What is a good name for my Photography Business?

What is a good name for a photography business?

• I am thinking of starting a small Photography business and need names? Any ideas?

• Answer:

  Ahhh.... the "business name" question! It is asked here very frequently. I'm going to sincerely try to give you some links that hopefully will point you in the right direction, or at least allow you to get your head around what a "photography business" truly entails. The sad truth is that the great majority of new photography businesses fail, ....quickly and miserably. Simply enjoying taking photos, and even if you are very good at it, in no way means you are prepared to run a SUCCESSFUL business. Anyone can START a business, or at least a semblance of a business, but making a PROFIT consistently, staying in business, and staying out of legal trouble are very, very different things. Please give serious study and thought to the following links. You would do yourself a huge favor by purchasing and studying the books listed before making the mistakes that thousands of other newcomers to the business world make. On your name question: http://www.nynphotoschool.com/articles/business-name-photography.html On MARKETING, which is a MAJOR aspect of a successful business: http://www.cjlewis.com/starting-a-photography-busines.html On the legal and specific aspects of a photography business: http://www.amazon.com/Photographers-Survival-Manual-Artists-Photography/dp/1600594204/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1299775169&sr=8-1 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1435454294/ref=ord_cart_shr?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER http://www.amazon.com/Fast-Track-Photographer-Revised-Expanded/dp/081740001X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1289856882&sr=1-1 On a final note. If your instinct is to say, "I don't want to buy and read and study all these damn books" ..... well, all I can say is.... good luck.... you ARE going to need it. steve