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You miss the point, just like most amateur logo designers. Logo design basics - Bing
It's not about what you like. It's about what is effective. It's about about making a symbol that customers can easily relate to and associate with your brand. If you heven't yet established a brand, you have no use for a logo.
FWIW, the colors in your 'lens aperture' instantly brought BMW automobiles to my mind.
Oh, and few of your potential clients know what a lens aperture is, let alone what one looks like.
Most retail photographers hurt their business by having a poorly designed logo rather than not using a logo at all.
The initials as you have rendered them in your logo are laughable. Bad Logos - When Logos Go Bad - Logos that Suck - Bad Logo Design Samples
The current FED EX logo was selected out of a couple of hundred that were evaluated. Fantastic logos with a hidden meaning | StockLogos.com
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Originally Posted by
Kolander

Originally Posted by
cgipson1
yea.. cool! LOGO = Instant Professional!...
Nobody think it, I hope

A logo is simply a tool for professionals. Like the trolley, like the website, like the business cards, like the blog, like the credential.
Wanna bet.. look around! Check out all the facebook pro's... NICE LOGO.. and lots of crappy photos!
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Originally Posted by
cgipson1

Originally Posted by
Kolander

Originally Posted by
cgipson1
yea.. cool! LOGO = Instant Professional!...
Nobody think it, I hope

A logo is simply a tool for professionals. Like the trolley, like the website, like the business cards, like the blog, like the credential.
Wanna bet.. look around! Check out all the facebook pro's... NICE LOGO.. and lots of crappy photos!
Considering I barely spent any time on mine, really more for fun than anything else, I hope to do just the opposite

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Been spending a lot of time on here!

Originally Posted by
cgipson1
...Check out all the facebook pro's...
A facebook pro? What do you mean?
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I spend too much of my life on TPF!

Originally Posted by
Kolander

Originally Posted by
cgipson1
...Check out all the facebook pro's...
A facebook pro? What do you mean?
It's considered an oxymoron. People who market themselves on Facebook rather than having an actual dedicated site of their own, because they know nothing about the business of photography.
A photographer with a website mot likely has a Facebook, but a photographer with a Facebook doesn't always have a website, and therefore they market themselves fairly poorly. That's just what I've noticed.
They also tend to be lacking in the photographic skill department.
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Tell me what you think. It would mean a lot. 
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Been spending a lot of time on here!
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No longer a newbie, moving up!
But not necessarily someone with a logo is a bad photographer, let alone doesn't have a website or doesn't understand the key elements to the business side.
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Been spending a lot of time on here!

Originally Posted by
KmH
You miss the point, just like most amateur logo designers.
Logo design basics - Bing
It's not about what you like. It's about what is effective. It's about about making a symbol that customers can easily relate to and associate with your brand. If you heven't yet established a brand, you have no use for a logo.
FWIW, the colors in your 'lens aperture' instantly brought BMW automobiles to my mind.
Oh, and few of your potential clients know what a lens aperture is, let alone what one looks like.
Most retail photographers hurt their business by having a poorly designed logo rather than not using a logo at all.
The initials as you have rendered them in your logo are laughable.
Bad Logos - When Logos Go Bad - Logos that Suck - Bad Logo Design Samples
The current FED EX logo was selected out of a couple of hundred that were evaluated.
Fantastic logos with a hidden meaning | StockLogos.com
Words of wisdom. And LOL at that link.
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Can someone help me with a LOGO! Im lost, I dont know which way to go- Do I choose someone on Etsy.com to design one for me? Or what is the best way to go?
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Originally Posted by
m3n3amanda
Can someone help me with a LOGO! Im lost, I dont know which way to go- Do I choose someone on Etsy.com to design one for me? Or what is the best way to go?
That really depends on your budget and what you are trying to achieve.
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Originally Posted by
cgipson1
yea.. cool! LOGO = Instant Professional!

Just ask anyone on
Facebook or Craigslist!

^^^^^that.
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