How did you come up with your busniess name?

Howe Creative Photography

Just wondering? Trying to come up with something crafty, using my last name...Howe

Hikin' Mike

Howe Creative Photography wrote:

Just wondering? Trying to come up with something crafty, using my last name...Howe

It started as a website called "The Backcountry" back about 9 years ago to showcase my backpacking and hiking photos and journals. At the time I wasn't "into" photography.

About 5 years ago I decided to get back into shooting nature/landscape/wildlife and I decided on "Images in the Backcountry" because of the 'brand' (The Backcountry) I already established in the hiking community.

Mox

I named it after my dog. :]

Of course, I also like the meaning of the word. It started out as my Flickr address, then it just felt natural to keep it when I bought a url.

Howe Creative Photography

Thanks for your answers...love hearing the stories!

emeraldrose

Mine came about because it was initially it was sheider photography and then about 2 months into me getting started my husband and I split up (Long story), so when trying to come up with a new name and get my feet back on the ground I realized i needed something without my name (i'm a girl i could want to change my name again if i ever remarry). Then I thought I've always like emerald and rose together (even wanted to name a baby girl that) so I figured why not use it for my biz name, two things i really like together.

I'm really not that creative and i don't know how you pronounce your name, but my first thought was Howe... you like it photography i know cheesy, but like i said i'm not that great at that lol

Rocketman766

I took part of my daughter's email address and used it after hearing another parent refer to her daughter as a "Gym Star". I had already considered using Gym Star, but for some reason I decided to go with it after hearing that parent. Also, using my name + photography just sounded stupid.... my name doesn't flow well or have a nice ring to it like some other's do. As a side note... that parent that I overheard was my first paying customer, I never did tell her about overhearing that.

Howe Creative Photography

My last name is pronounced like how. Maybe that will help.

camille1128

I was named after a hurricane, so my business name is Category 5 Photography.

kd2

camille1128 wrote:

I was named after a hurricane, so my business name is Category 5 Photography.

That's great!!!!

Toshido

TAG is an acronym. Turkey And Gopher.

Turkey was my first childs pre-birth nickname. Called him that because I was hoping my wife's belly button would pop like a turkey timer.

Gopher was the pre-birth name of my second child, because he is a Feburary child, groundhog day...

Scott_Quier

I thought about the sorts of things I wanted to photograph and decided that I was only interested in creating images that improved or up-lifted the human spirit - image of people being happy or of images that might make people happy.

My wife has been using "LV & LFTR" for her auto licence plate for years.

I asked her if I could steal it for my business name. BAM - done deal. "Love N Laughter Photography"

emeraldrose

Scott_Quier wrote:

I thought about the sorts of things I wanted to photograph and decided that I was only interested in creating images that improved or up-lifted the human spirit - image of people being happy or of images that might make people happy.

My wife has been using "LV & LFTR" for her auto licence plate for years.

I asked her if I could steal it for my business name. BAM - done deal. "Love N Laughter Photography"

I like it

Kinkajou

Scott_Quier wrote:

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My wife has been using "LV & LFTR" for her auto licence plate for years.

Oh dear, I saw this and thought something along the lines of "Love and left her" Ah! Not the intended message - thanks for actually writing it out for me

I'm in the middle of this right now - finding a name thing.

My last name is difficult - Kozelsky, so that's been off the list for a long time, but now I'm starting to revisit it. Others include:
red maple foto --> all lowercase, foto with a fffff; most recent favorite; i love the outdoors and seasons and so this seemed appropriate
Seventh Street Photography --> although I only plan to live on Seventh Street for another year so my friends vetoed that one pretty quick - I still like it though
Pancake Photography --> I love love love pancakes and my BF is convinced that this is the best one by far for me, although I know it would only reach out to a specific audience - children's portraits and the like

Back to my last name, I'm now thinking of something like:

Ko-ZEL-sky
Photographic

With a long mark over the o (a little horizontal line), some kind of indicator that the emphasis is on 'zel', and an accent mark on the y, like is in the original Czech (even though it's the masculine form), and dots instead of dashes between the syllables. This would obviously be the logo as well as the business name. My whole family really likes our last name because it's unique, but there are many people who freak out when they see it and won't even attempt to pronounce it, so I'm aiming for some cool-looking way of writing it out that sort of shows the reader how to say it in a non-threatening way.

Or I could just stick with red maple foto.

Thoughts are appreciated.

South Shore Snapshots

how I chose my name
I live in a small town south of Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Places to the north - Tecumseh, Belle River, etc. are commonly referred to as being in the North Shore. Places down here, are therefore South Shore. I had been looking for something with alliteration to "captures", "photos", "snapshots", etc. The fate was sealed when I passed by a local taxi cab company called South Shore Taxi. I took this as a sign and ultimately decided on SOUTH SHORE SNAPSHOTS.

ChatKat

Flash Frozen
I was looking for something that wasn't related to my name. I too had a name change or two (divorce and remarried) after starting a service business and did not want to do another name change!

I wanted something related to photography and when I searched this was not trademarked (it is now) and it was available in California for a corporation. Non photographers don't get it all the time And the city has sent me a citation for running a food related business without the proper permits (lol).

emeraldrose

ChatKat wrote:

I was looking for something that wasn't related to my name. I too had a name change or two (divorce and remarried) after starting a service business and did not want to do another name change!

I wanted something related to photography and when I searched this was not trademarked (it is now) and it was available in California for a corporation. Non photographers don't get it all the time And the city has sent me a citation for running a food related business without the proper permits (lol).

that's cute lol, What made you decide to trademark your name? I thought about it, but for the moment decided against it

ChatKat

No a person's name
I chose to trademark the name so no one else can use it - period.

squiddy

^ good idea... expensive though. That'll have to wait.

I personally wanted something a little more edgy and bold that would make a statement. I've been an extreme sports fan my whole life. I played ice hockey and roller derby, rugby, soccer, etc. I also participated in a Red Bull event called Crashed Ice where they turn a ski slope into ice with turns and jumps and you skate down in your hockey gear. It's intense and was only 1 of 10 women chosen in the world to compete.

I'm a bold outspoken girl, lots of broken bones and scars.... but after blowing out my knees I decided it was time to slow down. I still participate just in another way now. I wanted a business name that would reflect the type of photos i aspire to take and the type of person i am.

GoofBckt

I didn't want to use my name, it just didn't sound good to me as a business. Some people's names do, not mine. I did however, want to use something not necessarily "catchy" but something that meant something to me in my heart. I have always had an avid interested in the Native American Indians and their way of living and their art work. I chose the name of a Lakota religion and dance that came about during the Wounded Knee time period, "Ghost Dance." So, I trademarked it. Thankfully, it wasn't taken already. Thus, Ghost Dance Photography. It's very special to me, as is my photography. (good or bad! lol)

shming

Our business name is Backdrop Photography LLC. - we wanted a name that could optimize the search engines while easy to remember. We were surprised when the government said it was available. But - on our business cards it says Kendell Linh / Evelyn Grace Photography and under our name it states the LLC name. Using our names we felt was more personal. --- seemed to work.

Great Post topic by the way

Mohamed.Ghuloom

My advice for you is to pick a name that is easy to remember and funny to say. I don't know, in your case, maybe 'hewhew' sounds cool SERIOUSLY! If you look at Google, Yahoo, Dell, they all are easy to understand, probably no meaning at all, and funny to say.

For my biz name, I didn't pick it. I was with a little girl trying to encourage her to come up with a creative name, and then she said: "LENS" I was like LENS Photography.. Great!

Now that doesn't stand for a camera lens.. It stands for 'Live Every New Second'

Good luck hewhew

Wiren

catchy title
I wanted to do something with my last name, but "Wiren Photo Works" is not easy to remember. I wanted something that folks would remember when they got home in front of their computer. A lot of the neat names I came up with were taken. Finally I used the .net version of "On the wall photo" thinking that the term "off the wall" would stick with people and also the idea that you put photo's "on the wall", would help folks remember easily.

Good luck.

Lee

VayCayMom

I like relaxing things, while I will never live IN a cottage, I like what the image represents. I also like the term " cottage industries" and I feel that is what I am doing, a little tiny business out of my home. I really began with an interest in Photoshop, the interest in actual photography came a few years later, by surprise.
So my name is Cottage INK.