to start... lightly advertising myself (most likely on craigslist, etc) to be able to shoot portraits and that sort of stuff. im just having trouble with...
what to call myself. haha.
i guess using my name would be the easiest, but it just doesnt really Sound very good. bleh.
so i could use something else, i jsut cant figure out what, i dont want it to be cheesy, i want something classy or fun and interesting i guess. any ideas? or, what do you all go by?

I used my name after complications with the "creative" naming. Its easier and associates specifically with you.

I'd just go with your name.

But, some people do associate me with my website address, Light Of The Wild.

What is your name Meg? IE full name?

and yeah, "your name photo" or "your name photography" work well. Especially if the domain is available. Get a website up (they're cheap and easy, people here can help if you need it) and make some business cards and have at it.

and even if you do go with a fun name like Scott, also get your name photo/photography as people might try that anyway.

Buy yourname.com, yournamephoto.com and possibly yournamephotography.com if they're available. The photography versions just get a bit long. initials can come into play if your name is hard to spell.

+1 to that.

ScottHotalingPhoto.com also goes to my site.

yeah, domains are cheap, so buy anything that people might think of.
Including common misspellings.

for now, this will do

Looks good to me.

I had the HARDEST time with this. I wanted ctphoto.com but that was taken, so I had to go with chelseataylorphoto.com and chelseataylorphotography.com.

Anything related to photography was taken with the initials CT.