Dune Grass at Riverhead Beach

I had gone out to chase a sunset on Saturday, December 19 and found myself at Riverhead Beach marveling at the height and extent of the dune grass. I don't remember it ever looking as lush as that seen on the Cape and decided to find a composition that would do the scene some justice. I walked down towards the causeway and found this dense section where no sand could be seen. I set up the tripod lower to the ground and captured this image just as the last rays of the sun were reflecting off the houses on Marblehead [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:49-05:00January 12th, 2016|Categories: Beach|Tags: Riverhead beach|0 Comments

A Cold Start to a New Year

I mentioned in last week's post that I started off the new year with a shoot from atop St. Michaels new steeple. One of the first images I took was of the lit star seeming to hang over Marblehead Neck. However, while I was up there, I couldn't resist recreating my Hooper to the Harbor shot that won Peoples Choice award in this year's festival. For the prior shot, I had been on the scaffolding around the steeple but found much more room to roam on this cold morning. I moved to this spot which was almost exactly the same [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:49-05:00January 11th, 2016|Categories: Rooftop|Tags: dawn, Hooper Street, Marblehead Harbor, rooftop|0 Comments

A Dusting of Snow around Old Town House

I decided to look in my too-be-published archive for images of snow to share this morning and happened upon this image of Old Town House. The image was taken on January 24, 2015 at 7:50am (right before I walked down to State Street and captured the Winter Wonderland image that represents January in this year's calendar). I tried a few angles on Old Town House with fresh snow falling around it and have shared a few already. This vertical shot allowed me to include the tree branches above with snow sticking to the wood and adding a nice frame over [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:49-05:00January 8th, 2016|Categories: Snow|Tags: Old Town House, snow|0 Comments

The Christmas Tree Bonfire – A Tradition Resumes

The Christmas tree bonfire took place tonight on Riverhead Beach in a return of a long-standing tradition. The bonfire was an annual event that took place on Epiphany but was stopped when the new causeway was built. As it happened, the last bonfire took place immediately before we moved to Marblehead and I had never had a chance to witness (or photograph) the tradition. With that in mind, and as this year's bonfire happened to fall on a Wednesday, I was all set to capture an image of hundreds of trees set aflame. I started shooting above the crowd but [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:49-05:00January 6th, 2016|Categories: Traditions|Tags: bonfire, Christmas, Riverhead beach|0 Comments

Sea Smoke – Arctic Morning in Marblehead

The sea smoke was an incredible sight to behold on this arctic morning in Marblehead - going out in 7F (without the windshield) definitely paid off. When I first saw the projected temperatures of single digits for this morning, my first thought was that I would finally have a chance to replicate and improve upon my favorite image of sea smoke from 2012. That was the first year I had witnessed this phenomenon of arctic air over a relatively warm ocean creating billowing smoke on the water. With that vision in mind, I bundled up and headed to Fort Sewall [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:49-05:00January 5th, 2016|Categories: Chandler Hovey park|Tags: dawn, lighthouse, sea smoke|0 Comments

Sunset Reflection to Welcome the New Year – First Sunset of 2016

New Years Day ended up being quite busy with a morning outing to capture the sunrise and an invitation for my son and I to go roller skating with several other families from Marblehead in the afternoon. As we returned from that outing, I noted the sun breaking through clouds and some great light hitting the ocean. I convinced my son to come out with me to capture the first sunset of 2016 and we were off. Our first stop was Bass Rock Lane which is very close to the house and offered the best chance for a shot of the light [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:50-05:00January 5th, 2016|Categories: Sunset|Tags: Bass Rock Lane, reflection, rocks, sunset|0 Comments

A Shining Star on New Years Day – First Sunrise of 2016

A photographer friend of mine recently commented that New Years doesn't begin at midnight for us...it starts with the first sunrise. And so, while most were just waking up to the new year, I headed out in the predawn hours for St. Michael's church and a trip to the top of the steeple. I had made some plans a few days earlier to meet Steve Clay and Ed Nilsson at the church and capture this first sunrise of 2016 from this unique vantage point. As a quick aside, I had welcomed 2012 with a sunrise shoot atop Old North Church and [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:50-05:00January 4th, 2016|Categories: Rooftop, Sunrise|Tags: lighthouse, Marblehead Neck, rooftop, sunrise|0 Comments

2015 in Pictures – Annual New Years Day Slideshow

245 images shared in 365 days This year I shared 245 images of which 170 were taken in 2015; the rest came from my to be posted archive. I actually captured 376 images this past year but, as with years past, I end up with more shots than I can reasonably share and therefore have a growing archive of images waiting to be posted. What started off as a personal website to explore my new hometown of Marblehead, Massachusetts has taken off in ways I never imagined. When I first created Wednesdays in Marblehead and was trying to come up with [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:50-05:00January 1st, 2016|Categories: Video|Tags: slideshow, video|0 Comments

The Top 10 of 2015 – The Northern Lights and Marblehead Light

At last we reached the #1 spot in the Top 10 of 2015 Countdown and I think you'll agree this image of the aurora borealis (or Northern Lights) was an easy choice. So many factors have to come into place to see the aurora borealis as far south as Marblehead and it needs to be a pretty spectacular show to shine above the light pollution. On June 22, a 7 kP storm hit at just the right moment (9:50pm) for me to capture the intricate greens and purples of light playing over Cove Beach and setting up a perfect backdrop [...]

By Eyal Oren|2024-05-15T15:07:31-04:00December 31st, 2015|Categories: Favorite|Tags: aurora borealis, cove, favorite, lighthouse|0 Comments

Top 10 of 2015 – Lunar Eclipse and Abbot Hall

One of my favorite aspects of creating a Top 10 list each year is going through the 240+ images shared in a given year and appreciating the unique opportunities I've had the fortune to capture. Just as yesterday's image of fireworks could easily have been a #1 favorite in any other year, it's hard to believe this image of a total lunar eclipse (or blood moon) juxtaposed against Abbot Hall isn't in the top spot. This was easily the most difficult capture of the year and required pre-planning and rapid alterations to those plans when the reality of shooting this [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:50-05:00December 30th, 2015|Categories: Favorite|Tags: Abbot Hall, favorite, moon|1 Comment

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