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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: September 2009

updated: janna + daniel at timberline lodge, september 19th, 2009

September 29, 2009 Posted in peek, slideshows

Janna and Daniel’s wedding was definitely the most fun we’ve ever had shooting at Timberline. We laughed and smiled all day long with this very sweet couple.  There are so many reasons why this was such a great day. To begin with, everyone (and I do mean EVERYONE) was warm, sweet and kind. From the...

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This week’s entry at MyPortlandPhotographer.com

September 28, 2009 Posted in venues

We are proud members of myportlandphotographer.com, which is an informal group of Portland wedding photographers. Together, we encourage and support each other and one of the ways we do this is our collective blog. Each week, the 20 members post their favorite image. It’s a terrific way for us to share our work–and also help...

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Revisiting black and white

September 24, 2009 Posted in tips, tricks & good ideas

You’d think from our website and our blog that we never present anything in black and white. Not true. In fact, a little less than half of what we present to our clients is monochrome. Simplifying an image to black and white distills it to the essential: whether it’s beauty, light or emotion. Pulling away...

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UPDATED: heidi and trevor at bridal veil lakes

September 15, 2009 Posted in peek, slideshows

Oh, what a perfect day! Shimmery green light, blue skies, lovely bride, steady groom. John and I are so pleased to post these pics for Heidi and Trevor. They had so much fun at their own August 22 wedding–which is sometimes hard to do. They were surrounded by such a fun group of bridesmaids and...

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