Full Buck Moon over Ram’s Island

The full buck moon was due to rise tonight and I had been struggling with a location from which to capture the moonrise. After nearly six years of shooting photos in Marblehead, I feel like I've explored most variations of the moon rising near the lighthouse and other iconic spots. I checked my favorite app (the photographer's ephemeris) and found that I could capture the full buck moon over Ram's island if I headed toward Bass Rock Lane. I've tried this exact shot once before but the moon rose later in relation to sunset and haze at the horizon meant [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-07-19T20:53:52-04:00July 19th, 2016|Categories: moon|Tags: full moon, moonrise, Ram island|4 Comments

Harvest Moon Rises over Homes on the Neck

A full moon is due to rise tonight and that put me in mind of past moonrises that I had not yet shared. Today's image comes from the Harvest Moon that rose over homes on Marblehead Neck on September 26, 2015. I had borrowed a friend's super telephoto lens and zoomed to its maximum of 400mm for this view of a seemingly huge Harvest moon. You can just make out a seagull flying through the evening sky as the masts of boats moored in the harbor punctuate the scene.

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:29-05:00July 19th, 2016|Categories: moon|Tags: full moon, Harvest moon, houses, Marblehead Neck, moonrise|0 Comments

Flamingo Sunset over the Neck

On the Fourth of July, I had decided to set up at the Dolphin Yacht Club hoping for a new angle on the annual fireworks show. Before the harbor illumination could begin, nature decided to put on its own show with an incredible pink sunset. I shot frame after frame as the color in the sky built to the peak you see here. As I did, I noted a bring pink flamingo perched atop a boat waiting for the fireworks to begin. The color and shape of the evening's colors seemed to mimic those of the bird and came together [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-07-17T20:52:37-04:00July 18th, 2016|Categories: Sunset|Tags: boats, Marblehead Harbor, pink, sunset|0 Comments

From the Cupola on Harbor Avenue

I've had the opportunity on several occasions over the past few years to capture a particular view of a Marblehead house or boat in Marblehead harbor. These commissioned house or boat portraits have come to me from 'Headers who have reluctantly decided to move out of town or as presents for children who had a favorite memory of growing up in this incredible town. Last week, I was able to realize my latest commissioned portrait from this cupola on Harbor Avenue. I had met the owner a few weeks previously and we had spoken about her selling the family home of [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:29-05:00July 15th, 2016|Categories: Commissioned|Tags: cupola, Marblehead Harbor, sunset|16 Comments

Boats in the Fog

This was my first view from Chandler Hovey Park on July 5th and I think my mouth hung open for a few minutes before I recovered and started capturing the scenes before me. I initially had my favorite 24-105 lens on the camera and shot this view of the Town class boats leaving the harbor at the maximum zoom for that lens. This was taken as the fog had reached its maximum and yet was still staying very close to the water line. The result was the view you see in the distance of fog following the contours of [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-07-10T19:06:40-04:00July 14th, 2016|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: boats, fog, sailboat|2 Comments

Foggy Sunset in Marblehead

This was one of the last images captured on July 5th from Chandler Hovey Park as a foggy sunset lit up the gathered fog in color and light. I had been shooting a tighter view of this as the Town class boats passed by these much larger sailboats moored in the harbor. Once they passed, I widened my composition to include the full height of the boats and the incredible light being cast by the setting sun diffused by the fog in our harbor. I can't count the number of times I have gone out in the evening as fog [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:29-05:00July 13th, 2016|Categories: Sunset|Tags: boats, fog, sunset|4 Comments

Marblehead Harbor Layered in Fog

As I stood at Chandler Hovey Park capturing endless compositions of foggy scenes, I couldn't help but marvel at the power of fog to transform familiar scenes. I've shot this composition of Abbot Hall and a harbor filled with boats countless times but with the scene now layered in fog, it became new and exciting. As the fog was rolling into the harbor, it kept thickening then thinning out. At one point, it had thinned out in layers which added incredible depth to this view of boats and Abbot Hall surrounded by houses. The warm glow of sunset filtered through the [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-07-10T18:28:21-04:00July 12th, 2016|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: Abbot Hall, boats, fog|0 Comments

Racing Toward MH1 – Fine Art Photography of Marblehead

A few years ago, the concept of fine art photography took hold with grand long exposure black and white images or incredibly atmospheric views of far off places. Try as I might, I hadn't been able to realize my version of this genre until July 5th when the perfect amount of fog rolled into Marblehead harbor only to be backlit by the setting sun. As the fog thickened and thinned out and its color changed with the position of the sun, I composed images within Marblehead harbor while keeping my eye on a group of Townies heading out. Five Town [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:29-05:00July 11th, 2016|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: boats, fine art, fog, sailboat|17 Comments

Capture the Fog

Yesterday's image of two Townies under the red light of a foggy sunset was one of the last images I captured on Tuesday night as fog rolled into Marblehead harbor. This was one of the first. I had left my house as soon as I saw fog rolling in as I knew the timing offered a chance for spectacular light conditions around the harbor. I drove across the causeway in thickening fog and parked as soon as I could on Marblehead Neck only to double back and set up for this shot. With flags hanging from the lamp posts and [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:29-05:00July 8th, 2016|Categories: Marblehead Neck|Tags: causeway, fog, lamp post|2 Comments

Sailing Under the Sunset

I learned long ago that fog produces my favorite atmosphere with which to capture images of Marblehead. Two of my black and white images of foggy scenes were awarded Best of Show at the Festival of Arts a few years ago and a write up in the Reporter at the time was titled 'The Fog-tographer'. And so, on Tuesday night when I looked out and saw hints of fog in the distance, I grabbed my camera bag and headed out toward the harbor. I found myself in dense fog as I crossed the causeway and immediately pulled over on the [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:29-05:00July 7th, 2016|Categories: Sunset|Tags: fog, sailboat, sunset|19 Comments

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