{"id":78411,"date":"2026-10-28T13:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T12:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rudenko-photography.com\/?p=78411"},"modified":"2026-10-28T19:26:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T18:26:20","slug":"kodak-gold-leiden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rudenko-photography.com\/en\/kodak-gold-leiden\/","title":{"rendered":"Back in Leiden on a Roll of Kodak Gold"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"rpb rpb-story\" data-label=\"STORY | LEIDEN\"><figure class=\"rpb-lead rpb-narrow\"><img class=\"wp-image-77488 skip-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kodak-gold-temple-kiss-close-leiden.jpg\" width=\"1799\" height=\"2714\" alt=\"He kisses her temple as she smiles widely behind round glasses, both in black shirts, a close frame on Kodak Gold in Leiden\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 450px\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kodak-gold-temple-kiss-close-leiden-331x500.jpg 331w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kodak-gold-temple-kiss-close-leiden-800w.jpg 800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kodak-gold-temple-kiss-close-leiden-1200w.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kodak-gold-temple-kiss-close-leiden.jpg 1799w\" \/><\/figure><p>Anika and Tom met as students in Leiden. Years later, they came back from India with one wish: to see the old streets again on real film. So on a sunny day in September, we shot a roll of Kodak Gold in Leiden, along the canals where their story began.<\/p><p>Both wore black from head to toe. On color film, that lets the brick, the leaves and the water do the talking. It is also what I love about working as a <a href=\"https:\/\/rudenko-photography.com\/en\/photographer-in-leiden\/\">photographer in Leiden<\/a>: the city brings its own colors, and I only have to frame them.<\/p><div class=\"rpb-box rpb-card\"><dl><dt>Where<\/dt><dd>The Rapenburg and the lanes around it, Leiden<\/dd><dt>When<\/dt><dd>A sunny day in early September<\/dd><dt>Session<\/dt><dd><a href=\"https:\/\/rudenko-photography.com\/en\/analog-photographer-in-amsterdam\/\">Color Film Photoshoot<\/a><\/dd><dt>Light<\/dt><dd>Full sun on the canal, open shade in the lanes<\/dd><\/dl><\/div><h2 id=\"back-on-the-rapenburg\">Back on the Rapenburg<\/h2><p>We started on the Rapenburg, the canal past the old university buildings. Across the water stands the gate of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hortusleiden.nl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hortus botanicus<\/a>, where Anika says they used to sit between lectures. They sat down on the bench in front of it once more, and I photographed them from the other bank.<\/p><div class=\"rpb-pair\"><figure><img class=\"wp-image-77290\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bench-hortus-botanicus-gate-rapenburg.jpg\" width=\"1799\" height=\"2714\" alt=\"Couple on a bench before the Hortus botanicus gate across the Rapenburg in Leiden, green canal water in the foreground\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 445px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bench-hortus-botanicus-gate-rapenburg.jpg 1799w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bench-hortus-botanicus-gate-rapenburg-331x500.jpg 331w\" \/><\/figure><figure><img class=\"wp-image-77102\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/arched-stone-bridge-canal-reflection-leiden.jpg\" width=\"1799\" height=\"2714\" alt=\"Arched stone bridge over a canal in Leiden, a figure in black at the railing and the arches mirrored in the still water\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 445px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/arched-stone-bridge-canal-reflection-leiden.jpg 1799w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/arched-stone-bridge-canal-reflection-leiden-331x500.jpg 331w\" \/><figcaption>The Hortus gate and a stone bridge, across the water<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><p>Nearby, a stone bridge turned its arches into almost perfect circles in the water. The trees were still full and green, and the sun lay warm on the brick.<\/p><h2 id=\"kodak-gold-and-a-slower-rhythm\">Kodak Gold and a Slower Rhythm<\/h2><p>Film changes the pace of a walk. A roll of Kodak Gold 200 holds only a few dozen frames, so I take one photograph at a time and ask for a short pause at each click. In between, Anika and Tom simply talked and held hands. When they crossed a cobbled square, I waited for the step that felt right.<\/p><div class=\"rpb-pair\"><figure><img class=\"wp-image-77648\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/couple-black-holding-hands-cobbled-square.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2714\" alt=\"Couple in black holding hands on a sunlit cobbled square, stepping toward each other under a tree, fallen leaves on the stones\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 445px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/couple-black-holding-hands-cobbled-square.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/couple-black-holding-hands-cobbled-square-332x500.jpg 332w\" \/><\/figure><figure><img class=\"wp-image-77978\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/couple-walking-square-stone-building.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2715\" alt=\"Couple walking hand in hand across a cobbled square past a grand stone building, a warm color frame on Kodak Gold film\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 445px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/couple-walking-square-stone-building.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/couple-walking-square-stone-building-331x500.jpg 331w\" \/><\/figure><\/div><p>In a narrow street with a pink flag over the doors, they walked toward me hand in hand. On a quiet square, Tom sat on a red bench under a hanging basket full of flowers, while Anika stood by the lamppost beside him.<\/p><figure class=\"rpb-col\"><img class=\"wp-image-77846\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/couple-narrow-street-pink-flag-leiden.jpg\" width=\"1799\" height=\"2714\" alt=\"Couple in black walking toward the camera down a narrow street in Leiden, bicycles along the walls and a pink flag overhead\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 700px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/couple-narrow-street-pink-flag-leiden.jpg 1799w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/couple-narrow-street-pink-flag-leiden-331x500.jpg 331w\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"rpb-pair\"><figure><img class=\"wp-image-77706\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/red-bench-hanging-basket-lamppost.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2715\" alt=\"Man in black on a red bench below a lamppost with a hanging basket of pink flowers, his partner standing beside the plants\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 445px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/red-bench-hanging-basket-lamppost.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/red-bench-hanging-basket-lamppost-331x500.jpg 331w\" \/><\/figure><figure><img class=\"wp-image-77570\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/close-portrait-couple-dark-window.jpg\" width=\"1799\" height=\"2714\" alt=\"Close portrait of a smiling couple sitting in front of a dark window, his arm around her and her hands folded on her knee\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 445px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/close-portrait-couple-dark-window.jpg 1799w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/close-portrait-couple-dark-window-331x500.jpg 331w\" \/><\/figure><\/div><p>Next came a red front door framed by ivy, where they stood side by side and then kissed. A few streets on, they posed in front of a grand stone facade with tall windows, Tom&#8217;s hands resting on Anika&#8217;s shoulders.<\/p><div class=\"rpb-pair\"><figure><img class=\"wp-image-77307\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/couple-red-door-ivy-stone-posts.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2715\" alt=\"Couple in black side by side at a red front door framed by ivy and white window frames, two stone posts on the brick pavement\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 445px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/couple-red-door-ivy-stone-posts.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/couple-red-door-ivy-stone-posts-331x500.jpg 331w\" \/><\/figure><figure><img class=\"wp-image-78118\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kiss-red-front-door-ivy-kodak-gold.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2714\" alt=\"Kiss at a red door under ivy in Leiden, a quiet doorstep frame on Kodak Gold with stone posts on either side of the step\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 445px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kiss-red-front-door-ivy-kodak-gold.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kiss-red-front-door-ivy-kodak-gold-332x500.jpg 332w\" \/><\/figure><\/div><figure class=\"rpb-col\"><img class=\"wp-image-77756\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/couple-grand-stone-facade-tall-windows.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2714\" alt=\"She stands in front with his hands on her shoulders, a grand stone facade with tall windows and carved ornaments behind them\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 700px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/couple-grand-stone-facade-tall-windows.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/couple-grand-stone-facade-tall-windows-332x500.jpg 332w\" \/><\/figure><h2 id=\"a-caf-white-steps-and-two-rings\">A Caf\u00e9, White Steps and Two Rings<\/h2><p>At a caf\u00e9 with stained glass above the window, they took a seat on two tall stools. Over a small table, they held hands and then leaned in for a kiss.<\/p><div class=\"rpb-pair\"><figure><img class=\"wp-image-77262\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/cafe-stools-holding-hands-stained-glass.jpg\" width=\"1799\" height=\"2714\" alt=\"Couple holding hands across a small table on tall wooden stools outside a caf\u00e9 with stained glass, sun on their black clothes\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 445px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/cafe-stools-holding-hands-stained-glass.jpg 1799w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/cafe-stools-holding-hands-stained-glass-331x500.jpg 331w\" \/><\/figure><figure><img class=\"wp-image-78080\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kiss-cafe-table-tall-stools-film.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2714\" alt=\"Kiss over a caf\u00e9 table on tall stools, the warm reds and browns of the wooden storefront glowing on Kodak Gold in Leiden\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 445px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kiss-cafe-table-tall-stools-film.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kiss-cafe-table-tall-stools-film-332x500.jpg 332w\" \/><\/figure><\/div><p>On the white stone steps of a building nearby, they sat close together, laughing and kissing again. Their hands told the rest. I asked them to lay one hand over the other among pink anemones, so both rings caught the sun.<\/p><div class=\"rpb-pair\"><figure><img class=\"wp-image-77314\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kiss-on-white-stone-steps-black-heels.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2714\" alt=\"Couple kissing on white stone steps, her black heels and his polished shoes in the sun, the steps bright against their clothes\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 445px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kiss-on-white-stone-steps-black-heels.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kiss-on-white-stone-steps-black-heels-332x500.jpg 332w\" \/><\/figure><figure><img class=\"wp-image-77996\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/couple-white-steps-holding-hands-film.jpg\" width=\"1799\" height=\"2714\" alt=\"Smiling couple in black sitting close on white stone steps, holding hands, a sharp color portrait on Kodak Gold 200 film\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 445px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/couple-white-steps-holding-hands-film.jpg 1799w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/couple-white-steps-holding-hands-film-331x500.jpg 331w\" \/><\/figure><\/div><figure class=\"rpb-col\"><img class=\"wp-image-77244\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/two-hands-rings-pink-anemones-film.jpg\" width=\"1799\" height=\"2714\" alt=\"Two hands with rings laid one over the other among pink anemones and dark green leaves, a close detail on Kodak Gold\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 700px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/two-hands-rings-pink-anemones-film.jpg 1799w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/two-hands-rings-pink-anemones-film-331x500.jpg 331w\" \/><figcaption>Two rings and pink anemones<\/figcaption><\/figure><h2 id=\"a-quiet-courtyard-on-kodak-gold\">A Quiet Courtyard on Kodak Gold<\/h2><p>Toward the end, Tom leaned one hand on a brick wall above Anika, under a row of arches, and she looked up at him. In a green courtyard behind one of the buildings, they kissed between the plants.<\/p><div class=\"rpb-pair\"><figure><img class=\"wp-image-78206\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/hand-on-wall-brick-arches-garden.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2715\" alt=\"He leans one hand on a brick wall above her under a row of arches, green garden plants and yellow flowers along the path\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 445px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/hand-on-wall-brick-arches-garden.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/hand-on-wall-brick-arches-garden-331x500.jpg 331w\" \/><\/figure><figure><img class=\"wp-image-77968\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kiss-green-courtyard-palm-leiden.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2715\" alt=\"Kiss in a quiet green courtyard in Leiden, plants and a small palm behind them, a soft frame from a roll of Kodak Gold\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 445px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kiss-green-courtyard-palm-leiden.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kiss-green-courtyard-palm-leiden-331x500.jpg 331w\" \/><\/figure><\/div><p>The last frame on this roll is a small square with a red door and a white rose, Anika in one doorway and Tom in the next. Within fifteen days, the scans were in their gallery. Kodak Gold in Leiden had turned their black clothes soft and deep, and the city around them warm.<\/p><figure class=\"rpb-wide\"><img class=\"wp-image-77592\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/small-square-red-door-white-roses.jpg\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1591\" alt=\"Small square in Leiden with a red door and a black door side by side, the couple in black in the two doorways and white roses between\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 1140px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/small-square-red-door-white-roses.jpg 2400w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/small-square-red-door-white-roses-500x331.jpg 500w\" \/><\/figure><p>Not sure whether film suits you? Read <a href=\"https:\/\/rudenko-photography.com\/en\/digital-or-film-photoshoot\/\">digital or film<\/a> first.<\/p><p class=\"rpb-closing\">Curious how Leiden would look on a roll of your own? 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":"Anika and Tom met as students in Leiden. Years later, they came back from India with one wish: to see the old streets again on real film. 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