Ravenna 2

Ravenna 2 - Doors

As most people who follow my Photo of the Day know, Doors is a common theme in my photography. I have been photographing doors for many years and have quite a few images in my collection. If you like tis subject, feel free to search for other images in my Photo of the Day Blog which I started in the summer of 2006.

Europe was a "doors photographer's" dream and I certainly made many images of interesting doors during my travels. In Ravenna our tour took us inside a very old church dating back to the 6th century. I photographed the beautiful mosaics and paintings inside the church as well as a few shots looking out through a door. Knowing that the bright light coming through the door would cause the inside to be very dark, I focused on the outside so it would be properly exposed. I saw a person walking towards the door so I waited until he passed by because I thought a person would add interest to the photograph. Next I made a series of images placing the door in different locations in order to compare the images later. Each of the three images above show the same subject, but because I moved the camera and zoomed in, they are all different. Feel free to comment on which you prefer.

Later, as our tour group walked beneath a Roman Arch in the city, I used the same technique. I was standing in the shadow of the arch and metered for the much brighter background causing the arch to be a silhouetted. The people look like "shadows" walking into the light.

The other images today show a few more of the interesting doors I photographed in Ravenna. Someone once asked why I liked photographing doors and how I chose which one to photograph. Sometimes it is the colour or shape, others it is the lighting or something different about the door. If it catches my attention and I like it, I make the image. Many people like my photographs of doors and I continue to make photographs of them everywhere I go.

The last two photos were taken at Dante's tomb. Dante was one of the most famous Italian poets of the Middle Ages and is buried in Ravenna.

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