Sunday Sunrise to Welcome in 2012

This is the first sunrise (and a Sunday sunrise to boot) of 2012 as seen from the steeple of the Old North Church. To understand how this image came to be, we have to go back a few weeks to the Bus Stop. I had set up in front of the Bus Stop for the annual Christmas Walk through the graciousness of Kathy. It was there that I met Rhod Sharp and his wife who had stopped by to purchase a calendar. We spoke at length about Marblehead (we're both relative newcomers - he in 2007; I arrived in 2008) [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:21-05:00January 2nd, 2012|Categories: Sunrise|Tags: houses, lighthouse, Marblehead Neck, Old North Church, rooftop, sunrise|3 Comments

A Year of Photos in just under 6 Minutes

As 2011 comes to a close and 2012 begins, I wanted to share a slideshow I put together of every image posted to the Wednesdays in Marblehead site over the past year - a year of photos if you will. If you missed any posts (and there were a lot!), here's your chance to catch up in just over five minutes. Enjoy and please share this with anyone in or from Marblehead who might be interested in seeing photos of our town. You can watch this full screen by clicking the rectangular icon on the bottom right corner (it shows [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:21-05:00January 1st, 2012|Categories: Video|Tags: slideshow, video|11 Comments

Keep it Local Marblehead – The Driftwood Restaurant

The Driftwood Restaurant [link] has been serving 'Headers for over 40 years. I have been trying to get a decent shot of it for what seemed like just as long. I had two unsuccessful sunrise shoots of the harbor that both ended up with further failed attempts at capturing the restaurant. I had all but given up until this particular morning in late November after the parking ban had gone into effect. With more room to work, I chose a slight angle to shoot from and included the neighboring houses. The sun and clouds did their best to cooperate and [...]

By Eyal Oren|2014-04-20T14:49:10-04:00December 30th, 2011|Categories: Keep it Local|Tags: business, Driftwood Restaurant, Front Street, keep it local, restaurant|1 Comment

From the Rooftops – Looking up Washington Street

I have had my eye on a particular rooftop since before this project began. It belongs to the apartment on 128 Washington Street and I had tried to contact the tenants there on a few occasions to see about shooting from this vantage point. I had nearly given up until I walked into Shipshape one day and was informed by the owner that the apartment was currently vacant. I quickly phoned Gerald Kaplan who was renting the space and we arranged to meet near sunset. The view, as you can see, was clearly worth the wait. I spent an hour [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:22-05:00December 29th, 2011|Categories: Rooftop|Tags: Abbot Hall, HDR, rooftop, sunset, Washington Street|3 Comments

Fort Sewall in the Snow

One of my all time favorite images and one that I took within 6 months of moving to Marblehead. I remember we had a significant storm come through on January 18, 2009 and I made my way up to Fort Sewall to explore. The snow was wet and the air still so the tree that stands in front of the red doors still held on to much of it. The beautiful outline of the tree's bark and the red doors offering a touch of color made for a perfect scene. I have returned to Fort Sewall numerous times over the [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:22-05:00December 28th, 2011|Categories: Snow|Tags: door, Fort Sewall, snow, tree|2 Comments

Little Harbor blanketed in snow

Here is another photo from the archive as we await the first real snow of the season. We had a fair amount of the fluffy stuff fall in 2009. This was taken in January shortly after we moved to town. I was still finding my way around and passed this scene on a drive home from old town. I stopped and grabbed my gear to capture little harbor and Brown's/Crowninshield island with wet snow clinging to the branches.

By Eyal Oren|2014-04-20T17:06:00-04:00December 27th, 2011|Categories: Snow|Tags: island, Little Harbor, snow, tree, water|0 Comments

Marblehead Lighthouse in the Snow

As the last week of 2011 begins, I have pulled this photo from the archive to show a snow covered Marblehead. This was taken on December 31st, 2009 after a snow blanketed the town. I headed down to Front Street beach and was fortunate that the tide had not yet removed the snow from the nearby rocks. The holiday lights decorating the lighthouse seem to blaze in the early evening night. Happy Holidays!

By Eyal Oren|2013-06-16T09:15:54-04:00December 26th, 2011|Categories: Snow|Tags: beach, Chandler Hovey park, Front Street, holiday, lighthouse, Marblehead Harbor, snow, water|3 Comments

Lobster Trap Tree Lighting at Mud Puddle Toys

In keeping with this week's holiday lights theme, here is a photo taken in front of Mud Puddle Toys. On December, 2nd, shortly after the town's tree lighting, I made my way over to historic downtown Marblehead to witness the annual Lobster Trap Tree lighting at Mud Puddle Toys. I had missed this tradition my first two years in town and was happy to have made it down to experience this scene. The Glover's Regiment troop sang sea shanties while the tree was lit and a crowd gathered. If you haven't seen and heard this in person, make sure you do [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-30T00:03:52-05:00December 23rd, 2011|Categories: Keep it Local|Tags: business, Christmas, holiday, keep it local, light, Mud Puddle Toys, people, tree|0 Comments

Lighting up Old Town House

Old Town House was decorated with lights on its front and back entrances so I decided to head down and try to photograph the festive scene. With the sun setting at 4pm, however, I had a hard time getting a shot in as the light faded and cars zoomed by. I decided to make the most of the situation and lengthened the exposure time to capture the cars zooming around Old Town House. The headlights serve as a nice accent to the already picturesque scene. Rooftop Thursdays will return next week. Just wanted to keep the holiday light them going [...]

By Eyal Oren|2013-06-16T09:16:02-04:00December 22nd, 2011|Categories: Old Town|Tags: Christmas, dusk, holiday, light, Old Town House, Washington Street|0 Comments

The Cul de Sac of Lights

Riverside drive has one of the most incredible light displays I have ever seen. I made my way to the street in mid December hoping to catch a street without cars and aiming to be there before the caravan of cars made it down. I was in luck and tried numerous angles to capture the light display but none seemed to capture the magic and awe of the display. I decided that the cul de sac would make for a perfect Holiday Planet and thus shot a 360 degree panorama. 17 shots later, I had my starting material. I ended [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:22-05:00December 21st, 2011|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: Christmas, dusk, holiday, houses, light, planet|5 Comments

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