{"id":78405,"date":"2026-10-28T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rudenko-photography.com\/?p=78405"},"modified":"2026-10-28T19:27:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T18:27:44","slug":"baby-bump-leiden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rudenko-photography.com\/en\/baby-bump-leiden\/","title":{"rendered":"A Red Dress and a Baby Bump in Leiden"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"rpb rpb-story\" data-label=\"STORY | LEIDEN\"><figure class=\"rpb-lead rpb-narrow\"><img class=\"wp-image-78116 skip-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/expecting-couple-red-brick-wall-leiden.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2400\" alt=\"Expecting couple laughing in front of an old red brick wall in Leiden, her hands on her baby bump in a rust-red dress\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 450px\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/expecting-couple-red-brick-wall-leiden-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/expecting-couple-red-brick-wall-leiden-800w.jpg 800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/expecting-couple-red-brick-wall-leiden-1200w.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/expecting-couple-red-brick-wall-leiden.jpg 1800w\" \/><\/figure><p>Luc\u00eda and Mateo moved from Mexico to Leiden two years ago, and in August they were counting the weeks to their first baby. They wanted to keep this summer the way it felt: her baby bump in Leiden&#8217;s old lanes, and the two of them still just two.<\/p><p>She chose a rust-red dress, and I planned the route: a short loop of lanes and squares around the Pieterskerk. That is how I like to plan a session as a <a href=\"https:\/\/rudenko-photography.com\/en\/photographer-in-leiden\/\">photographer in Leiden<\/a>, with a few quiet corners close together, so nobody has to walk far.<\/p><div class=\"rpb-box rpb-card\"><dl><dt>Where<\/dt><dd>The lanes around the Pieterskerk, Leiden<\/dd><dt>When<\/dt><dd>August, around midday<\/dd><dt>Session<\/dt><dd><a href=\"https:\/\/rudenko-photography.com\/en\/family-photographer-in-amsterdam\/\">Maternity Photoshoot<\/a><\/dd><dt>Light<\/dt><dd>Midday sun in the lanes, deep shade under the trees<\/dd><\/dl><\/div><h2 id=\"warm-windows-on-a-cobbled-lane\">Warm Windows on a Cobbled Lane<\/h2><p>We started just before half past twelve in a cobbled lane, under a hanging basket of red flowers. A long brick building runs along one side, its tall windows glowing warm from the lamps inside. Mateo kissed Luc\u00eda&#8217;s temple there, and then they sat down on a wooden bench under the windows. He made her laugh, because that is still the easiest way to relax in front of a camera.<\/p><figure class=\"rpb-col\"><img class=\"wp-image-77678\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/couple-cobbled-lane-flower-basket-leiden.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2400\" alt=\"Couple standing far down a cobbled lane under a hanging basket of red flowers, bicycles parked along the brick houses\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 700px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/couple-cobbled-lane-flower-basket-leiden.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/couple-cobbled-lane-flower-basket-leiden-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><figure class=\"rpb-wide\"><img class=\"wp-image-78112\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kiss-temple-warm-windows-brick-lane.jpg\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1800\" alt=\"Man kissing the temple of his pregnant partner beside a long brick building with tall windows glowing warm from inside\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 1140px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kiss-temple-warm-windows-brick-lane.jpg 2400w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kiss-temple-warm-windows-brick-lane-500x375.jpg 500w\" \/><figcaption>Warm windows on a summer lane, 12:26<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"rpb-col\"><img class=\"wp-image-78126\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/expecting-couple-wooden-bench-lit-windows.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2400\" alt=\"Expecting couple laughing on a wooden bench under lit windows, her hands resting on her baby bump and his arm around her\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 700px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/expecting-couple-wooden-bench-lit-windows.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/expecting-couple-wooden-bench-lit-windows-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><h2 id=\"a-baby-bump-before-a-red-door\">A Baby Bump Before a Red Door<\/h2><p>Around the corner stands a stone facade with tall church windows and a deep red door under a carved face. The red of her dress and the red of the door almost met. So I asked them to stand close, and together they shaped a heart with their hands around her bump.<\/p><figure class=\"rpb-col\"><img class=\"wp-image-77562\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/stone-facade-red-door-couple-leiden.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2400\" alt=\"Stone facade with tall arched windows in Leiden and a red door below, the couple small and close together at its foot\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 700px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/stone-facade-red-door-couple-leiden.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/stone-facade-red-door-couple-leiden-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><figcaption>A red door under a carved stone face, 12:34<\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"rpb-pair\"><figure><img class=\"wp-image-78204\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/hands-heart-baby-bump-red-door.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2400\" alt=\"Couple shaping a heart with their hands around her baby bump in front of a deep red door, his grey T-shirt beside her dress\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 445px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/hands-heart-baby-bump-red-door.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/hands-heart-baby-bump-red-door-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><figure><img class=\"wp-image-78312\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/forehead-kiss-red-door-mother-to-be.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2400\" alt=\"He kisses her forehead and she closes her eyes against a red door, one hand under her bump and his hand on her waist\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 445px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/forehead-kiss-red-door-mother-to-be.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/forehead-kiss-red-door-mother-to-be-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><\/div><p>Then Mateo kissed her forehead, and she closed her eyes. I waited a little longer than usual before I moved, since small moments like this often arrive a second after the pose is over.<\/p><h2 id=\"a-change-of-shirt-and-a-bench-in-the-shade\">A Change of Shirt and a Bench in the Shade<\/h2><p>Halfway through, Mateo swapped his grey T-shirt for a taupe polo, and we went on through a narrow lane of lanterns and potted plants. They walked toward me side by side. After that, they leaned against a pale arched door while Luc\u00eda laughed at something he whispered.<\/p><figure class=\"rpb-wide\"><img class=\"wp-image-77948\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/couple-walking-lantern-lane-leiden.jpg\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1800\" alt=\"Expecting couple walking side by side down a narrow cobbled lane with lanterns and potted plants on a summer day in Leiden\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 1140px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/couple-walking-lantern-lane-leiden.jpg 2400w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/couple-walking-lantern-lane-leiden-500x375.jpg 500w\" \/><\/figure><figure class=\"rpb-col\"><img class=\"wp-image-77938\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/mother-to-be-laughing-arched-door.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2400\" alt=\"Laughing mother-to-be leaning into her partner by a pale arched door with a small star on it, his hand on her bump\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 700px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/mother-to-be-laughing-arched-door.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/mother-to-be-laughing-arched-door-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><p>On the square by the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pieterskerk,_Leiden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pieterskerk<\/a>, a broad tree throws deep shade over a round wooden bench. It gave Luc\u00eda a moment to sit, and it gave me soft, even light on their faces. She rested her head on Mateo&#8217;s shoulder and smiled.<\/p><div class=\"rpb-pair\"><figure><img class=\"wp-image-77322\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/tree-pieterskerkhof-couple-bench-shade.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2400\" alt=\"Broad tree on the Pieterskerkhof in Leiden with small brick houses below, the couple tiny on a bench in its shade\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 445px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/tree-pieterskerkhof-couple-bench-shade.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/tree-pieterskerkhof-couple-bench-shade-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><figure><img class=\"wp-image-78170\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/head-on-shoulder-round-bench-shade.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2400\" alt=\"Pregnant woman in a rust-red dress resting her head on her partner&#x27;s shoulder on a round wooden bench in deep shade\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 445px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/head-on-shoulder-round-bench-shade.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/head-on-shoulder-round-bench-shade-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><figcaption>The Pieterskerkhof, just before one<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><p>A few steps further, caf\u00e9 terraces filled a sunny square. Mateo stood beside Luc\u00eda, and their hands met over her bump while he looked at her instead of at me.<\/p><figure class=\"rpb-wide\"><img class=\"wp-image-78190\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/hands-on-bump-cafe-square-leiden.jpg\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1800\" alt=\"He looks at her and smiles as their hands meet over her baby bump, caf\u00e9 terraces and green trees on a sunny square in Leiden\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 1140px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/hands-on-bump-cafe-square-leiden.jpg 2400w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/hands-on-bump-cafe-square-leiden-500x375.jpg 500w\" \/><\/figure><figure class=\"rpb-col\"><img class=\"wp-image-77588\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/close-portrait-expecting-couple-square.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2400\" alt=\"Close portrait of an expecting couple on a square in Leiden, his arms around her and their hands joined over her bump\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 700px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/close-portrait-expecting-couple-square.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/close-portrait-expecting-couple-square-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><h2 id=\"two-hands-and-a-baby-bump-on-red-brick\">Two Hands and a Baby Bump on Red Brick<\/h2><p>We finished at an old wall of red brick on a stone base, warm in the sun. At first, they stood side by side and laughed more than they posed. Then I came in close for the detail I had saved for last: their hands joined in a heart on her rust-red dress, with his watch and her ring in the frame.<\/p><figure class=\"rpb-col\"><img class=\"wp-image-78198\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/hands-heart-rust-red-dress-bump.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2400\" alt=\"Two hands forming a heart on a baby bump in a rust-red dress, a ring on her finger and a watch on his wrist\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 700px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/hands-heart-rust-red-dress-bump.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/hands-heart-rust-red-dress-bump-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><figcaption>Red brick, ten past one<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>Finally, Luc\u00eda stood alone against the bricks, one hand in the pocket of her dress, and looked straight at me. That frame is hers. Our hour around her baby bump in Leiden ended at eleven past one, and one day they can show their child where they waited for them.<\/p><div class=\"rpb-pair\"><figure><img class=\"wp-image-77712\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/pregnant-woman-red-brick-stone-base.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2400\" alt=\"Pregnant woman leaning on a red brick wall above an old stone base, one hand in her pocket and black trousers under her dress\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 445px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/pregnant-woman-red-brick-stone-base.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/pregnant-woman-red-brick-stone-base-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><figure><img class=\"wp-image-77932\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/mother-to-be-red-dress-brick-wall.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2400\" alt=\"Mother-to-be in a sleeveless rust-red dress smiling against old red brick, her long dark hair over one shoulder and her baby bump in profile\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 445px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/mother-to-be-red-dress-brick-wall.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/mother-to-be-red-dress-brick-wall-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><\/div><p>Would you like to walk these lanes too? My guide to <a href=\"https:\/\/rudenko-photography.com\/en\/photo-spots-leiden\/\">photo spots in Leiden<\/a> shows where they are.<\/p><p class=\"rpb-closing\">Expecting a baby and dreaming of a summer walk like this one? Discover how I work as a <a href=\"https:\/\/rudenko-photography.com\/en\/photographer-in-leiden\/\">photographer in Leiden<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Luc\u00eda and Mateo moved from Mexico to Leiden two years ago, and in August they were counting the weeks to their first baby. 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