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About our blog

People say to me all the time: “You're so lucky. You get to go to weddings all the time." They're right. We are lucky. We get to be among people having a great time, looking and feeling their best and participating in what is often the most important day in someone's life.

Here’s the other thing we are lucky to see: the terrific style and creativity that our clients bring to their celebrations. If there is one thing we’ve learned while photographing weddings, it is that a wedding doesn’t have to be expensive to be lovely. We dedicate our blog to sharing the terrific ideas that we’ve seen before and will see this coming season, with a focus on ideas that are simple, elegant and stylish.

All these images are the work of us or our associate photographers from events we've photographed. So, we say "thank you" to our clients who have shared their warmth and happiness with us. 


About John & Theresa Valls

Because we love to travel, we photographed our first wedding together in exchange for two plane tickets to Europe. That was our original plan: we'd photograph a wedding or two, basically just enough to underwrite our love of italian food eaten in Italy. What we hadn't counted on, however, was how much we would grow to love everything about shooting and working together.

John's wedding photography is influenced by his advertising work with agencies, companies and magazines he shoots for. Avoiding an overly-produced style for his photos, John's images reflect his light touch as well as his ability to capture what is descriptive, yet beautiful.

My background in design management helps us create wedding albums that are both contemporary and timeless. I'm an avid believer in the strength of a killer edit, so I work with our clients to compile a photo selection that will meaningful and satisfying 25 years in the future. 

 

Monthly Archives: October 2007

So proud of my friend, Terri Spaeth-Merrick

October 25, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized, dresses, vendor shout-out

6 or 7 years ago, my friend Terri and I used to commiserate about our horrible jobs. While we both toiled in the bicycle industry, we dreamed of lives and jobs where we could truly invest ourselves and put our creativity to good use. She and I both took the “i quit” leap about the same time, and...

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The classic birdcage veil

October 10, 2007 Posted in dresses, tips, tricks & good ideas

I’ve seen few things as lovely as Jolene’s slender neck complimented by this simple birdcage style veil. In person, she was just stunning, and these photos catch a bit of her great look. Here’s the interesting part: I don’t think it was much more than a simple shape of bronzey colored net from a fabric...

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Sneak peek: Jolene and Chad, David Hill Winery, Sept 29, 2007

October 3, 2007 Posted in peek, venues

All day long, I’m telling myself, “It won’t rain. It won’t rain. It just says CHANCE of showers, that doesn’t mean it will ACTUALLY rain, right?” Regardless of my mental efforts–it did rain. But only enough to remind us that it’s not how things happen, but only that they happen that makes a wedding important.
 Jolene...

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The Howards –Portland Art Museum, September 15, 2007

October 3, 2007 Posted in cakes, flowers, peek, venues

This just might have been the most stylish wedding we’ve photographed this year. Urbane, sophisticated, and vivid–that’s how I would describe Brian and Rachel’s wedding at the Portland Art Museum on Sept 15th. During the planning session, we learned that we’d be working with many of our favorite vendors. Here’s a few highlights: Geranium Lake...

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