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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. 

 

Updated: Lauren & Blair, Sunday Aug 17, 2008

some favorites from their wedding

We had so much fun with Lauren and Blair! Laughing, smiling all day long. Lauren’s mom is the sweetest woman on the planet. And Blair is the kind of guy that a girl can really count on: solid, steady, strong, & sweet.

The day felt epic–showers and sunshine in the morning, then secret whispers about a thunderstorm heading directly over Skamania Lodge. Of course, you don’t want to mention this to the bride, right? Since the forecast called for the storm to come AFTER when the ceremony would be over–the plan was to forge ahead, but promptly so that vows were said before the impending unpredictable weather. It was a nail-biter for me, since John and I had planned some photo time with Lauren and Blair post-ceremony–exactly when said thunderstorm was due. Good luck prevailed and we had stunning, grand, golden light for their photos.

Here’s some of our favorites–Can’t wait to get you the gazillion others. It’s not fair that I can only have room for a few photos here. There’s still about 400 other photos that I’d like to somehow work into my “favorites” stack.

UPDATE: Here’s a slideshow of my favorites. And here’s a link to all the photos from the day.

James McCormick - Wow, the light you found for those field photos is just outstanding. I love them!February 26, 2009 - 11:16 am

We heart Skamania Lodge | My Portland Photographer - [...] Skamania Lodge is one of our favorite places to shoot. The drive out from Portland is always relaxing and there’s something about being surrounded by miles of forest that makes me feel great. That great feeling must also translate to our wedding couples, too. Here’s one of our favorite photos of Lauren and Russ, taken about an hour after they became husband and wife. All the group pics were done and we had just a few minutes outside before a storm threatened. 10 minutes was all it took to make the best photos of the day. To see more of Lauren and Russ’s wedding, check out our blog. [...]April 20, 2009 - 10:17 am

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