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.

Color story: pale with green

April 6, 2009 Posted in colors

color: pale with green Pale colors, the traditional standby of weddings, can sometimes look too plain or blah on their own. But by supporting pale yellows and soft pinks with something stronger, like green or metallic gold, the effect is pure gorgeous. Blush Bridal Events helped Mary and August put together this yummy decor at their reception at Officer’s Row in Vancouver.

Mary carried a bouquet of mostly pale roses, with the slightest blush of pink at their centers. I can’t recall if the other flowers were sweetpeas, freesia or white lysanthia. August’s good-looking boutonniere was a single white rosebud with blueberry buds. The table decor was especially pretty: gold chargers accented white on white linens and floating candles in the centerpiece.

I think going pale is the perfect look for a more formal wedding. What do you think?