Old Town and the Harbor

One of my all time favorite images was captured in 2014 from atop St Michael's new steeple looking down onto Hooper Street and the close proximity of Marblehead Harbor. Eight years a a few blocks over, I captured this image from atop the Grace Community Church on a late June morning. The view is both similar and very different with similar houses and the close harbor beyond historic downtown (or Old Town) Marblehead. While I still love that shot from 2014, this was a fun one to capture.

By Eyal Oren|2022-08-02T22:57:25-04:00August 3rd, 2022|Categories: Rooftop|Tags: boats, Grace Community church, houses, Marblehead Harbor, rooftop|1 Comment

Spring is in the Air – Grace, St Michaels and Crocker Park

Continuing with images from the last tech dinghy race of the season which took place on Sunday, April 10th. Here a group (gaggle?) of dinghies mixes with lasers crossing in front of St. Michaels, Grace Community Church and Crocker Park as the sun reflects off the white sails.

By Eyal Oren|2022-04-10T18:05:41-04:00April 12th, 2022|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: dinghy, Grace Community church, sailboat, St Michaels church|0 Comments

Cold Moon over State Street

Yesterday offered picture perfect conditions in Marblehead with about an inch of snow sticking to every branch and partly cloudy skies. It was a perfect day to explore Marblehead on a Wednesday and yet, I had to work (covering for a colleague). I actually drove home from my Salem office at lunch to grab my camera in the hopes of catching the moonrise but arrived at my chosen spot too late for the shot I had in mind. As a trade off for having to cover Wednesday, I had today free and so I got up a bit early and [...]

By Eyal Oren|2019-12-12T08:04:06-05:00December 12th, 2019|Categories: moon|Tags: full moon, Grace Community church, moonset, stars, State Street|0 Comments

Empty Harbor 2 – First One In

Alright, so I guess Marblehead harbor isn't completely empty as I found this boat on a mooring in front of the Boston Yacht Club. It appears that, apart from the working boats, this may be the 'first one in' to harbor. Won't be long before this boat is joined by many others to take their spot on the moorings. I wasn't able to spot the boat's name - if you know it, please add it in a comment below.

By Eyal Oren|2019-03-31T20:11:14-04:00April 2nd, 2019|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: boat, Boston yacht club, Grace Community church, St Michaels church|2 Comments

Star and Steeples under a Pink Sky

Today's image comes from late December and a sunrise outing to capture the setting moon. While waiting for the moon to drop in the sky, I kept myself busy shooting scenes of the Marblehead skyline from across the harbor. I first shot (and shared) a wider view of a pink-purple sky but then decided to zoom in and focus on the star atop the crane standing between the St. Michaels steeple and that of Grace Community Church. If you look carefully, you'll notice the star glowing in the dawn light with a seamless pink sky serving as a perfect backdrop.

By Eyal Oren|2019-03-10T20:44:48-04:00March 12th, 2019|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: dawn, Grace Community church, St Michaels church|8 Comments

Moon and Star

I mentioned yesterday that I had gone out on the morning of December 23rd hoping to catch the full cold moon setting. It took a bit of driving around the Neck on this morning to find the right vantage point but I ended up at the end of Harvard Street for this view. The full moon descended just between Grace Community Church and that star at State Street Landing. With the cloudless sky, I was fortunate to capture the moon fairly low in the sky with nicely defined craters.

By Eyal Oren|2019-01-02T20:41:07-05:00January 4th, 2019|Categories: moon|Tags: Grace Community church, moonset, The Landing|5 Comments

Shining Star at Sunrise

On December 23rd, I had headed out before dawn to capture the full cold moon setting with a plan to capture it besides the shining star atop the crane at the State Street Landing (watch for that image tomorrow morning). Before the moon could descend into frame, I found this composition of St. Michael's Steeple, Grace Community Church and that shining star in between with the perfect colors of dawn painting the sky above. As luck would have it, two birds came into the frame and broke up the otherwise empty sky.

By Eyal Oren|2019-01-02T20:34:29-05:00January 3rd, 2019|Categories: Sunrise|Tags: dawn, Grace Community church, skyline, St Michaels church|2 Comments

Valkyrie and the Jackson Cup

On the last weekend in April, I headed across to the Neck and captured these one design boats vying for the Jackson Cup. The sailboats crossed in front of familiar landmarks such as St. Michael's steeple and the Grace Community Church while competing inside of Marblehead Harbor. The harbor has started to fill with boats just in the past week. Can't wait to start shooting sunrises and sunsets over moorings finally filled with boats for the season.

By Eyal Oren|2018-05-13T22:35:29-04:00May 14th, 2018|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: Grace Community church, Jackson Cup, Marblehead Harbor, sailboat, St Michaels church|0 Comments

First Light on Washington Street

The blizzard conveniently ended on a Wednesday and I set an alarm to capture first light on Washington Street covered in snow. I knew from my house that the snow would like have stuck to the branches of trees and sides of houses and was not disappointed to find this scene of historic downtown laid out before me. I passed this spot earlier as I started off flying my drone up to Abbot Hall for an image of the clock face caked in snow. After landing, I decided to walk up State Street and across Washington Street to find equally [...]

By Eyal Oren|2018-03-14T20:56:57-04:00March 15th, 2018|Categories: Old Town|Tags: Abbot Hall, Grace Community church, Old Town House, snow, sunrise, Washington Street|14 Comments

Historic Downtown Marblehead on a late March evening

This view of historic downtown Marblehead was taken just before the full panorama I shared on Monday. The clouds in the late March sky were reflecting the colors of sunset while I positioned the Phantom 4 Pro almost 200 feet above Union Street and composed this image to include three of Marblehead's familiar steeples - St. Michaels, Grace Community Church and Old North Church. It takes a while to get your bearings in these aerial views of historic downtown Marblehead but, once you do, you can spot some familiar stores along Washington street in the left lower section, Crosby's in [...]

By Eyal Oren|2017-04-03T21:36:00-04:00April 6th, 2017|Categories: Aerial|Tags: aerial, Grace Community church, historic downtown, Old North Church, Phantom 4 Pro, St Michaels church|7 Comments

Grace Community church

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