Top 10 of 2022 – #10 Snow-Capped Sunset

My Top 10 of 2022 countdown begins with this image captured on January 8 and will continue weekdays until December 30th followed by the annual New Years Day slideshow of every image captured and shared in 2022. The final entry in a top 10 list is always the toughest. This year I recruited my kids to help narrow down the selection but found myself moving this one up to that tenth spot enough times that I had to include it. Captured at 4:28pm, there is just something about this image that keeps drawing me back to it. The soft pink [...]

By Eyal Oren|2022-12-18T21:53:46-05:00December 19th, 2022|Categories: Favorite|Tags: favorite, lighthouse, Marblehead Harbor, snow|0 Comments

End of the Season

So this was the view in the other direction of the lamp post that I shared yesterday - now you see why I felt that I had miscalculated my shooting spot... Still, I was able to get some color on the clouds over Abbot Hall and the harbor filled with only a few boats which seemed to mark the end of the season.

By Eyal Oren|2022-11-16T07:39:27-05:00November 16th, 2022|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: boats, Marblehead Harbor, sunset|0 Comments

Summer is Back (for a few days at least)

With today's high predicted to hit 70, I had to pull out images of summer from the to-be-posted archive. When I hit this batch of images captured from a friend's boat on a mid-July evening, I knew I had the perfect depiction of summer to accompany the warm up. Also a perfect night to catch high school football with the first preseason game taking place at Piper Field tonight at 7pm. Tickets must be purchased online in advance. Link for tickets - https://gofan.co/app/events/763329?schoolId=MA14627

By Eyal Oren|2022-11-04T07:01:08-04:00November 4th, 2022|Categories: From the Water|Tags: Abbot Hall, boats, from the water, Marblehead Harbor|0 Comments

Masts Up

On Saturday, I had gone out to shoot the nearly full Hunter's moon rising over Marblehead Neck. I had arrived a bit early to my chosen spot and had time to explore other compositions as the sun dipped lower in the horizon. I realized the angle of the sun was lighting up the top of the masts on the sailboats at the mouth of the harbor and quickly composed this image to capture that last glow of light.

By Eyal Oren|2022-10-10T17:45:05-04:00October 11th, 2022|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: lighthouse, Marblehead Harbor, sailboat|0 Comments

Landing the Moonrise (or A Last Minute Pivot)

I had a plan for tonight's full Hunter's moonrise after checking the expected location using an app. I figured that if I set up at Crocker Park, I would be able to shoot the moon coming up over the Corinthian Yacht Club and might luck out with some foliage in the park as a nice foreground element. Well, I was set up and waiting for the moon at 5:59pm when it rose a good distance away from where I had expected it! I decided to get a few shots from there as the sun was still illuminating the foreground boats [...]

By Eyal Oren|2022-10-08T19:00:36-04:00October 8th, 2022|Categories: moon|Tags: boats, Corinthian Yacht Club, full moon, Marblehead Harbor, moonrise|0 Comments

Calm Before the Show

This image comes from the Fourth of July when I had set up along Front Street trying to decide where to capture the fireworks. With the low tide and calm waters of Fort Beach, I couldn't help but capture this view of the calm before the show.

By Eyal Oren|2022-10-02T09:27:54-04:00October 6th, 2022|Categories: Marblehead Neck|Tags: Front Street, Marblehead Harbor, sunset|0 Comments

Fall Day in Marblehead

Yesterday, I drove around Marblehead to get a sense of fall colors on what will likely be a muted foliage season due to the drought of summer. I found little in the way of color but decided to get out of my car when I reached Foster Street on the Neck. I made my way to one of my favorite spots at the edge of the Pleon pier and waited for a cloud to pass so that some sun could make its way to the surprisingly full harbor. As the sunlight appeared, so did a sailboat making its way up [...]

By Eyal Oren|2022-09-27T18:08:55-04:00September 28th, 2022|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: Abbot Hall, boats, Marblehead Harbor|1 Comment

Sailboats and Sun Rays

I'm going to profess my ignorance again and admit that I do not know what to call these two beautiful boats other than 'sailboats'. As we headed out of Marblehead Harbor on a quick trip with friends, I looked back and spotted sun rays breaking overhead. As we passed these two sailboats, I noticed the angles of the rays seemed to mimic the lines on the masts and quickly composed this image to capture the two boats on their moorings, Abbot Hall in the background and a great sky above.

By Eyal Oren|2022-09-20T21:18:47-04:00September 21st, 2022|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: Abbot Hall, Marblehead Harbor, sailboat, sun rays|1 Comment

Harbor Summer

Back to early August and an afternoon spent captured Marblehead harbor in all its summer beauty under puffy white clouds. A nice summer shot on one of the last days of summer...

By Eyal Oren|2022-09-20T06:37:57-04:00September 20th, 2022|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: boats, Marblehead Harbor|0 Comments

Townies – Taste the Rainbow

Yesterday, I shared an image captured from Riverhead beach focusing on the Town class boats with their vibrant hulls and the harbor beyond. Prior to capturing the Townies from that angle, I had sought out this composition from Red Steps. As vibrant as their hulls are, it's really hard to get a good angle on these boats from publicly accessible spots. When I posted, I also had forgotten the class of boats and a friend helpfully answered that they were Town class (or Townies) but that she and her daughters had taken to calling them Skittles due to their brightly [...]

By Eyal Oren|2022-09-15T06:45:23-04:00September 15th, 2022|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: Marblehead Harbor, sailboat, Town class|0 Comments