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THE QUICK VERSION
- Blue Room Photography offers in-studio and on location photography. Our studio is at 2102-B Main St. in Daphne, Alabama.
- Cindy McCrory is the primary photographer
- Three local professional photographers are Blue Room Team Photographers who join Cindy for weddings and events needing two or more photographers.
- We offer quick image turnaround: 7-10 days for weddings, 2-3 days for portrait sessions, 24 hr for mini-sessions.
- Our albums are gorgeous. Truly.
- We only use professional level cameras.
- We shoot a lot more than weddings! We fill our booking schedule with headshots, business marketing photography, social media photography, and wall art collections.
- Meetings can be scheduled online, by email, or phone.
Meet the Business Owner and Blue Room Teams
Cindy McCrory is the owner and primary photographer of Blue Room Photography.
The studio follows a systematic workflow system and incorporates three teams of professionals to insure a great experience!
ELECTRONIC TEAM:
BLUE ROOM'S EDITING AND DESIGN TEAM
BLUE ROOM'S PHOTOGRAPHY TEAM
Cindy McCrory is the owner and primary photographer of Blue Room Photography.
The studio follows a systematic workflow system and incorporates three teams of professionals to insure a great experience!
ELECTRONIC TEAM:
- Studio appointments are booked online by the studio team or online by you
- You will receive confirmation and reminder emails and texts regarding your session
- Contracts are signed online
- Invoices are sent via email
- Payments may be made online with any credit/debit cards or you may write a check
- We build a photography timeline and text it to you (this is particularly helpful for wedding shoots)
BLUE ROOM'S EDITING AND DESIGN TEAM
- Blue Room's professional editing panel selects the best images and edits them in Blue Room's signature true-to-life style, or to the style you request
- Your online gallery is carefully curated; a password to the gallery will be granted upon request
- You will be given a special link to your favorites gallery where you "heart" your favorite images. These are the images we use to build an album, or send your images to you if that is part of your package
- Our editing teams select the best images and edit to the style you request (or our standard Blue Room style)
- Our professional album designer creates the first draft of your album or photo book
- Your draft is online in a magazine flip-book style, and the final version is available indefinitely
- Working with your album changes/deletions, Cindy makes the final changes to bring it to the final, awesome version
- You may order photos through our shopping cart or directly through the studio. Prints are sent to the studio or drop-shipped if that is what you prefer.
BLUE ROOM'S PHOTOGRAPHY TEAM
- Our photography team currently has three professional wedding and special event photographers. Cindy McCrory is the primary headshot photographer. All have exceptional talent and at least ten years or more of wedding, special event, and portrait experience. Blue Room does not use our bookings as training grounds for newbies.
THE LONG VERSION
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NOTE FROM OWNER, CINDY MCCRORY
I love flowers, beautiful manners, gorgeous dresses, wonderfully "done" hair, makeup, cake, and lovely spaces! Weddings include ALL of those things and I am in heaven when I am spending the day with a bride and groom at a decorated venue with their family and friends. My professional work includes a history of all kinds of photography: architecture, news, children, fashion.... and weddings require photography expertise in all of these things. Plus, in my super young years I was a film model and also did pageants (it was the thing back in the day) so I know what it is like to be on your side of the camera. I try my best to gently make my couples comfortable and relaxed, and at the same time confidently guide and direct members of the wedding party and family through the photographic timeline. Its always fun, and I can't wait to get back to the studio and take a peek at what I've captured! |
My natural editing style is photojournalistic realism but with brighter colors and an added bit of glamour. However, I also love the surreal, light and airy fairylike look and with certain brides and weddings, this works best. I have the editing skills to give you an edgy black and white, or a vintage kodachrome 50's retro look. We will talk about what you prefer, and if you simply want a combination, we can do it. I find life much more interesting meeting lots of different people and we all have our own "filters". So offering a diverse choice of looks from which you can choose, is always more interesting for us all! Look through my photographs on this site and you'll see the diversity of styles I can offer.
MY PHOTOGRAPHY STORY
I have a Bachelor's Degree in Communications from New College at the University of Alabama, plus a Certificate of Photography from University of South Alabama. I was a student of film photography for years, and black and white film photography was my hobby! My hobby turned into a career beginning with a Communications Director position in the office of the Episcopal Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast. In addition to creating and managing the diocesan website, I took photographs in Episcopal churches across the Gulf Coast.
In 2010, I purchased my first professional level digital camera and started my wedding and portrait photography business from my home. I leased a studio space until COVIC came around, and decided to not renew the lease and moved my studio home. And it is nicer, roomier, and convenient.
TIME LAPSE OF A HEADSHOT SESSION IN MY HOME STUDIO
THE STUDIO STORY
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The afternoon that a long awaited box arrived from Canon with my first PRO LEVEL CAMERA, I was so excited that I tore into the box and began walking around the neighborhood taking photos. I returned at dusk and all of the lights in my house were on, including the bedroom I was using as my editing room. The room's walls are a Martha Stewart color named named "Milk Paint" from Sherwin Williams. I also had small blueish halogen desk lights turned on. All of the windows in my house were glowing with the GE golden light except for the one window belonging to the office. The light coming from that window was SO BLUE. Quite honestly, it looked terrible from the street because it was so different from the other windows. BUT it ultimately served a purpose! I had been struggling with a name for my business, and although most people use their own name for their photography business, my business class at USA recommended using a third party name in case you want to ever sell the business or have children take it over at some point. So after seeing the blue room window, I lamely named my photography business BLUE ROOM PHOTOGRAPHY.
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My equipment:
MY STUDIO
Multiple backdrops and studio lights
Important aids: Nespresso coffee maker, wine, beer, iMac, MacPro, Sonos, soft drinks, sometimes champagne
Old camera collection that includes old Polaroids, Brownies, a couple of old 8mm movie cameras, and a relatively rare Yashica - the first camera to have anything electronic.
CAMERAS
Canon 5D Mark II
Canon 5D Mark III
Canon R5 Mirrorless
Hasselblad Digital Camera
Nikon manual film camera
Minolta early electronic film camera
SPEEDLIGHTS (FLASH UNITS)
Canon 580 EX
Canon 600 EX
LENS
Canon 70-200 mm IL
Canon 50 mm
Canon 24-105 mm
Canon 75-300 mm
MY STUDIO
Multiple backdrops and studio lights
Important aids: Nespresso coffee maker, wine, beer, iMac, MacPro, Sonos, soft drinks, sometimes champagne
Old camera collection that includes old Polaroids, Brownies, a couple of old 8mm movie cameras, and a relatively rare Yashica - the first camera to have anything electronic.
CAMERAS
Canon 5D Mark II
Canon 5D Mark III
Canon R5 Mirrorless
Hasselblad Digital Camera
Nikon manual film camera
Minolta early electronic film camera
SPEEDLIGHTS (FLASH UNITS)
Canon 580 EX
Canon 600 EX
LENS
Canon 70-200 mm IL
Canon 50 mm
Canon 24-105 mm
Canon 75-300 mm
MY FORMER STUDIO
DESCRIPTION ON YELP
Blue Room Photography is a premiere photography studio on Mobile Bay in Daphne, Alabama. Photography sessions are available in our studio, in your home or business, on the bluff or at the beach! On weekends we are shooting weddings, special events and seasonal shoots (Christmas mini-sessions, etc.) We focus on family photography, professional headshots, commercial and real estate photography during the week. Need to upgrade your business photography on your website or social media? Blue Room will shoot your retail space, offices, products, and employees and will bring you up the best looking trends online. Just want to check out the studio? Come by and use our wifi and have coffee and snacks! Just text us first to be sure I'm in the studio and not on location. 251-509-6635
History
Established in 2010.
I turned my photography habit (addiction) into a full time business in 2010, and moved from my home studio into a beautiful barn studio space in 2013. I shoot weddings and commercial photography on location, and headshots and portraits in the studio and studio courtyard. Family portraits are in multiple locations: bluff of Mobile Bay, beach at the gulf, my studio courtyard, and in family homes.
Blue Room Photography is a premiere photography studio on Mobile Bay in Daphne, Alabama. Photography sessions are available in our studio, in your home or business, on the bluff or at the beach! On weekends we are shooting weddings, special events and seasonal shoots (Christmas mini-sessions, etc.) We focus on family photography, professional headshots, commercial and real estate photography during the week. Need to upgrade your business photography on your website or social media? Blue Room will shoot your retail space, offices, products, and employees and will bring you up the best looking trends online. Just want to check out the studio? Come by and use our wifi and have coffee and snacks! Just text us first to be sure I'm in the studio and not on location. 251-509-6635
History
Established in 2010.
I turned my photography habit (addiction) into a full time business in 2010, and moved from my home studio into a beautiful barn studio space in 2013. I shoot weddings and commercial photography on location, and headshots and portraits in the studio and studio courtyard. Family portraits are in multiple locations: bluff of Mobile Bay, beach at the gulf, my studio courtyard, and in family homes.
