{"id":83371,"date":"2026-11-08T21:43:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T20:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rudenko-photography.com\/?p=83371"},"modified":"2026-11-08T21:50:46","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T20:50:46","slug":"portraits-with-notebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rudenko-photography.com\/en\/portraits-with-notebook\/","title":{"rendered":"Portraits with a Notebook on the Canals in May"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"rpb rpb-story\" data-label=\"STORY | AMSTERDAM\"><figure class=\"rpb-lead rpb-narrow\"><img class=\"wp-image-82912 skip-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/man-notebook-black-polo-pale-wall-amsterdam.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2400\" alt=\"Portrait of a man with a gray beard in a black polo shirt, a black notebook in his hands, gazing to the side against a pale wall\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 450px\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/man-notebook-black-polo-pale-wall-amsterdam-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/man-notebook-black-polo-pale-wall-amsterdam-800w.jpg 800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/man-notebook-black-polo-pale-wall-amsterdam-1200w.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/man-notebook-black-polo-pale-wall-amsterdam.jpg 1800w\" \/><\/figure><p>Duarte fills a black notebook on every trip: caf\u00e9 names, train times, a line or two about the day. On a long weekend in Amsterdam in late May, he booked portraits with a notebook, the same one that had already seen three countries.<\/p><p>By then, he had enough holiday snapshots. What he wanted were portraits of the man who writes things down. That is a good brief for <a href=\"https:\/\/rudenko-photography.com\/en\/portrait-photographer-in-amsterdam\/\">my portrait photoshoots in Amsterdam<\/a>: one area, a short walk, and time to look up from the page.<\/p><div class=\"rpb-box rpb-card\"><dl><dt>Where<\/dt><dd>A canal bridge, a pale wall and the Leidsegracht<\/dd><dt>When<\/dt><dd>Late May, a sunny day<\/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 sun with sharp shadows, then the shade of a black house<\/dd><\/dl><\/div><h2 id=\"a-bridge-and-two-old-doors\">A Bridge and Two Old Doors<\/h2><p>We started on a canal bridge, with small boats gliding below and gabled houses behind him. Duarte wore a black polo over a white T-shirt with light trousers, and he kept the notebook in his hand. Then we walked past two old doors. One was warm brown wood, the other stood under a brick arch with the city\u2019s coat of arms above it.<\/p><div class=\"rpb-pair\"><figure><img class=\"wp-image-82876\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/man-black-polo-canal-bridge-amsterdam-may.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2400\" alt=\"Man in a black polo shirt and light trousers standing on a canal bridge in Amsterdam, boats on the water and gabled houses behind\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 445px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/man-black-polo-canal-bridge-amsterdam-may.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/man-black-polo-canal-bridge-amsterdam-may-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><figure><img class=\"wp-image-82915\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/man-notebook-brown-wooden-door-amsterdam.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2400\" alt=\"Man with a gray beard in a black polo standing in front of a tall brown wooden door, a black notebook held at his side\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 445px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/man-notebook-brown-wooden-door-amsterdam.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/man-notebook-brown-wooden-door-amsterdam-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><\/div><figure class=\"rpb-col\"><img class=\"wp-image-82429\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/arched-doorway-coat-of-arms-man-notebook.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2400\" alt=\"Man with a notebook in his hand in front of an arched wooden doorway, the Amsterdam coat of arms carved in the stone above\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 700px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/arched-doorway-coat-of-arms-man-notebook.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/arched-doorway-coat-of-arms-man-notebook-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><figcaption>An arched doorway with the Amsterdam coat of arms<\/figcaption><\/figure><h2 id=\"portraits-with-a-notebook-at-a-pale-wall\">Portraits with a Notebook at a Pale Wall<\/h2><p>Around the corner, a long cream wall gave us calm light and nothing to pull attention away from him. With the notebook in his hands, the portraits grew calmer on their own. Duarte held it the way he holds it on trains, thumb between the pages, so I asked what he had written so far that day. While he answered, he forgot to pose.<\/p><figure class=\"rpb-wide\"><img class=\"wp-image-82917\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/man-notebook-long-cream-wall-amsterdam.jpg\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1800\" alt=\"Man in a black polo with a notebook in his hands standing to one side of a long cream wall, calm shade and soft lines in the plaster\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 1140px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/man-notebook-long-cream-wall-amsterdam.jpg 2400w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/man-notebook-long-cream-wall-amsterdam-500x375.jpg 500w\" \/><figcaption>A long cream wall in calm shade<\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"rpb-pair\"><figure><img class=\"wp-image-83177\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/smiling-man-black-notebook-cream-wall.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2400\" alt=\"Smiling man in a black polo shirt holding a closed black notebook in both hands in front of a pale cream wall in Amsterdam\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 445px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/smiling-man-black-notebook-cream-wall.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/smiling-man-black-notebook-cream-wall-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><figure><img class=\"wp-image-82897\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/man-hand-on-pale-wall-white-sneakers.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2400\" alt=\"Man with a gray beard resting one hand on a pale wall, his other hand in a pocket and one white sneaker crossed over the other\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 445px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/man-hand-on-pale-wall-white-sneakers.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/man-hand-on-pale-wall-white-sneakers-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><\/div><p>Higher up, a window in the wall reflected a whole row of gabled houses. I placed him just below it, sunglasses in his hand, and let the reflection do the rest.<\/p><figure class=\"rpb-col\"><img class=\"wp-image-82949\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/man-sunglasses-window-reflection-gables.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2400\" alt=\"Man in a black polo leaning on a cream wall below a window that reflects a row of gabled canal houses, sunglasses in his hand\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 700px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/man-sunglasses-window-reflection-gables.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/man-sunglasses-window-reflection-gables-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><h2 id=\"a-walk-in-the-sun\">A Walk in the Sun<\/h2><p>Next, we crossed into the sun. A wide brick street with stoops and parked bikes ran straight ahead, and I asked Duarte to walk it twice, slowly. The second time, he looked up and smiled, and that became the frame.<\/p><div class=\"rpb-pair\"><figure><img class=\"wp-image-82955\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/man-walking-sunny-brick-street-amsterdam.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2400\" alt=\"Man in a black polo walking down a sunny brick street in Amsterdam past stoops and parked bicycles, trees in leaf at the end\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 445px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/man-walking-sunny-brick-street-amsterdam.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/man-walking-sunny-brick-street-amsterdam-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><figure><img class=\"wp-image-82879\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/man-black-polo-sunny-canal-street-portrait.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2400\" alt=\"Portrait of a smiling man in a black polo on a sunny Amsterdam street, one hand in his pocket, canal houses and stoops behind him\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 445px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/man-black-polo-sunny-canal-street-portrait.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/man-black-polo-sunny-canal-street-portrait-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><\/div><h2 id=\"a-cream-sweater-on-the-leidsegracht\">A Cream Sweater on the Leidsegracht<\/h2><p>For the second half, Duarte changed into a cream sweater, and we walked to the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Leidsegracht\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leidsegracht<\/a>. On its corner with the Kerkstraat stands a house painted almost black, with white window frames. Against that dark wall, his light clothes now stood out like a fresh page.<\/p><figure class=\"rpb-wide\"><img class=\"wp-image-82887\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/man-cream-sweater-crossing-leidsegracht.jpg\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1800\" alt=\"Man in a cream sweater crossing a brick street under tall canal trees on the Leidsegracht, parked bicycles and a lamp post behind\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 1140px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/man-cream-sweater-crossing-leidsegracht.jpg 2400w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/man-cream-sweater-crossing-leidsegracht-500x375.jpg 500w\" \/><figcaption>The corner of the Leidsegracht and the Kerkstraat<\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"rpb-pair\"><figure><img class=\"wp-image-82635\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/cream-sweater-corner-leidsegracht-kerkstraat.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2400\" alt=\"Man in a cream sweater and light trousers standing at the corner of the Leidsegracht and the Kerkstraat, a black house behind him\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 445px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/cream-sweater-corner-leidsegracht-kerkstraat.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/cream-sweater-corner-leidsegracht-kerkstraat-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><figure><img class=\"wp-image-82951\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/man-walking-past-black-house-amsterdam.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2400\" alt=\"Man in a cream sweater walking past a house painted almost black with white window frames, glancing back over his shoulder\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 445px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/man-walking-past-black-house-amsterdam.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/man-walking-past-black-house-amsterdam-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"rpb-side\"><figure><img class=\"wp-image-82899\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/man-leaning-ledge-black-canal-house.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2400\" alt=\"Full-length portrait of a man in a cream sweater leaning on the stone ledge of a black canal house, one hand in his pocket\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 440px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/man-leaning-ledge-black-canal-house.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/man-leaning-ledge-black-canal-house-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><p>He leaned on the stone ledge in front of the house, one hand in his pocket, and looked at me calmly. Cyclists passed behind me, yet he stayed exactly where he was, as if he stood there every day.<\/p><\/div><h2 id=\"back-to-the-notebook\">Back to the Notebook<\/h2><p>At the end, he sat down on that same ledge with the notebook and his phone beside him. He opened the notebook, wrote a line and only then looked up again. So I photographed both: the man writing and the man looking up.<\/p><figure class=\"rpb-wide\"><img class=\"wp-image-82923\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/man-opening-notebook-ledge-leidsegracht.jpg\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1800\" alt=\"Man in a cream sweater opening a black notebook on a stone ledge by a black canal house, trees and gabled houses across the water\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 1140px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/man-opening-notebook-ledge-leidsegracht.jpg 2400w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/man-opening-notebook-ledge-leidsegracht-500x375.jpg 500w\" \/><figcaption>The notebook open on a stone ledge by the Leidsegracht<\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"rpb-pair\"><figure><img class=\"wp-image-82889\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/man-cream-sweater-dark-brick-wall.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2400\" alt=\"Man with a gray beard in a cream sweater resting one arm on a stone ledge, a brick wall painted black behind him\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 445px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/man-cream-sweater-dark-brick-wall.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/man-cream-sweater-dark-brick-wall-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><figure><img class=\"wp-image-82935\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/man-sitting-ledge-notebook-leidsegracht.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2400\" alt=\"Man in a cream sweater sitting on a stone ledge by the Leidsegracht, arms around one knee, a notebook and a phone beside him\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 445px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/man-sitting-ledge-notebook-leidsegracht.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/man-sitting-ledge-notebook-leidsegracht-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><\/div><p>The last frames were simple: a deep green hedge, Duarte with one hand in his pocket, and the notebook back in his bag.<\/p><div class=\"rpb-pair\"><figure><img class=\"wp-image-82891\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/man-gray-beard-cream-sweater-portrait.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2400\" alt=\"Portrait of a man with a gray beard in a cream sweater beside a black house, gazing to the side in soft light, the canal behind\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 445px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/man-gray-beard-cream-sweater-portrait.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/man-gray-beard-cream-sweater-portrait-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><figure><img class=\"wp-image-82893\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/man-cream-sweater-green-hedge-portrait.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2400\" alt=\"Man in a cream sweater with one hand in his pocket in front of a deep green hedge, a calm last portrait of the session\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 445px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/man-cream-sweater-green-hedge-portrait.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/man-cream-sweater-green-hedge-portrait-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><\/div><p>Looking for an idea of your own? One of these <a href=\"https:\/\/rudenko-photography.com\/en\/solo-photoshoot-ideas\/\">solo photoshoot ideas<\/a> is a souvenir from your travels, much like the notebook in Duarte\u2019s portraits.<\/p><p class=\"rpb-closing\">Want portraits that feel like you on an ordinary good day? 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":"Duarte fills a black notebook on every trip: caf\u00e9 names, train times, a line or two about the day. On a long weekend in Amsterdam in late May, he booked portraits with a notebook, the same one that had already seen three countries.By then, he had enough holiday snapshots. 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