{"id":56644,"date":"2024-05-11T16:54:46","date_gmt":"2024-05-11T14:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rudenko-photography.com\/?p=56644"},"modified":"2026-10-26T20:33:55","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T19:33:55","slug":"author-portraits-canals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rudenko-photography.com\/en\/author-portraits-canals\/","title":{"rendered":"Author Portraits Along the Canals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"rpb rpb-story\" data-label=\"STORY | AMSTERDAM\"><figure class=\"rpb-lead rpb-narrow\"><img class=\"wp-image-56605 skip-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-11.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" alt=\"Man in a camel coat riding a black bicycle with a front basket past brick canal houses, an author portrait in spring sun\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 450px\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-11.jpg 900w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-11-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><p>A writer rarely needs just one photo, and Martin was no exception. He wanted a friendly portrait for social media and a sharper one for interviews and press kits. He also wanted a few with character for everything in between. So on a bright early-spring day, we made his author portraits along the canals in one walk. He brought a bicycle, a camel coat and a copy of the London Review of Books.<\/p><p>Portraits like these are part of <a href=\"https:\/\/rudenko-photography.com\/en\/portrait-photographer-in-amsterdam\/\">my portrait photoshoots in Amsterdam<\/a>. Each session stays in one picturesque area and follows a route planned in advance. I guide you throughout, so nobody has to know how to pose.<\/p><div class=\"rpb-box rpb-card\"><dl><dt>Where<\/dt><dd>Canals and bridges in the city center<\/dd><dt>When<\/dt><dd>Early spring, bright sun<\/dd><dt>Session<\/dt><dd>Portrait Photoshoot<\/dd><dt>Light<\/dt><dd>Clear sky, crisp sunlight<\/dd><\/dl><\/div><h2 id=\"on-two-wheels-along-the-canals\">On Two Wheels Along the Canals<\/h2><p>We started the way many Amsterdam days start: on a bicycle. As he rode slowly past canal houses and front steps, he forgot about the camera. The frames show it, too: an easy smile, coat open, the city sharp in the sun.<\/p><div class=\"rpb-pair\"><figure><img class=\"wp-image-56608\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-12.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" alt=\"Smiling man in a camel coat with sunglasses tucked into his sweater, leaning on the handlebars of his bicycle\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 445px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-12.jpg 900w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-12-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><figure><img class=\"wp-image-56602\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-10.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" alt=\"Man riding a bicycle past white front steps and a hedge, camel coat open and brown shoes on the pedals\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 445px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-10.jpg 900w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-10-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><\/div><figure class=\"rpb-col\"><img class=\"wp-image-56578\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-2.jpg\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1125\" alt=\"Author portrait of a smiling man in a camel coat leaning on a lamppost by a canal, bare trees and brick houses behind\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 700px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-2.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-2-500x375.jpg 500w\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"rpb-pair\"><figure><img class=\"wp-image-56599\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-9.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" alt=\"Man standing with his bicycle beside front steps and bollards on a sunny canal street, a blossoming tree behind\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 445px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-9.jpg 900w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-9-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><figure><img class=\"wp-image-56635\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-21.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" alt=\"Man reading a newspaper on a bench by the canal, framed by bollards, bicycles and tall gabled houses\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 445px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-21.jpg 900w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-21-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><\/div><h2 id=\"reading-in-the-sun\">Reading in the Sun<\/h2><p>For a writer, a newspaper and a book are not props. They are simply part of who he is. On a bench by the water he first read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lrb.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">London Review of Books<\/a>, then a book. Meanwhile, I photographed him between the lines: looking up, half smiling, lost in a page. Frames over his shoulder also let the viewer sit right beside him.<\/p><div class=\"rpb-trio\"><figure><img class=\"wp-image-56593\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-7.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" alt=\"Close-up of a man reading the London Review of Books in soft sunlight, a relaxed author portrait\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 33vw, 293px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-7.jpg 900w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-7-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><figure><img class=\"wp-image-56596\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-8.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" alt=\"Man holding the London Review of Books open toward the camera, smiling over the top in front of canal houses\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 33vw, 293px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-8.jpg 900w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-8-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><figure><img class=\"wp-image-56590\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-6.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" alt=\"Man in sunglasses and a camel coat reading a newspaper on a bench, bicycles and canal houses in the sun\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 33vw, 293px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-6.jpg 900w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-6-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"rpb-trio\"><figure><img class=\"wp-image-56626\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-18.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" alt=\"Man reading a paperback on a wooden bench, one leg crossed, bicycles and canal houses in soft focus behind\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 33vw, 293px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-18.jpg 900w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-18-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><figure><img class=\"wp-image-56632\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-20.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" alt=\"Over-the-shoulder view of a man reading a book by a canal railing, a bicycle and gabled houses ahead\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 33vw, 293px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-20.jpg 900w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-20-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><figure><img class=\"wp-image-56645\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-1.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" alt=\"Author portrait in profile, reading a book by the canal, with a red-brick corner house and bare trees behind\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 33vw, 293px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-1-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><\/div><h2 id=\"author-portraits-for-the-press\">Author Portraits for the Press<\/h2><p>For interviews and press, calm portraits matter. So against a dark brick wall I made a quieter set. First came a gray sweater, then the camel coat, with direct eye contact and nothing else in the frame. Back by the canal, with sunglasses on and a hand on an old lamppost, the mood turned light again.<\/p><div class=\"rpb-trio\"><figure><img class=\"wp-image-56587\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-5.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" alt=\"Head-and-shoulders author portrait of a smiling man in a gray sweater and white collar against a dark brick wall\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 33vw, 293px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-5.jpg 900w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-5-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><figcaption>Calm portraits against dark brick, made for interviews and press<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure><img class=\"wp-image-56584\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-4.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" alt=\"Author portrait in a camel coat against a dark brick wall, direct eye contact and a calm smile\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 33vw, 293px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-4.jpg 900w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-4-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><figure><img class=\"wp-image-56638\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-22.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" alt=\"Man in a gray sweater standing by the front steps of a brick house, hands relaxed at his sides\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 33vw, 293px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-22.jpg 900w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-22-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><\/div><figure class=\"rpb-col\"><img class=\"wp-image-56581\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-3.jpg\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1125\" alt=\"Man in sunglasses and a camel coat leaning against an ornate lamppost, one hand to his head, canal houses behind\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 700px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-3.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-3-500x375.jpg 500w\" \/><\/figure><h2 id=\"between-the-pages\">Between the Pages<\/h2><p>The details tell the rest: open pages in the sun, a slow walk along the quay, a pause on the bridge. Small frames like these give a set of portraits its rhythm. In fact, they often end up on a website or a book page.<\/p><div class=\"rpb-trio\"><figure><img class=\"wp-image-56629\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-19.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" alt=\"Hands holding an open book seen from behind, pages bright in the sun against a soft brown background\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 33vw, 293px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-19.jpg 900w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-19-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><figure><img class=\"wp-image-56617\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-15.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" alt=\"Man in a dark coat walking along a sunny canal quay, his shadow long on the bricks and boats on the water\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 33vw, 293px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-15.jpg 900w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-15-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><figure><img class=\"wp-image-56614\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-14.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" alt=\"Man walking past an old lamppost on a canal bridge, camel coat swinging and a lens flare crossing the frame\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 33vw, 293px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-14.jpg 900w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-14-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><\/div><h2 id=\"one-last-author-portrait\">One Last Author Portrait<\/h2><p>We finished with a change of jacket and the city behind him. A navy coat, a bridge, a canal full of light. In the end, it was one session with several looks. He now has a set of author portraits along the canals for wherever his writing takes him.<\/p><div class=\"rpb-trio\"><figure><img class=\"wp-image-56611\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-13.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" alt=\"Smiling man in a camel coat with a canvas bag, leaning on a canal bridge railing in front of brick houses\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 33vw, 293px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-13.jpg 900w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-13-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><figure><img class=\"wp-image-56623\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-17.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" alt=\"Author portrait of a man in a navy jacket by a canal railing, sunlit gabled houses and bare trees behind\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 33vw, 293px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-17.jpg 900w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-17-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><figure><img class=\"wp-image-56620\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-16.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" alt=\"Author portrait on a canal bridge, a man in a navy jacket by a curved railing with bare trees and houses across the water\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 33vw, 293px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-16.jpg 900w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/solo-casual-portraits-uk-16-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><\/div><p class=\"rpb-closing\">Need portraits that feel like you? Discover how <a href=\"https:\/\/rudenko-photography.com\/en\/portrait-photographer-in-amsterdam\/\">my portrait photoshoots in Amsterdam<\/a> work.<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A writer rarely needs just one photo, and Martin was no exception. He wanted a friendly portrait for social media and a sharper one for interviews and press kits. He also wanted a few with character for everything in between. 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