{"id":76984,"date":"2026-10-28T13:25:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T12:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rudenko-photography.com\/?p=76984"},"modified":"2026-10-28T13:49:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T12:49:32","slug":"summer-portraits-leiden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rudenko-photography.com\/en\/summer-portraits-leiden\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Portraits Under a Willow in Leiden"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"rpb rpb-story\" data-label=\"STORY | LEIDEN\"><figure class=\"rpb-lead rpb-col\"><img class=\"wp-image-76287 skip-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/woman-denim-shirt-weeping-willow-leiden.jpg\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1800\" alt=\"Woman in a denim shirt and glasses smiling under a weeping willow in Leiden, water glinting through the branches on a summer afternoon\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 700px\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/woman-denim-shirt-weeping-willow-leiden-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/woman-denim-shirt-weeping-willow-leiden-800w.jpg 800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/woman-denim-shirt-weeping-willow-leiden-1200w.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/woman-denim-shirt-weeping-willow-leiden.jpg 2400w\" \/><\/figure><p>After three years in the city, Nadia finally booked summer portraits in Leiden. She wanted new photos for her work profile, and a few for her family back home in South Africa.<\/p><p>In July, Leiden is about more than its canals: old trees, willows by the water and flower baskets on the lampposts. So I planned a short route past all three, as I do for <a href=\"https:\/\/rudenko-photography.com\/en\/photographer-in-leiden\/\">my photoshoots in Leiden<\/a>.<\/p><div class=\"rpb-box rpb-card\"><dl><dt>Where<\/dt><dd>Leiden, under its trees and by the water<\/dd><dt>When<\/dt><dd>July, mid-afternoon<\/dd><dt>Session<\/dt><dd><a href=\"https:\/\/rudenko-photography.com\/en\/portrait-photographer-in-amsterdam\/\">Portrait Photoshoot<\/a><\/dd><dt>Light<\/dt><dd>Bright summer sun, soft shade under the leaves<\/dd><\/dl><\/div><h2 id=\"a-broad-old-tree\">A Broad Old Tree<\/h2><p>We started at a broad old tree in a quiet green corner. Nadia wore a long black dress and leaned against the trunk with her arms crossed. Because the sun was high, I kept her in the shade of the leaves, while the light still touched the grass behind her. Then she laughed at her own nerves, and the session began for real.<\/p><figure class=\"rpb-wide\"><img class=\"wp-image-76291\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/woman-black-dress-old-tree-trunk-leiden.jpg\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1800\" alt=\"Full-length portrait of a woman in a long black dress laughing against a broad old tree trunk in a green corner of Leiden\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 1140px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/woman-black-dress-old-tree-trunk-leiden.jpg 2400w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/woman-black-dress-old-tree-trunk-leiden-500x375.jpg 500w\" \/><figcaption>A broad old tree, mid-afternoon in July<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"rpb-col\"><img class=\"wp-image-76259\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/woman-laughing-black-dress-tree-trunk.jpg\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1800\" alt=\"Woman with long dark hair laughing at the camera in a black sleeveless dress, arms crossed against a broad tree trunk\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 700px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/woman-laughing-black-dress-tree-trunk.jpg 2400w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/woman-laughing-black-dress-tree-trunk-500x375.jpg 500w\" \/><\/figure><p>After a few frames, she added a blue paisley jacket. I had sent her outfit suggestions before the day, and layers like this give one hour several looks. With one hand on the bark, she looked completely at ease, so I stepped back to show the whole tree.<\/p><div class=\"rpb-pair\"><figure><img class=\"wp-image-76437\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/smiling-woman-black-dress-arms-crossed-tree.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2400\" alt=\"Smiling woman in a black sleeveless dress leaning on a tree trunk with crossed arms, looking off to the side in dappled shade\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 445px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/smiling-woman-black-dress-arms-crossed-tree.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/smiling-woman-black-dress-arms-crossed-tree-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><figure><img class=\"wp-image-76157\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/blue-paisley-jacket-portrait-tree-bark.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2400\" alt=\"Blue paisley jacket over a black dress, arms crossed as she leans on the bark and smiles straight at the camera\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 445px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/blue-paisley-jacket-portrait-tree-bark.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/blue-paisley-jacket-portrait-tree-bark-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><\/div><figure class=\"rpb-col\"><img class=\"wp-image-76275\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/woman-hand-on-tree-paisley-jacket-leiden.jpg\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1800\" alt=\"One hand on the trunk of a big old tree, a woman in a paisley jacket stands in the summer shade of a quiet spot in Leiden\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 700px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/woman-hand-on-tree-paisley-jacket-leiden.jpg 2400w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/woman-hand-on-tree-paisley-jacket-leiden-500x375.jpg 500w\" \/><\/figure><h2 id=\"summer-portraits-under-the-willow\">Summer Portraits Under the Willow<\/h2><p>Ten minutes later, we stood under a weeping willow by the water. Its branches hung around her like a green curtain, and the sun came through in small bright spots. Here she swapped the jacket for a denim shirt and put on her glasses. Of all the spots for summer portraits in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitleiden.nl\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leiden<\/a>, this one felt the most like her.<\/p><figure class=\"rpb-col\"><img class=\"wp-image-76487\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/denim-shirt-portrait-under-willow-leiden.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2400\" alt=\"Woman in an open denim shirt over a black dress standing under the long hanging branches of a weeping willow, glasses on and hair up\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 700px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/denim-shirt-portrait-under-willow-leiden.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/denim-shirt-portrait-under-willow-leiden-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><figcaption>Under a weeping willow by the water<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>I asked about her first Dutch winter, and she burst out laughing. A second later, she looked straight into the lens, calm and serious. I want both in a gallery: the laugh and the quiet look.<\/p><div class=\"rpb-pair\"><figure><img class=\"wp-image-76833\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/laughing-woman-glasses-willow-branches.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2400\" alt=\"Laughing woman in a denim shirt and round glasses under the hanging branches of a willow, a summer portrait in Leiden\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 445px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/laughing-woman-glasses-willow-branches.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/laughing-woman-glasses-willow-branches-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><figure><img class=\"wp-image-76485\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/serious-portrait-glasses-top-bun-willow.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2400\" alt=\"Close portrait of a woman with a calm, serious look, glasses and a top bun, arms crossed in a denim shirt before soft green leaves\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 445px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/serious-portrait-glasses-top-bun-willow.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/serious-portrait-glasses-top-bun-willow-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><\/div><h2 id=\"hair-down-glasses-off\">Hair Down, Glasses Off<\/h2><p>Halfway through, she let her hair down. With her glasses on, she laughed out loud; without them, her smile turned softer. The two frames are only a minute apart, yet they show two sides of her.<\/p><div class=\"rpb-pair\"><figure><img class=\"wp-image-76827\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/laughing-woman-hair-down-glasses-denim.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2400\" alt=\"Woman with long dark hair and glasses laughing with crossed arms in a denim shirt, willow leaves glowing green behind her\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 445px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/laughing-woman-hair-down-glasses-denim.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/laughing-woman-hair-down-glasses-denim-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><figure><img class=\"wp-image-76433\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/smiling-woman-no-glasses-hair-down-willow.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2400\" alt=\"Without her glasses, hair down over one shoulder, a woman smiles in a denim shirt during her summer portraits in Leiden\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 445px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/smiling-woman-no-glasses-hair-down-willow.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/smiling-woman-no-glasses-hair-down-willow-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><\/div><p>Next, the paisley jacket came back, this time against the rough bark of another tree. Its pattern and the deep grooves of the bark fill the frame around her smile.<\/p><figure class=\"rpb-col\"><img class=\"wp-image-76819\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/laughing-woman-paisley-jacket-tree-bark.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2400\" alt=\"Laughing woman in glasses and a blue and red paisley jacket, arms folded against the deeply grooved bark of an old tree\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 700px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/laughing-woman-paisley-jacket-tree-bark.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/laughing-woman-paisley-jacket-tree-bark-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><h2 id=\"one-last-portrait-in-leiden\">One Last Portrait in Leiden<\/h2><p>We ended at an old green lamppost with a basket of pink and white petunias hanging from it. Behind her, bikes stood in their racks, an everyday scene in this city.<\/p><div class=\"rpb-pair\"><figure><img class=\"wp-image-76279\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/woman-glasses-paisley-jacket-green-lamppost.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2400\" alt=\"Smiling woman in glasses and a paisley jacket leaning on an ornate green lamppost, pink and white petunias hanging above her\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 445px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/woman-glasses-paisley-jacket-green-lamppost.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/woman-glasses-paisley-jacket-green-lamppost-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><figure><img class=\"wp-image-76267\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/woman-lamppost-pink-petunias-leiden.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2400\" alt=\"Woman in a paisley jacket leaning on a dark green lamppost under a basket of pink and white petunias on a summer day in Leiden\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 445px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/woman-lamppost-pink-petunias-leiden.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/woman-lamppost-pink-petunias-leiden-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><figcaption>Petunias on a lamppost, at the end of the afternoon<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><p>Before we said goodbye, she leaned against the lamppost once more, hair down and glasses off. That quiet frame closed her summer portraits in Leiden. Within a week, her gallery was ready: a new profile photo for work, and a laughing one for home. Planning a session of your own? My <a href=\"https:\/\/rudenko-photography.com\/en\/solo-photoshoot-ideas\/\">solo photoshoot ideas<\/a> may help.<\/p><figure class=\"rpb-col\"><img class=\"wp-image-76869\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/last-portrait-green-lamppost-summer-leiden.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2400\" alt=\"Woman with her hair down and no glasses smiling beside an ornate green lamppost, the last portrait of a summer afternoon in Leiden\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 700px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/last-portrait-green-lamppost-summer-leiden.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/last-portrait-green-lamppost-summer-leiden-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><p class=\"rpb-closing\">Living in Leiden, or here for a visit? Discover how <a href=\"https:\/\/rudenko-photography.com\/en\/photographer-in-leiden\/\">my photoshoots in Leiden<\/a> work.<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After three years in the city, Nadia finally booked summer portraits in Leiden. She wanted new photos for her work profile, and a few for her family back home in South Africa.In July, Leiden is about more than its canals: old trees, willows by the water and flower baskets on the lampposts. 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