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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: February 2009

Sneak Peek: Melissa & Kenny, The Old Church at Sellwood

February 24, 2009 Posted in peek

We’ve never photographed a Valentines Day wedding before. What a terrific idea! For years to come, when everyone else is celebrating some silly, supposedly romantic holiday, you and your spouse can be celebrating the anniversary of the most romantic day of all time.
Kenny and Melissa married at 5pm, in the perfectly teeny Old Church in Sellwood....

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Pro make-up, should you?

February 20, 2009 Posted in tips, tricks & good ideas, vendor shout-out

One of our upcoming brides called to ask my opinion on whether she should hire a make-up stylist for her wedding day or instead do her own. I thought I would take a minute to answer her here, since perhaps others of you are wondering the same thing. The answer is “yes” and here’s why:
Even...

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Vendor shout out–great makeup by Anna Webber

February 2, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized, vendor shout-out

I saw Anna Webber’s makeup at a recent wedding event where we both exhibited. She did the makeup on the models for a bridal fashion show. I was immediately struck by how fresh and pretty her work looked, while still having drama and impact. That’s a hard balance to strike. Striving for pretty, sometimes a...

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