Noob to photogoraphy
 

Hey everybody, im new to the DSLR scene. Just picked up a Nikon D5200 along with lightroom for my editing. I hope to turn this hobby into a little bit of side money and i want to create a logo that i can use to watermark. Any suggestions on accomplishing this would be very helpful as i dont know where to start. I already have a base idea of how i want it to look as well. Thanks!

If you're on a MAC, you can create a decent logo using Keynote.

If you have Illustrator/Photoshop, you can create more customized logos -

I ended up just using a decent font and making my logo my name as a .PNG file that I can watermark the images with if need be.

Unfortunately im on windows and i dont have either of those programs haha. Thanks for the suggestions. I may have to eventually just dump some cash on PS.

Most products, have 30 day trial versions. Great way to learn..
You can go to Adobe.com and download Lightroom, Photoshop, etc

You can also download PS CS2 for free now... Its a little older then the latest version.. But you can still learn and do most of the same things that you can with CS5/6

Awesome! Thanks for the info. Ill definitely check it out.

I use "PHOTO EXPLOSION SE 2.0". I bought the software 10+ years ago at the local store. I'm uploading a picture of one of my finished music CD's for reference. It really is that good.