SUMMARY
Omar Gonzalez demonstrates practical techniques for using doorways in both portrait and street photography. In portraits, doorways can serve as a frame within a frame or as a posing element. Beyond framing, doors can act as compositional anchors, balancing an image by being placed off to the side. For street photography, incorporating doors requires patience and luck, often leading to unique storytelling opportunities or documenting ephemeral scenes.
TAKEAWAYS
Doorways are underused compositional tools for framing and anchoring subjects.
In portraits, doors create a frame within a frame and offer posing opportunities.
Doors can function as visual anchors to balance compositions.
Street photography use of doors requires patience and can capture unique moments.