Similar logo - bad taste?

[Vladimer]

So i seem to be at ethics cross road, at least in my mind. I suppose if i was a douche i wouldn't care to much and move on.

I plan to start a interior photography business in the coming months as i buy more gear and get more experience. I plan to push it pretty hard in hopes that i can leave my job and just work on it full time.

Now the problem that i have is with the logo. After about of month of brainstorming the name i managed to come up with was "Real View Photography"

This worked well because at least in my mind it seems to go with "real estate" well and would seem to give a client extra thought in the idea that the picture can came out just like the space thats seen. Its rather hard to explain but im open to suggestions if you any of you think its a horrible name.

After all how "real view" is it using a UWL and 7 shot expsure of 1 room =/ Too miss leading?

Anyway.. the logo i figured that would work well, be easy to read and fit well on the side of a truck if i ended up putting it on there for free advertising would be this... (see bottom of post)

Now my problem is that recently i came across a fellow by the name of "Chet V" and wouldn't you know it... his is similar. Well nearly identical. And frankly he came across it first since he is obviously using it :lol:

Now with him being in the UK and me being in Canada i still feel rather off about using such a similar thing. Needless to say if i didnt stumble across a picture of his i probably would of stuck with it because it seemed to be the best idea of name/logo that i could come up with. Plus the domain is free on .com and .ca and etc..

I think i started rambling awhile ago but what would you do in your situation. Abandon it and start for scratch? or go ahead since there are probably many other uses of the letter V in the world :confused:

Thanks of reading and any opinions

Oh and here is a link to one of his pictures with the logo on the bottom left.
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=826738

[andrepaul]

I'd definitely redesign. It does happen that designs can be alike without neither persons knowing, but its too close i think.

[Concretin Nik]

You can do better.

[Vladimer]

Well that picture is just a mock up, not an actual final look of it but ya i get what you mean.

Going to have to use that good 'ol noodle and think a bit harder.

[mckinleypics]

From a trademark perspective, you could run into real trouble with the similarity, but for the fact that you are in Canada and he is in the UK. Because you are separated so much, it probably wouldn't be a problem but you don't have anything invested yet so you might as well change it. Why not shape it like a house or something?

[ToxMox]

Maybe something like this? If you like it I'll send you the high res source file. :)

[XTshooter]

Since the name of your business is Real View Photography, shouldn't the logo actually say, "Real View Photography?" I may be missing something, but I'm only seeing "Real V Photography."

[EmmaRose]

Real V with the big V kinda reminds me of a vagina, just sayin'

[amac22]

Real V with the big V kinda reminds me of a vagina, just sayin'

+1

First thing that came to my mind also.

[cdifoto]

Real V with the big V kinda reminds me of a vagina, just sayin'

+1

First thing that came to my mind also.

Geez...dirty, dirty girls! haha.

[Vladimer]

Some of you folks clearly have other things on your minds :P But good feedback

The reason it looks like Real V Photography was because it just seemed to go well with the V. So i would get the realvphotography domain as well in case someone punches that in as a url and have it direct to the actual site.

Thanks ToxMox for the quick work, looks good but with not going the route in my mock up I'd definitely spell out the word 'view' to get it across that im not out to photography vagina's haha

It just seemed to work well in that instance, thats why i dropped the rest of the letters