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About Altura Studio

Altura Studio is the creative home for John and Theresa Valls, award-winning photographers based in Portland, Oregon.  Altura Studio is known for elegant, naturally beautiful wedding images.



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Wedding colors: turquoise with white and ivory

Today’s blog post could have been titled: Any color + white + ivory = rich and sophisticated wedding colors. I selected these photos to illustrate how simple orchestrating a successful color scheme for your wedding can be. It can be tempting for planning brides to freak out a little bit with so many colors to...

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Color Story: Vibrant Pink

I think pink is the friendliest, most accommodating color of all. Happy to blend in or stand out. And she plays nicely with almost every other color. Pink can be sweet or sexy. Soft or striking. And because of pink’s generous nature, she’s often seen in the company of others, (think pink & navy, pink...

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Will Cohen’s Bar Mitzvah, November 19

  Could Will Cohen be the nicest young man I’ve ever met? I think it’s true. John and I really enjoyed photographing Will and his family at his Bar Mitzvah last month. He’s confidant, fun, and self-possessed. Spend a little time with Will and you get a good sense of the delightful young man he’ll...

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Leslie & Devon, Married at the Waverly, November 5th 2011

Ohmygosh, I’m still effervescing over Leslie and Devon’s wedding last month. These two tied the knot in early November at the Waverly Country Club. Leslie was adorable in Monique Lhuillier and Devon sported the classic satin lapel and bow tie. Dreamy, perfect, formal yet friendly. Leslie and Devon are firmly at the center of a...

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Per and Kate’s lovely summer wedding on Style Me Pretty

We LOVE it when our photos are featured on Style Me Pretty. It’s such a pretty blog and feel proud when we’re in such good company. Click on over here to see the feature. And if you’re curious who put together such wonderful work, check out Geranium Lake Flowers, Ella Events, & The Art of...

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I like this…..

This article hit me square in the chest as I had my coffee today. I appreciate the way the writer, a fellow wedding photographer, was able to verbalize a feeling that I have felt before. And hopefully, that feeling, and it’s companion desire to shoot what’s honest and meaningful in our clients lives, is visible...

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Leslie & Devon are getting married!

OK, you might as well go straight to the slideshow for this engagement session because you are going to want to see every single frame. I drove myself insane trying to pick my “favorites” for the slideshow. Favorites? Are you kidding me? I’m in love with every single photo from their session. Devon and Leslie...

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Tai & Jason, Church of the Resurrection and The Foundry

Elegant. Delightful. Charming. That’s the feeling we came away with from Tai and Jason’s wedding on the 1st of October. Over the course of the day I kind of developed a grown-up crush on these two; they were both so confidant, charming and warm. You don’t often meet people who radiate openness and emotional depth....

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Katie and Josh’s Classic Wedding is on Style Me Pretty today

The SMP Little Black Book blog is featuring Katie and Josh’s oh-so-classic wedding pics today. I’m so pleased to see them run photos in this style, since not every wedding includes a vintage typewriter or a settee in a meadow (if you know what I mean….) Cruise on over to Style Me Pretty and see...

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Sarah & Abhi, September 3, 2011

Sarah and Abhi’s wedding was a festival of color, texture, traditions and love. From Abhi’s side came Indian traditions: the baraat with spirit-raising drums, garlands of marigolds, beautiful saris, lovely henna decorations on the women’s hands and feet. From Sarah’s side: American traditions. A long white gown with a delicate veil, rings to exchange, vows...

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