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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.



Tag Archives: Portland weddings

color story: summer’s lavender and orange

Dear Summer, I miss you. I can’t wait to you come back to Portland. I’ll be waiting in the park with my flip flops and hibachi. Now, on to the colors. When I first saw this combination from a July wedding last season, I thought to myself, “do those really go together?” I’m accustomed to...

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June and Todd at Aquariva

It’s especially nice when our work overlaps with our personal life. John knows the male half of this couple from his bicycle racing days. We were extra pleased when June and Todd chose us to photograph their lovely wedding at Aquariva in Portland. It was a sleek, stylish affair–with a bicycle theme running throughout. A...

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Jennifer and Aihab at the First Baptist Church

Our opportunity to photograph the lovely Jennifer and her fiance Aihab, was a late summer surprise for us. About 3 weeks before her Portland wedding, Jennifer telephoned us from her home in Florida. We did all our planning over the phone–so meeting them the day before the wedding was a delightful surprise. The day was...

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Gabriela and Matthew at St. Patricks Cathedral

There were so many beautiful traditions to photograph at Gabriela and Matthew’s May 2nd wedding at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Portland. On this blustery May afternoon family and friends gathered for a traditional wedding mass. Because both Gabby and Matt are engineers by trade, the priest talked about their talents and skills in a service that...

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