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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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This week at MyPortlandPhotographer.com

Here’s our contribution to MyPortlandPhotographer this week. I loved everything about this wedding at Bridal Veil Lakes. And I didn’t mind that it rained and rained all day. Pin it

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Color story: pink + tangerine + tropical

The phone is beginning to ring and I am getting the feeling that people are starting to think about weddings again. And if you’re planning a wedding here in Portland, you might take inspiration from this summer wedding at the Town Club. Tropical flowers and vibrant warm colors played a role in the gorgeous wedding...

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This week’s post at MyPortlandPhotographer

I contribute weekly to a great website of Portland wedding photographers. It’s a forum for us to share our work and stay in touch with our colleagues. Besides enjoying and supporting one another’s work, we also function as an informal support group. If a fellow photographer is ever seriously injured or ill, someone from this...

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color story: deep red

It’s dramatic and simple to design a wedding color scheme around a single hue. Dana and Joel chose a rich red for their decor and flowers for their late summer wedding at the Shogren House in Portland. Dana’s red satin shoes were a bright surprise under white full length dress. The bride’s bouquet and bridesmaid’s...

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Update: Connie and Stewart, Silcox Hut on Mt hood

“Baby, it’s cold outside” would be a good theme song for Stewart and Connie’s cozy wedding at Silcox Hut, perched high on the flank of Mt. Hood.  However, icy gusts were no match for warm hearts and warm wishes at this wonderfully simple wedding celebration. We appreciated that Connie and Stewart were game to be...

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Three new Timberline Lodge wedding display prints

On Saturday, we’re shooting up at Silcox Hut, and while we are there, we’ll be delivering some new display prints to our friends at Timberline. When we were putting these display prints together, we were struck by the variety of character of each different wedding. If you’re considering a wedding at Timberline Lodge, you might...

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Emily and Nick at the Portland Art Museum

There are a few things in life that are perfectly classic: satin pumps, a black sheath, candlelight, pearls. Lovely Emily’s October 24 wedding to the ultra-handsome Nick would fit securely in this category. Before the wedding, Emily and Nick met up briefly in the park, where the fates had unrolled a perfect canopy of fall...

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