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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 2009

a break for a chuckle….

October 29, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized

We haven’t posted much lately because we’ve been crazy busy putting the finishing touches on our updated website, portfolio and blog. While running through some bio images, I came across this silly photo of John and it made me laugh out loud. I thought it was a perfect antidote to the studio stress I’ve been...

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planning the work, working the plan….Valls Photographic is becoming Altura Studio

October 22, 2009 Posted in tips, tricks & good ideas

For about a year, we’ve been planning on evolving our name from “Valls Photographic” to “Altura Studio”.  Our busy studio does two kinds of work; we shoot weddings, but we also photograph editorial assignments for magazines and ad agencies. It’s been a little confusing, for example, when the photo editor of Food & Wine accidentally...

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update: Robin + Jason, September 26 at Garden Vineyards

October 6, 2009 Posted in peek, slideshows

Robin and Jason planned the most lovely autumn wedding at Garden Vineyards. Together they orchestrated every last detail–and it certainly showed. The beautiful colors they chose for their clothing, flowers and decor were a luscious complement to the rich hues that nature provided. I heard that Jason was inspired by a James Bond movie still...

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A very interesting article by our colleague, Fritz Leidtke

October 5, 2009 Posted in tips, tricks & good ideas

A fellow wedding photographer and colleague, Fritz Leidtke, wrote this terrific article for WPPIonline (that stands for Wedding & Portrait Photographers Intl.). In the article he writes about the kinds of demands placed on wedding photographers. It’s an interesting read for anyone who is interviewing potential photographers–and also a good reminder of why chemistry is...

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