Lauren McDuffie is a Portland, OR based photographer, specializing in lifestyle + portrait + branding imagery.

They’re worth a thousand words, as the saying goes, but to me, great photos can make you dream …

A great photo has more to it than meets the eye; a special something that goes beyond the smiles and the just-so poses, the pretty scenery and lovely, styled sartorial choices. When those things fall away, and your subject is laid bare, that’s where things get really interesting to me, as a photographer. The emotional, the spiritual - the intangible. Those are the quiet corners of a moment that I try to capture in my work, to dust off and to show off; to freeze in time.

A great photo has a power to it, a kind of magic. When it comes to what I try to accomplish in my work - that’s exactly it. I want the magic.

I am a cookbook author, published and critically acclaimed photographer and stylist, and have been happily telling stories both via writing and photos for the past decade.

I offer a wide range of packages and photo session types, and I like to start our process together with a conversation to help me better understand your goals. Contact me via the form on this site to get the conversation started.

At a glimpse, I offer the following sessions/options:

Family sessions (both in-home, and on location)

Newborn

Engagement + Couples

Portrait

Lifestyle

Branding

Pricing

Family, newborn, engagement/couples, and senior portrait sessions start at $500. Price reflects a 4-person shoot and increases $50 for each additional subject.

Branding sessions start at $2250.

  • I no longer offer mini sessions.

  • Each session package, whether mini or full, comes with a brief consultation to ensure I know exactly what you’re hoping to achieve with our session. I also offer wardrobe/styling guidance, if desired, and am always available for any additional assistance and help, as needed.

  • Pricing includes the session fee/time itself, as well as a meticulously edited gallery of full-sized digital photos that are curated to suit your vision as well as my own artistic style. You will receive a large collection of black and white images along with rich color edits.

  • Additionally, you will have full print rights to the images in your gallery. You can conveniently print and frame any images from our session, right from your digital gallery.

Image from a Japanese scroll which describes the realm of the hungry ghosts and how to placate them. Currently housed at the Kyoto National Museum, artist unknown.

Image from a Japanese scroll which describes the realm of the hungry ghosts and how to placate them. Currently housed at the Kyoto National Museum, artist unknown.

Photos of Lauren McDuffie taken by friend, Silver Pebble Photography (VA) .