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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. 

 

Vanity search, a nice review

September 8, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized

I had some extra time while having my a.m. caffeine fix, so I googled myself on a whim. I’m pleased as punch to find this review on something called Insider Pages. Our early spring client, Anna, got married at Timberline earlier this year. She wrote:

Adventurous and Talented Photographers 5 Star Rating - World class

By Anna C.

Valls Photographic is a husband-wife team that are truly exceptional. We had them for our wedding and they were just a hoot! The two of them work very well together and that dynamic makes them very fun to be around. All of our guests loved them and felt comfortable around them, and I think that shows in the pictures. And they were willing to trek out in 12 feet of snow for our outdoor wedding pictures at Timberline Lodge (we brought extra snowshoes just for them). Those are some of our most favorite pictures. In fact, all of the pictures turned out phenomenal! They have a real eye for both the creative and the classic.

Valls might be a touch more expensive than some other Portland Photographers, but I think they are worth every dime. We cherish our photos and have a hard time deciding which ones to frame. Photographs are one of the few things from the wedding that you will keep forever, and Valls is keenly aware of this in everything they do. Yet, somehow they bring a calm to an event that makes everyone relax. Theresa even helped me fix my hair after we went snowshoeing!

I know that Valls does more than just weddings and even though I don’t have first hand experience with this, I know they are especially good with kids and good at corralling a crowd. We plan to go back for family pictures in the future.

by Theresa Valls

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