same shoot? Hi All, really need some advice if anyone has been in the same boat....
My partner and I are amateur photographers. We operate under "XYZ".
We often do shoots with a friend of ours (also an amateur photographer) who operates under "ABC". We share studio space.
We work together a lot and have often talked about trying to make money out of our photography interests. He suggested that in order for all of us to become more successful and grow into a proper business, we work as a team, leave our original names, and operate under one common name, e.g. "123".
But we have different photography styles and so my partner and I want to continue using our own name. Plus, we spent a lot of time thinking of our name and creating our website. We want to start making money from photography but we also want to continue working with this friend.
Is there any way to continue working together but not confuse potential clients, e.g. if we advertise for a shoot at our studio, whose name do we put on the flyer? ABC? XYZ? 123?
Also, when we take the shots and put them on our websites, his will have his ABC watermark, ours will have XYZ. It might look odd to see similar pictures on totally different website if you didn't know who we are.
It's all very confusing and I don't know a way around it. We want to grow and start making money but I want to keep my name AND carry on shooting with my friend.....any ideas from past experience welcome..
My partner and I are amateur photographers. We operate under "XYZ".
We often do shoots with a friend of ours (also an amateur photographer) who operates under "ABC". We share studio space.
We work together a lot and have often talked about trying to make money out of our photography interests. He suggested that in order for all of us to become more successful and grow into a proper business, we work as a team, leave our original names, and operate under one common name, e.g. "123".
But we have different photography styles and so my partner and I want to continue using our own name. Plus, we spent a lot of time thinking of our name and creating our website. We want to start making money from photography but we also want to continue working with this friend.
Is there any way to continue working together but not confuse potential clients, e.g. if we advertise for a shoot at our studio, whose name do we put on the flyer? ABC? XYZ? 123?
Also, when we take the shots and put them on our websites, his will have his ABC watermark, ours will have XYZ. It might look odd to see similar pictures on totally different website if you didn't know who we are.
It's all very confusing and I don't know a way around it. We want to grow and start making money but I want to keep my name AND carry on shooting with my friend.....any ideas from past experience welcome..