Need help with a name :)

I'm thinking about starting up a photography business when I graduate from school at the end of the year. I'm in the beginning stages, but I'm stuck on trying to figure out a name and I hope you guys can help

Full name is Jasmine Rayna (pronounced like Renee) Clark

I thought of using JRC Photographic or JRC Photographic Services, but still unsure and thinking its too long. I don't really like Jasmine Clark Photography. Most people say my middle name wrong, so I'm thinking of leaving it out. What would be the most professional.

Any ideas?

feigenbaum wrote in post #10841956
I'm thinking about starting up a photography business when I graduate from school at the end of the year. I'm in the beginning stages, but I'm stuck on trying to figure out a name and I hope you guys can help

Full name is Jasmine Rayna (pronounced like Renee) Clark

I thought of using JRC Photographic or JRC Photographic Services, but still unsure and thinking its too long. I don't really like Jasmine Clark Photography. Most people say my middle name wrong, so I'm thinking of leaving it out. What would be the most professional.

Any ideas?

Figure out what website domains aren't already taken and go from there.

I don't really mind Jasmine Clark Photography. I usually don't like the "first name last name photography" format, because most names are boring. But Jasmine is fairly unique and fairly easy to remember.

But if you're not into that, start out with searching for domain names and see what's taken. Unfortunately a lot already is.

You want to be a star in the field right.
Why don't you keep your first name, and at somethig like a * or something
why don't you call yourself:

Jasmine Star*

pretty catchy right?

Sorry I had to do this

css7493 wrote in post #10842834
Figure out what website domains aren't already taken and go from there.

+1

Just look first. It took me a week to figure out a new domain name that wasn't taken already. It ain't easy!

(Finally settled on TopSportImages.Com )

you might want to just go ahead and grab this one. I had to put my middle initial in to my url to get one - who knew scott and cooper where such popular names (sarcasm)

jasmineclarkphotograph​y.com

ThePupD wrote in post #10843161
You want to be a star in the field right.
Why don't you keep your first name, and at somethig like a * or something
why don't you call yourself:

Jasmine Star*

pretty catchy right?

Sorry I had to do this

^ Made me LOL. But I get your line of thinking. Jasmine Rayna works in that way. Jasmine Rayna Photography can work, I'll just have to expect more mispronounciation.

My personal website is jasminerclark.com. I didn't want the middle initial, but everything else was taken at the time. I'll start checking urls.

Thank you all for the input. I will rep

I mean...keep it simple. If a customer has to type out your whole name AND photography...they'll look elsewhere.

JC photography

I dont recommend putting it in a web url, its redundant and looks sloppy so

http://capturingyourma​rket.com …yourself-is-good-for-seo/

I personally didn't put photography in my url because it limits me to just that. If I decide to branch off into video later I'll need another site later on. Karl is right. I'd go with www.RaynaClark.com and call it a day. Jasmine is common, Rayna is not.

Your business name doesn't necessarily have to match your URL exactly. The business name will appear on contracts, can be used when answering the phone, etc. Short, related and catchy is what you want for the URL.

+1 on not putting "photography" in your URL. People hate long URLs and if they don't know you do photography before they get to their keyboard then your business card has failed you miserably.

MichaelBernard wrote in post #10846122
I personally didn't put photography in my url because it limits me to just that. If I decide to branch off into video later I'll need another site later on.

^ this too. You may become an accomplished videographer with the direction Canon is moving with their pro DSLRs.

golfecho wrote in post #10849777
Your business name doesn't necessarily have to match your URL exactly. The business name will appear on contracts, can be used when answering the phone, etc. Short, related and catchy is what you want for the URL.

Yes, this. Do not control your business name by what's available as a domain. Choose your business name to reflect your business. A business name might be longish, just as long as it's not difficult to read or say--if your name is easy to pronounce and read in your locale, then using your own name with "photography" or "studio" is usually better than anything else as a business name. There's nothing wrong with "Jasmine Clark Studio," although you might even just go with "Jasmine Studio."

Domain names will come and go, and you can collect as many of them as you think clients might refer to you. A name that is not available now may become available in the future. "jasmineclarkstudio.co​m" is available,

I currently own six domain names, including some likely mispellings, all redirected to my primary site. Not long after I set up my site, I had a couple of clients tell me that when they tried to go to my site, they ended up at a French transsexual support forum. It turns out they had a domain name that was a very likely misspelling of my domain name. I waited a year for that domain name to become available, and I bought it. I'm still lying in wait for two others.

(BTW, whatever your business name, it's usually best to register copyright for your work in your own personal name so that you will always own it, rather than whoever might eventually own your business assets).