From the Rooftops – Old Town House

In the days before drones, I had a weekly project called From the Rooftops in which I found various rooftop vantage points around town for a new angle and perspective. Last week as I was driving, I spotted a new platform from which to capture historic downtown Marblehead and made my way up there with the guidance of the general contractor on Wednesday morning. The view was incredible from multiple directions and I'll share more in the weeks to come but I'm curious if anyone can figure out where this was captured from...

By Eyal Oren|2022-06-29T15:14:38-04:00June 30th, 2022|Categories: Rooftop|Tags: historic downtown, Old Town House, rooftop|0 Comments

Devereux Beach under an Awesome Sky

On Tuesday night, an incredible sunset formed over Marblehead. I had made my way to Devereux Beach and was focused on capturing the rainbow and golden clouds over the Atlantic Ocean but, once those began to fade, turned and saw this scene. I quickly ran across the sand to compose this shot using the lifeguard chair as the focal point and adjusting my position to place the red chair above the horizon. With the playground in the distance, the beach is instantly recognizable and the sand served to bring added oranges and reds to the otherwise boring ground cover.

By Eyal Oren|2022-06-29T09:42:33-04:00June 29th, 2022|Categories: Beach|Tags: Devereux Beach, lifeguard chair, sunset|1 Comment

Golden Rainbow

As I drove home from a quick dessert run to Crosby's with my daughter, we argued over whether the sunset might be nice tonight. I thought there was a chance for nice color but wasn't sure and hadn't loaded the car in either case. I happened to be doing a quick favor for a friend and walked out of the house to return her updated camera when I spotted the pink sky and ran back into the house for my gear. I made a quick stop to drop her camera then drove across the causeway only to realize my mistake [...]

By Eyal Oren|2022-06-27T21:07:43-04:00June 27th, 2022|Categories: Sunset|Tags: cloud, Devereux Beach, ocean, rainbow, sunset|1 Comment

Boston under the Sunset Sky

I don't always remember to capture the view of the Boston skyline from this spot along Ocean Avenue (keep to the right just after crossing the causeway onto the Neck). I had come to this spot just before sunset trying to decide which way the clouds were moving relative to the setting sun. I composed this image of Boston under the sunset sky and chose to include just enough of the foreground to frame the image. As it turned out, this was the peak of sunset but I continued on around the Neck and down Foster for tomorrow's image.

By Eyal Oren|2022-06-26T22:19:02-04:00June 27th, 2022|Categories: Sunset|Tags: Boston, ocean, sunset|0 Comments

Eastern Moon

The strawberry supermoon will technically be full tomorrow morning but the timing of its rise relative to sunset favored shooting the 99% full moon tonight rather than tomorrow. With that in mind, I headed out to scout out locations starting off at the Little Harbor Lobster Company before deciding on Crocker Park. I had figured the moon would rise over the Eastern Yacht Club from this spot but, when it finally broke over the clouds just at sunset, it was too far to the right. I quickly packed up and walked briskly down to Ferry Lane. I spotted the moon [...]

By Eyal Oren|2022-06-13T21:31:31-04:00June 13th, 2022|Categories: moon|Tags: Eastern Yacht Club, full moon, moonrise|0 Comments

Step to the Rainbow

We have had a few storms pass through Marblehead thus far but none have been times right for me to capture a proper rainbow. With that in mind, I turned to my 'to be published' folder and found this image capture in August 2020 after a storm passed through just before sunset. I had shared the horizontal or landscape version of this shot that night but left this vertical one for a bit. I realized it needed a tighter crop than what I had originally envisioned and that brought the scene together nicely.

By Eyal Oren|2022-06-12T21:04:39-04:00June 13th, 2022|Categories: Park|Tags: Castle Rock, rainbow|0 Comments

Yellow Orange Glow

And here is the image captured on Saturday, June 4th exactly 15 minutes before yesterday's shot of pink clouds behind Abbot. This was the view as the yellow orange glow of sunset with an oncoming thunderstorm reached near peak (peak was 2 minutes later in that wide shot I shared earlier in the week). The composition here is nearly identical to that captured a short time later and was unintentionally so. This one was carefully composed and shot on a tripod while the other was shot handheld as I literally ran to this spot before the pink clouds shifted away [...]

By Eyal Oren|2022-06-05T18:56:13-04:00June 9th, 2022|Categories: Park|Tags: Abbot Hall, Crocker park, sunset|0 Comments

Pink Clouds over Abbot Hall

On Saturday, after heading down the walkway to the float to capture purple rain over the harbor, I made my way back up in under two minutes to capture the pink clouds over Abbot Hall. The departing storm was reflecting the colors of the setting sun and the arc of clouds created an interesting dramatic look to the early June sky. This is a nearly identical composition to one I'll share tomorrow captured 15 minutes earlier when the sky was still exploring in that yellow orange glow. I'm curious which you will prefer.

By Eyal Oren|2022-06-05T18:47:20-04:00June 8th, 2022|Categories: Park|Tags: Abbot Hall, Crocker park, pink, sunset|0 Comments

Purple Rain over the Harbor

Shortly after yesterday's image of that orange sky over Crocker, the thunderstorm arrived and a mix of wind and rain pelted the few people at Crocker Park. I stood under the gazebo and watched the sky, then radar, hoping the storm would move fast enough to allow me to capture a rainbow over the Neck. The storm ended up building then stalling so I missed the chance for a rainbow but made sure to run out as the rain slowed to take in the view of purple rain over the harbor. The rain was actually to my left over the [...]

By Eyal Oren|2022-06-05T17:00:15-04:00June 7th, 2022|Categories: Sunset|Tags: boats, Marblehead Harbor, purple, sunset|1 Comment

Orange Sky over Crocker

On Saturday night, I had headed to Crocker Park ahead of a thunderstorm hoping for a rainbow. I arrived to find an incredible orange sky had developed as the last light of sunset lit up the clouds of an oncoming storm. I shared a tighter shot of Abbot Hall and its surrounding houses on Sunday but this was the grand view as seen from near the walkway leading to the float (not in quite yet). While the prior shot was taken at 105mm, this one was at 27mm to allow me to capture the entirety of that orange sky with [...]

By Eyal Oren|2022-06-05T16:54:52-04:00June 6th, 2022|Categories: Sunset|Tags: Abbot Hall, Crocker park, orange, sunset|0 Comments

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