Doorways

Mor Gabriel Monastery Midyat.

Door Handle Bodrum Castle

Photography is my one of my hobbies. Like with most things in my life I'm an enthusiastic amateur! I recently got a new camera, slightly more complicated than the last. It is taking me a while to get used to it so some of my more recent photos are not quite in focus. So please bear with me.
I'm not good at photographing people, my friends often wonder if I holiday on my own! There are rarely people in my holiday shots. I'm constantly telling my poor long-suffering husband to move out of the way, he's spoiling the shot.

Topkapi Palace Istanbul

Inlaid Mother of Pearl Topkapi Palace

A recurrent theme in my photos is   doors and doorways. I find them fascinating. Doors, tall, small, ornate, plain, wooden, metal,
PVC,  locked, ajar,  house or
garden, battered or new, every
colour under the rainbow I wonder about the hidden lives behind them , who has passed through them, what stories they could tell.





Everyday we pass through doors, physical and metaphysical. Whether we choose to open or close these doors determines our future. Doors beckon us in to new experiences  new opportunities, open new chapters  in our lives and allow us to close the door on the past.

Here are a few of my favourites.

River entrance to Dolmabahce Palace Istanbul

Topkapi Palace Istanbul

Bathroom Door Topkapi Palace

Old Door Mardin

Kervanseray outside Kayseri

Multiple Doors Goreme

Street Doors Uchisar

Hotel Doors Goreme

Only inhabitant of Becin Kalesi, Milas
 sits at her door

Low door at stone age dwelling
Wexford Heritage Park

Main door Trinity College Dublin

Traditional Irish half door Glendalough

Georgian door Dublin

Sunday Morning at Mosque in Mardin

Door with vine Mugla

Old door in Mugla

Mugla

Entrance door, windmill Gumbet

In Budapest

Budapest