New emotional logo design for PIXED Photography

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Logo Design Brief
I need a new and fresh logo for my company.
I am a fulltime wedding photographer so the logo should appeal to both men and women. It should be an allround logo for my business and it should not reflect "the wedding".
I like icons but an icon should reflect the business and give the audience a feeling. I don't like stock art icons, I have used them myself before.
The final design should be:
Classy, Stylish, modern and powerful
An icon which says something about the company is preferable and an icon should also be powerful enough to be used on itself (so without the company name).
The logo should be useable in color and monochrome (for engravings)
The first color I would think of would be red but this is negotiable.
It would also be nice if the logo could be used as a horizontal or more square/vertical design.
I have added my current logo.
Updates
Project Deadline Extended
Reason: I want to give everyone more time to deliver the best quality.
I am not in a hurry.
Added Thursday, October 16, 2014
Hi everyone....
I just thought I would post an update.
I have had a bunch of submissions but currently (18-10-2014) there are not many designs with are competing.
There were a lot of designs which had a marriage element, like a ring or a wedding couple. This is not what I am after.
It's true that I shoot weddings most of the time but I want the logo to be more general.
I also want to avoid all the cliches like camera's, shutters, lenses, If you can think of something unique and sophisticated and it has a cliche in it, then it could work but al the standard looking icons or stock art icons are not what I am looking for.
I have extended the project deadline so to give you all a little more time.
Furthermore I have increased the payment a bit and I have set the project to guaranteed.
I hope to receive some great concepts from you all.
Added Saturday, October 18, 2014
Target Market(s)
Brides and Grooms... So most of my clients are woman. The logo should be elegant enough to appeal to them.
Industry/Entity Type
Wedding
Logo Text
PIXED Photography
Logo styles of interest
Pictorial/Combination Logo
A real-world object (optional text)



Abstract Logo
Conceptual / symbolic (optional text)



Font styles to use
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
- Cool unique icon.
- I added some screenshots of logo's that would give you an idea. See the attached documents.
- Please think out of the box and try to avoid cliches.
Nice to have
- I have several links to logo's which I like.
- I like the way the icons have a creative aspect.
- http://www.thedesignwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Cool-Logos-With-Hidden-Messages-06.jpg
- http://www.thedesignwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Cool-Logos-With-Hidden-Messages-09.jpg
- http://www.thedesignwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Cool-Logos-With-Hidden-Messages-031.jpg
- http://www.thedesignwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Cool-Logos-With-Hidden-Messages-02.jpg
Should not have
- Cliches, like camera's, shutter icons, rings
- Stock art emblems/icons
- I do weddings but the icons should not reflect a wedding
- I attached all my older logo's in the brief. Al these designs are not creative enough.