i need help with the names

i want to make my own website and gonna to make URL to match the name

i was thinking to have a site as www.daynemahadeo.com but i realized, that poeple is going to be lazy to type the long URL, so i need something better and make it easier to type a URL

i was thinking if it good idea to have something like DMPhoto? or something?

and also i designed a front of business card

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com …/daynemahadeo/5​393672826/

You probably need to start with the URL as getting thats the hard part. I personally dont think your name is too long, most people just access sites from links or by googling names anyway. But if you think its too long try something by compressing your name DayMA or DaMah instead of the full name.

Don't go with every other average Joe's photography name. Photographer's Name photography, I see it all the time and it's so over used. Also make sure your site is not using Flash and not auto play some annoying music in the background.

the card reads as CIM simply because three different shades.

ohh right, now i gotta fix that thanks for help

Yeah, it read as DM, but then soon as I saw nonameowns put it as CIM...it does look like CIM.

Cypther wrote in post #11772292
Don't go with every other average Joe's photography name. Photographer's Name photography, I see it all the time and it's so over used.

Although pretty much all the biggest names in photography do use their own names for their businesses.

RDKirk wrote in post #11784577
Although pretty much all the biggest names in photography do use their own names for their businesses.

Even the average Joe photographers do to. It gets pretty annoying when everyone with a SLR/DSLR use it, go about it like a musician, film maker or other artist do. Scott Bourne doesn't use his name, he uses Bourne Media. It's kind of his name but it's different.
Be different, creative and be clever. You don't see Steve Job's computer, it's Apple computers or Quentin Tarantino's film, it's A Band Apart Productions. Also most clothing designer don't just slap their names on their cloth call it Average Joe's clothing.

When I see photographers use their name, it just tell me that they are not original and can't come up with a clever name but have to over use what everyone else uses. Maybe use their name with photos like Joe smith's photos.

Person's name photography is probably the most over used thing in the photography business.

Yeah I agree with not using photography. I started with Martin Kaluza Photography just for my facebook page as it was quite informal and something to get my friends looking at.

Then I had a think and went with Kaluza Images for my website

Cypther wrote in post #11786198
Even the average Joe photographers do to. It gets pretty annoying when everyone with a SLR/DSLR use it, go about it like a musician, film maker or other artist do. Scott Bourne doesn't use his name, he uses Bourne Media. It's kind of his name but it's different.
Be different, creative and be clever. You don't see Steve Job's computer, it's Apple computers or Quentin Tarantino's film, it's A Band Apart Productions. Also most clothing designer don't just slap their names on their cloth call it Average Joe's clothing.

When I see photographers use their name, it just tell me that they are not original and can't come up with a clever name but have to over use what everyone else uses. Maybe use their name with photos like Joe smith's photos.

Person's name photography is probably the most over used thing in the photography business.

The flipside of that though is all the absolutely hokey photo company names like, "timeless images" or "a moment in time" or some attempt to be edgy like "pyscho images" or "radical photos." Incorporate your name in some fashion so people can find you and remember you, but rely on your work to make the impression, not the name.

gonzogolf wrote in post #11787113
The flipside of that though is all the absolutely hokey photo company names like, "timeless images" or "a moment in time" or some attempt to be edgy like "pyscho images" or "radical photos." Incorporate your name in some fashion so people can find you and remember you, but rely on your work to make the impression, not the name.

Exactly.

These examples disprove your point. "Bourne Media" does use his name--he just intends to go beyond "photography" per se.

Does Quentin Tarantino ever market a film except as a "Quentin Tarantino film?" If so, you could say his name was irrelevant, but that's not the case. His companies go by other names because of the way the legalities and politics of movie financing work.

Most haute couture design houses are eponymous I don't know what you're talking about in that regard, except to prove some narrow point that they use some other noun besides "clothing"-- like "house" or "designs" or "fashion." But the primary point is that they do build their business and marketing around the name of the originating designer, not some non-eponymous company name...even long after the original designer is dead.

All of these are examples of artistic fields in which the product is intensely personal to the eye of the artist. Because art is so personal, it is the person who is important. You can succeed with a funky or cutesy business name, but that's more of an impediment than an aid. People who want to hire you will still say, "I like the work John Doe does...what's the name of his company? I dunno--just Google for 'John Doe' and you'll find it."

There may or may not be an Apple without Steve Jobs. Investors seem to be quite worried about that.

If my name was marketable, I'd be using it.

gonzogolf wrote in post #11787113
The flipside of that though is all the absolutely hokey photo company names like, "timeless images" or "a moment in time" or some attempt to be edgy like "pyscho images" or "radical photos." Incorporate your name in some fashion so people can find you and remember you, but rely on your work to make the impression, not the name.

RDKirk wrote in post #11787299
Exactly.

These examples disprove your point. "Bourne Media" does use his name--he just intends to go beyond "photography" per se.

Does Quentin Tarantino ever market a film except as a "Quentin Tarantino film?" If so, you could say his name was irrelevant, but that's not the case. His companies go by other names because of the way the legalities and politics of movie financing work.

Most haute couture design houses are eponymous I don't know what you're talking about in that regard, except to prove some narrow point that they use some other noun besides "clothing"-- like "house" or "designs" or "fashion." But the primary point is that they do build their business and marketing around the name of the originating designer, not some non-eponymous company name...even long after the original designer is dead.

All of these are examples of artistic fields in which the product is intensely personal to the eye of the artist. Because art is so personal, it is the person who is important. You can succeed with a funky or cutesy business name, but that's more of an impediment than an aid. People who want to hire you will still say, "I like the work John Doe does...what's the name of his company? I dunno--just Google for 'John Doe' and you'll find it."

There may or may not be an Apple without Steve Jobs. Investors seem to be quite worried about that.

You missed my point completely, sure you can use your name but don't go about it like everyone else. Such as "insert name here" photography. Try using something else like photos or images and not use photography.

Sometimes a name is important, if a company has a bad name, it will not have a chance. Example is google and Bing. They are both good search engine, but you don't hear people say "I'm going to Bing Jennifer Lopez", it just sounds wrong. You'll hear "I'm going to google Jennifer Lopez". If the name sounds cooler most people will use it.

Your portfolio will not always get you the job, it's how well you can market yourself. Is Justin Bieber a great musician? No he is not, the marketing people really knows how to market his music to young people. That's why he sells millions of CD/digital downloads.

That goes with Films as well, there are plenty of ****ty movies that will make more money then art films. It's how well you can market your work. This is also the case the video game business as well. You will see advertisements and hype for a video game release every where, and people will buy into the hype.

How are those industries different from the photography business? They are not any different, the photography business is just on a smaller scale than the others.

Cypther wrote in post #11789453
You missed my point completely, sure you can use your name but don't go about it like everyone else. Such as "insert name here" photography. Try using something else like photos or images and not use photography.

Sometimes a name is important, if a company has a bad name, it will not have a chance. Example is google and Bing. They are both good search engine, but you don't hear people say "I'm going to Bing Jennifer Lopez", it just sounds wrong. You'll hear "I'm going to google Jennifer Lopez". If the name sounds cooler most people will use it.

Your portfolio will not always get you the job, it's how well you can market yourself. Is Justin Bieber a great musician? No he is not, the marketing people really knows how to market his music to young people. That's why he sells millions of CD/digital downloads.

That goes with Films as well, there are plenty of ****ty movies that will make more money then art films. It's how well you can market your work. This is also the case the video game business as well. You will see advertisements and hype for a video game release every where, and people will buy into the hype.

How are those industries different from the photography business? They are not any different, the photography business is just on a smaller scale than the others.

No I got your point, i just didnt aqree with it. I think you overstated it.

Your portfolio will not always get you the job, it's how well you can market yourself. Is Justin Bieber a great musician? No he is not, the marketing people really knows how to market his music to young people. That's why he sells millions of CD/digital downloads.

"Bing" worked fine as Crosby's name--it's lousy as a company name. But either way, "Jennifer Lopez" is marketable.

"Justin Bieber" is rather dumb as a name, but as you point out, it's still highly marketable.

You're still disproving your own point.

True, a portfolio requires marketing, but an artist's personal name is almost always more marketable than an invented company name unless there's something quite awful about the name.

"Liebovitz" and "Reznicki" work just fine.