will pay more, but get to work with a designer that will not stop until the client is satisfied.

[tim]

Please do not use either of these services, they both are Spec work sites.

Basically a bunch of people do work for free and only one gets anything out of it, and it's bad for the design community.

Imagine having 5 photographers, you all have to do a wedding shoot, and the client picks whichever one they want and you get paid nothing if you don't get picked. Would you welcome that type of environment? Designers don't like it either.

Because they aren't designers. At least they don't work in the business, likely don't hold a degree in it. Most would either be students, or those who just do it in their spare time. I do web and graphic design but only on occasion, just not in a professional capacity.


It's their choice to offer the service. I don't have a degree in photography, but I offer my services, do I have to stop?

I don't think you should be trying to force your opinions on everyone else. I also think the thread should be cleaned up by a mod from the inevitably argument that either has or will eventuate.

[J.Napier]

then I'd have to ask, why are so many of them there and why are they submitting work? If it's really that bad for them, then they wouldn't be there and/or wouldn't waste their time on it.

+1 ^^^^^^

Because they aren't designers. At least they don't work in the business,


" likely don't hold a degree in it."

I dont hold a degree in construction but I've made a pretty good living at it to this point. You get what you put into it. Just like I plan to make a decent living at sports photography. If your no good or not up to par you wont make it I can accept that. I shoot on spec all the time at events I take thousands of photos that dont sell. Really good ones sometime. Dont kill entrepreneuralship.(sp)
Dont take this personal because I dont mean it to be but, some of those "Designers" with degrees may look at you (not doing it professionaly) as some union construction companys have looked at me becuse I am not, and do not belive in unions. (I know crazy huh?) They call them scabs. Thats OK I got thick skin and my bills are paid at least at this point. Were not all cut from the same cloth. I respect your opinon and way of doing things please dont hate others for doing it thier way.

Most would either be students, or those who just do it in their spare time. I do web and graphic design but only on occasion, just not in a professional capacity.

The people there are not really working with you - they are just submitting a ton of logos and stuff and hoping you like one. It's not taking into consideration your business - it's not tailored to your business like a design firm would do. Branding is a big thing, but you're not really getting that type of service with these places.

"You just get a logo. And while it may look good, it probably won't communicate anything about your business"

I think I am smart enough to know what I like without the need for a "Designer" to tell me what I like or need. Thanks for looking out for me though.

like one from a professional designer who takes a look at your business as a whole and works to design things that fit.

You also don't know for sure that these spec designers aren't taking into account your business, just as you can't be sure that a professional doesn't have an ego so big that he designs something you definitely don't want but insists that it's what you need.


WERD !!!

Thanks for reading I hope I didnt hurt no fellers here. Just my .02 worth.

[vegaspyx]

Here's Mine!!

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2530/4020832560_a772dd404f.jpg

[Visible Metaphor]

This is mine:

[snapzinfo]

mine
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee108/snapzinfo/logo/logo_1.jpg

[kgoings]

Here is mine, I hired a Graphic Designer.

[rafolkerts]

Very nice.

[scorpio_e]

Here's mine, I had a friend design it with creative direction by me. Good luck with yours!

I really like the log. Nice work:)

[scorpio_e]

I'd like you to shoot my wedding. Please show up, no deposit, no guarantee of payment. Would you do that?

I certainly wouldn't.

It would definately suck to do the work and get NOTHING in return. Of course these people are putting themselves in this situation.

[fiftheyephoto]

Here is mine.

[R_Metzel]

our new logo....

[DD974]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2672/3830789884_343a15c137.jpg
Nice!....what is the name of the font you used in your name in "Photography by..."

[mikejet]

Logo is at my site molitrato.com (http://molitrato.com)

Very simple.

[supra8903]

http://jeramphotography.com/portfolio/portfolio_photos/logo.jpg

[WMS]

I have somewhat different restrictions for a logo that most photographers do, I also need to be able to stamp it inside a ding or on other jewelry items as I am a jeweler. And without further BS my monogram/logo;

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o165/wmschenk/logo-2.jpg

Wayne

[Aszental]

I know its hard to see... but don't have a black version up.

[DD974]

It's their choice to offer the service. I don't have a degree in photography, but I offer my services, do I have to stop?

I don't think you should be trying to force your opinions on everyone else. I also think the thread should be cleaned up by a mod from the inevitably argument that either has or will eventuate.

+2....Well said Tim!...I don't have a pretty sheepskin in photography either and would hire someone with years of experience over a book-smart person with little or no job/life experience. Let your portfolio speak for itself and just tune out the big egos.

[Zansho]

Nice!....what is the name of the font you used in your name in "Photography by..."

That wasn't a font, from how I understood it. I believe my GD simply manipulated some font into looking like that.

Sorry! Wish I could be more help.

[grrlnade]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v352/insurancexx/01/combinedlogos.jpg

{ab} is for watermarking, and the Amanda Bailey Photography is for letter heading for my model and print release forms. Square is cool but I never use it. :)

[Hikin Mike]

{ab} is for watermarking, and the Amanda Bailey Photography is for letter heading for my model and print release forms. Square is cool but I never use it. :)

Why not use the scripty font 'AB' on your watermark? Branding....;)

[grrlnade]

Why not use the scripty font 'AB' on your watermark? Branding....;)



I use the {ab} for watermarking my images ( for web showing) :)

ive tried the Scripty font in the box for it, and it just looks oddly placed. I figured I could use that as a small logo for certian paperwork, or a seal later. I just got logo happy haha.