Light Up the Tree at St. Michael’s

Recently, I received an email asking me if I had the chance to photograph the tree in front of St. Michael's Church decorated in holiday lights. While I had captured the trees at Abbot Hall and National Grand Bank in past Decembers, I had never noticed the tree at St. Michael's lit up for the season. On Tuesday, I headed out before sunset hoping the clouds would break in time for me to capture a beautiful tree against an equally stunning sky. I set up and waited, and waited but the tree never lit. I captured a number of images of the [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:52-05:00December 18th, 2015|Categories: Old Town|Tags: Christmas, holiday, light, St Michaels church, steeple, tree|0 Comments

A New Steeple on Washington Street

Okay so St. Michael's new steeple isn't technically on Washington Street. Ever since it went up, I have wanted to capture an image of the new steeple rising above the shops and houses lining Washington Street. I finally had a chance on Saturday morning under perfect conditions. You can make out the light of dawn reflecting in the windows facing East.

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:52-05:00December 17th, 2015|Categories: Old Town|Tags: historic downtown, St Michaels church, steeple, washington|0 Comments

State Street Sunrise

Just like Monday's image of Mud Puddle Toys, this image comes 5 years after a very similar one. I had captured the sunset over State Street in November 2010 and always meant to return for the sunrise view. The position of the sunrise is such that it occurs at the base of State Street during the Winter and it seemed like I would get a perfect complement to that image with a sunrise version. For whatever reason, I hadn't captured State Street at sunrise until Saturday morning. I began shooting on this morning along Washington Street before heading to State [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:52-05:00December 16th, 2015|Categories: Old Town|Tags: houses, State Street, sunrise|0 Comments

Historic Downtown Marblehead – Don’t Tread on Tucker Street

Continuing with Saturday's exploration of historic downtown Marblehead during the Winter parking ban, this is the view of Tucker Street looking up from Hooper Street. I had passed this street a number of times over the Summer and kept thinking it would make for a nice image and new vantage point of Abbot Hall. As I walked around on this morning, I found the light to be just about perfect for finally capturing this image. The title comes from the two versions of the Gadsden flag flying on either side of Tucker Street. Both carry the image of a rattlesnake [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:52-05:00December 15th, 2015|Categories: Old Town|Tags: Abbot Hall, historic downtown, houses|0 Comments

Leave a Light On at Mud Puddle

With the parking ban in effect and unseasonably warm temperatures, I've wanted to capture images of historic downtown Marblehead for a while now. Unfortunately, the light has been terrible with heavy cloud cover blocking any semblance of light on the streets. Finally on Saturday morning, the weather looked promising and I left the house at 6:00am hoping for the best. This week I plan to share images of historic downtown Marblehead captured on this early morning. My very first stop was this one on the sidewalk in front of Haley's Cafe to capture the intersection of Pleasant and Washington Streets. [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:52-05:00December 14th, 2015|Categories: Old Town|Tags: Arnould Gallery, Grace Community church, historic downtown, holiday, light, Mud Puddle Toys, Washington Street|1 Comment

Marblehead Christmas Walk – Waiting for Traffic to Clear

One last image from this year's Marblehead Christmas Walk. Shortly after capturing Glover's Regiment marching up State Street, they stopped and stood and waited for traffic to clear. I had my camera aimed at the regiment and missed what led to the stoppage but was thankful for the respite as I was able to snag one more image of the group with their historical attire. Each member has such a unique expression on his face as they all peer out wondering what might be holding up the parade.

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:52-05:00December 11th, 2015|Categories: Traditions|Tags: Glover's regiment|0 Comments

Marblehead Christmas Walk – Glover’s Regiment Crossing the Harbor

I mentioned in Tuesday's post that Glover's regiment set about re-enacting George Washington crossing the Delaware river after the Christmas Walk parade concluded. I set off for State Street Landing to capture the scene but quickly moved away from the crowd for this spot down near the harbormaster's pier. I had realized there was no way to capture Glover's Regiment crossing Marblehead harbor without modern boats visible from the State Street Landing. This location afforded just that view. I waited as the regiment boarded and then made their way out to mid-harbor. There I was able to capture them with Marblehead [...]

By Eyal Oren|2015-12-26T10:34:52-05:00December 10th, 2015|Categories: Traditions|Tags: Glover's regiment, lighthouse, Marblehead Harbor|0 Comments

Marblehead Christmas Walk – Santa Waves to the Gathering Crowd

As the annual Marblehead Christmas Walk parade came to a close, Santa and Mrs. Claus turned the corner onto Washington Street waving to the gathered crowd. With the unseasonable warm temperatures, the crowd was quite large this year and I decided to focus on Santa as he waved while trying to capture the size of the crowd lined up along Washington Street as well as Abbot Hall in the distance. The final image seemed to capture what is so special about Marblehead and this time of year - a perfect mix of holiday and tradition carried through in the present [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:53-05:00December 9th, 2015|Categories: Traditions|Tags: Abbot Hall, Christmas, historic downtown, parade|0 Comments

Marblehead Christmas Walk – Shots Fired at the Landing

After the annual Marblehead Christmas Walk parade concluded, my family and I walked the streets of historic downtown before heading home. At 2:30pm, I ventured out again as Glover's regiment was due to re-enact George Washington's crossing of the Delaware. I headed to the State Street landing where I made it just in time to capture the regiment firing three volleys from their muskets. I captured a lot of smoke in the first two volleys and quickly adjusted my settings in hopes of capturing some fire during the third. Sure enough, I caught two eruptions of orange flame as shots [...]

By Eyal Oren|2015-12-26T10:34:07-05:00December 8th, 2015|Categories: Traditions|Tags: Glover's regiment|0 Comments

Marblehead Christmas Walk – Marching up State Street

The annual Marblehead Christmas walk took place this weekend and, between the parade and Glover's regiment re-enactment of the crossing of the Delaware, I ended up with five images I wanted to share with you. So all of this week will feature images from this year's Marblehead Christmas walk festivities. First up is this image of Glover's regiment marching up State Street. I forgot that the fire department leads the parade in one of their trucks and therefore had to make a last minute change in my plans to capture Glover's regiment marching up State Street. I quickly crossed the street and took [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:53-05:00December 7th, 2015|Categories: Traditions|Tags: Christmas, historic downtown, parade|0 Comments

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