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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: winter weddings

Colleen at Kevin at the Hotel Deluxe

I’d call this a perfect winter wedding. Small, intimate, cozy–and surprisingly, snowy! After dressing at the Hotel Deluxe, Colleen along with her nearest & dearest made their way to Holy Trinity in Beaverton for a mid-afternoon service with their closest friends and family. We had the opportunity to meet Colleen when we photographed her brother’s...

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This week at MyPortlandPhotographer

I’ve been working on Emily and Nick’s album this week, and it’s given me the chance to revisit all their gorgeous wedding pics. I know, maybe I’m biased, but what a incredible day it was! Here’s our post on MyPortlandPhotographer this week. If you’re planning a wedding at Portland Art Museum, you might want to...

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A new friend: Weddings Fresh

I “met” someone new this week via email. Dani, a wedding planner with great style, writes a cute blog about weddings. Today, she posted a few of Altura Studio’s winter wedding images to share with her readers. Pop over and check out the rest of her blog. She’s got some of the yummiest wedding fashion....

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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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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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Craig and Yohanna at Timberline Lodge

What a way to start the wedding season! First off: I’m crazy about these two. Craig and Yohanna are just about the nicest people I’ve met. Their wedding was last Saturday at Silcox Hut, which is halfway up the summit of Mt. Hood. There’s lots to tell, so let me get right to it. Yohanna is from Venezuela,...

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Wedding ideas: Simple weddings

This week, another post on the subject of simple weddings. If you’ve read my blog before, you know I’m a big advocate of simple, meaningful wedding celebrations. It was fun to go back through the files and recall this sweet wedding that John and I photographed at Breitenbush during the winter. The celebration was as much a retreat...

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