Cliff Street Houses and Abbot Hall at Sunrise

Can you believe this was the scene that I woke to on May 6, 2012?  I had gotten up early that day hoping to catch the moonset but the clouds at the horizon made that a wasted effort.  However, I was able to capture a number of images in the blue hour that I’ve shared previously and this one which has been sitting in the queue for a while.

I’ve shared similar compositions to this on prior images.  The three stately homes that reside on Cliff Street make for an awesome subject – especially when you reach that point along […]

By |April 15, 2013|Sunrise|0 Comments
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Sunrise Over the Houses of Little Harbor

After photographing dawn from Hammond Park last Wednesday, I decided to drive out to Doaks Lane and shoot Gerry Island as well as the houses that line Little Harbor.  If you have followed this site for a while, you will likely recognize this composition.  I have shared some long exposures taken at sunset from this vantage point but never thought to photograph at sunrise.  It turns out that the sun was coming up at just the right angle to bathe these houses in great light.  The image needed amazingly little work at the computer apart from removing one wayward […]

By |April 10, 2013|Sunrise|0 Comments
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Purple Dawn Over an Empty Harbor

Last week, I shared images of turquoise waters all taken on the prior Wednesday in Marblehead.  I thought I would start this week in a similar way with this image taken last Wednesday at dawn.

I had woken at 5:30am on this particular morning and promptly looked out the window and at the weather radar to try to discern if there were any clouds near the horizon.  I couldn’t tell and decided to bundle up (it was in the 20′s on this early April morning) and head out in hopes of decent clouds and light.  Without much to go on […]

By |April 8, 2013|Sunrise|0 Comments
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Birthday Sunrise over Marblehead Neck

Last Tuesday, I celebrated my birthday and awoke before the alarm clock at 5:30am.  I had previously scouted the location and time of the sunrise as it had occurred to me I had never tried to shoot a sunrise on my birthday.  Having woken up early enough and with some time until I had to be at work, I quickly got dressed and headed out the door.  I had two possible locations in mind but decided on the Devereux Beach one when I saw how the light was developing.  I photographed the dawn as light began to grow at […]

By |February 27, 2013|Sunrise|0 Comments
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