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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. 

 

Sneak peek: Mary & August, married on July 21, 2007

July 24, 2007 Posted in peek

We love what we do.  It feels like a gift from the universe when everything comes together perfectly. Mary and August were each brilliant: kind, graceful, giving–and completely crazy for one another. We’re happy to share some of our favorite images from their wedding at Holy Rosary Church in Portland. We used these images to experiment with some black and white techniques–grain, split tones, some different types of black & white conversions.

Mary and August, thank you for sharing yourselves and generally just being fabulous. We’re having a great time editing and preparing your images. Also, a shout out to Christie from Blush Bridal Consultation Group. We’ve never seen a more beautiful, enjoyable, effortless-seeming wedding.

Some added grain along with a slight warm tone:

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A split tone, warm but keeping the highlights nicely white.

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The same split tone as above with the sky neutral. I love the image, but I’m still undecided if I like it…..

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Congrats Mary and August! See you after the honeymoon.

by Theresa Valls

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