Logo Design for photography business

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Logo Design Brief
I'm a photographer based in Dublin, Ireland and I need a logo for my business and soon to be launched website: studiomcnamara.com.
My target market will be fashion magazines, brides, families (for portraits), male and female models, actors and corporate (for headshots), but the emphasis will be on the fashion,bridal and model work.
My photography is very similar to a fashion editorial in style, so I would like my logo to exude a certain sense of fashion and style, with maybe a hint of elegance to appeal to brides etc...
Updates
Project Deadline Extended
Reason: I still have not received the perfect design for me.
Please, no more designs containing hand written or calligraphic fonts.
The words 'studiomcnamara' must be rendered as one word, as that is my web address, but please find someway to separate them using different colours or fonts.
I would like to see some sort of graphic element incorporated into the text, but it should be kept simple, elegant and subtle.
Big thanks for all the submissions so far.
Brian :)
Added Saturday, March 17, 2012
Just adding a list of fonts that I like:
Comfortaa
Ciudad Nueva CAPS
Majoram
Riesling
Sierra Madre
Caviar Dreams
Fabada
Thanks,
Brian :)
Added Thursday, March 29, 2012
Target Market(s)
My target market will be brides, families (for portraits), male and female models, actors and corporate (for headshots).
Industry/Entity Type
Business
Logo Text
studiomcnamara (possible tagline: Photography by Brian McNamara. If possible I would like to see designs with and without this tagline).
Logo styles of interest
Emblem Logo
Logo enclosed in a shape



Pictorial/Combination Logo
A real-world object (optional text)



Wordmark Logo
Word or name based logo (text only)


Lettermark Logo
Acronym or letter based logo (text only)



Look and feel
Each slider illustrates characteristics of the customer's brand and the style your logo design should communicate.
Elegant
Bold
Playful
Serious
Traditional
Modern
Personable
Professional
Feminine
Masculine
Colorful
Conservative
Economical
Upmarket
Requirements
Must have
- The emphasis must be on the actual text (studiomcnamara). Any graphic elements must be incorporated into the text and not left just hanging above, below etc...
Nice to have
- Something that works in both colour and black and white.
Also, something that would be suitable to be used as a watermark on my images when I post them online.
Should not have
- I would prefer not to see any of the typical photography logo stuff, such as: aperture blades, cameras, flashes, lenses, lens flare etc.
Unless of course, you've managed to present them in a truly unique/original way.
Also, no boring or cliché fonts, or font treatments that makes the logo look like some random corporate company logo that I could make myself in photoshop.
No random graphic elements that hold no significance to my business or target audience just hanging in the air. Graphic elements should be incorporated into the text somehow.