My name is Bradley Herring.
I went with the domain name of bradleycherring.com since bradleyherring.com was already taken and C is the initial of my middle name. It seems that with a newcomer discount I can get the domain for $11.28 a year or with the regular price it would be $14.98 a year.
From HostGator, I feel like the Hatchling Plan would be the best package to go with since I would only be using one site for my portfolio and the hatchling plan offers 10 websites and the first domain is free. The hatchling plan renews at $10.99 a month for 36 months per term.