Things are moving along for me where I think it's time to actually build a more professional web presence for my photography other than my informal blog. We are only two weeks into 2014 and I've already gotten a long term gig as the main photographer for a new local cycling magazine startup, as well as booking some portrait and wedding jobs. I've also been contacted privately by the city for them to gain publishing rights to some of my images for tourism promotion....ironically through my instagram account. I also still have my steady work as a secondary shooter and shoot for live bands.
The one thing I'm struggling with is what to name myself. I've been struggling with this for a while. For the past few years my blog and flickr have been under "LK1:1photographics" but I'm not exactly happy with it and it doesn't translate well to a domain name (the : isn't a valid character in a domain name). Let me dissect the name and why I went with that... LK are my initials, 1:1 is both a play on photography terminology for "one on one", and photographics as I was dealing with more than just photography at the time. No longer interested in doing specialized graphic design however.
So now I'm thinking that I want to change the name to something that sounds less personalized and speaks more to my niche...even though I think I'm still having an issue finding it. My primary goals are music and community photography. By that I mean local music and musicians, live music, and local events. My two most reoccurring jobs in 2014 will be live music and the cycling community.
I was thinking "upstroke photography" a play on a picking method for guitars. This is my top contender, but I'm open to suggestion, and who better to ask than my Pentax comrades.
Other names that have crossed my mind:
"Century Park Photos" named after the community I live in (could also go with Yellow Bird or Bears Paw), but I'm worried about the word "Century"
"106 street Studio" or "Photos on 106" named due to a few music venues being on 106 as well as the street being used as the pilot project for dedicated cyclist commute lanes. Could also use "82, 104, 107, Jasper" in place of 106
Any help or suggestions are more than welcome. Thanks you