Just three days into 2014 and Marblehead got walloped with almost two feet of snow to go along with truly arctic conditions. Once the snow died down on Friday, I decided to head out and try to capture the storm during the noon high tide.
I started off on Ocean Avenue intending to shoot the causeway up close but found 12″ of ocean water in the middle of the street and no way to safely cross it. I decided to go with plan B which was climbing to the rocks at Goldthwait beach. While the walk wasn’t terrible (though I’m still hobbling along with a cast on that left foot), the wind chill was truly horrible. I was bundled and prepared but I still started to lose feeling in my fingers and toes after no more than 15 minutes of shooting.
From there, I went up to Chestnut Street for a great overlook of the causeway and arrived just in time to capture some truly awesome waves erupting against the causeway. I’m not sure how tall the lamp posts are but many easily crested over those.
These are the first five images I worked on showing the incredible power of the first storm of 2014.
