Cherry Blossoms and the Rock Wall

My first trip to the Harris Street cemetery took place on Wednesday evening when the cherry blossoms had reached peak bloom and the small green leaves had yet to appear. Unfortunately, the sunset fizzled as clouds rushed in and I missed out on great light to highlight the beautiful flowers. As I left the cemetery, I stopped at the rock wall separating Harris Street from the grounds and graves to capture one last shot. I had never seen this part of the street empty of cars and I couldn't pass up the chance to capture this image of the cherry [...]

By Eyal Oren|2019-04-21T20:55:52-04:00April 26th, 2019|Categories: Cemetery|Tags: cherry blossoms, Harris Street Cemetery|2 Comments

Dawn on an Empty Harbor

On a Sunday morning in mid-April, I lucked out with a brilliant dawn on an empty harbor. I began by shooting at the longest end of my zoom lens to capture the incredible colors near the horizon. However, I also wanted to showcase the empty harbor and the interplay of dawn's colors with the light of the blue hour that otherwise colored the rest of the scene. This shot was taken near the widest part of the zoom lens and allowed me to realize that feeling of dawn and the morning sun pushing away the last light of evening and [...]

By Eyal Oren|2019-04-25T06:51:29-04:00April 25th, 2019|Categories: Sunrise|Tags: dawn, Marblehead Harbor|11 Comments

Harris Street and the Cherry Blossom Tree

After arriving at the Harris Street cemetery on Friday, I quickly decided that the first tree had the fullest canopy and was also receiving the best light. I tried to capture the tree serving as a border between the cemetery with its ancient gravestones and the old houses making up historic downtown Marblehead just past its trunk. With the angle of the sun, I found my shadow kept appearing on the ground before me and ruining my compositions until I found this spot where I was able to crouch down and get the view I had envisioned.

By Eyal Oren|2019-04-21T20:45:35-04:00April 24th, 2019|Categories: Flowers, Cemetery|Tags: cherry blossoms, Harris Street Cemetery, tombstone|5 Comments

Old North Moon

In late March, I had headed out to capture the full worm moon setting and managed to get several images of the moon as it descended near Old North Church. I shared one favorite of the full moon and a wider view of this section of Marblehead but had also managed to capture this image as the moon dropped right next to the church. With the morning light reflecting in the windows of houses along the harbor and the pink hue of the moon now lower in the sky, this was a close runner up to my favorite shot of [...]

By Eyal Oren|2019-04-21T20:21:09-04:00April 23rd, 2019|Categories: moon|Tags: full moon, moonset, Old North Church|34 Comments

Canopy of Cherry Blossoms

Between the clouds, rain, wind and work, this year, I only had two opportunities to capture the canopy of cherry blossoms at the Harris Street cemetery. I tried to make the most of those opportunities and looked for compositions I had not yet attempted in this small patch of land in historic downtown Marblehead. I had better light on Friday at 5pm when I headed to the cemetery right after work and lucked out with a few rays of sunshine between dense cloud cover. I had always wanted to capture the view looking up at the tree that marks the [...]

By Eyal Oren|2019-04-21T20:16:13-04:00April 22nd, 2019|Categories: Cemetery|Tags: cherry blossoms, Harris Street Cemetery|5 Comments

Cherry Blossom Season

They're here! It's officially cherry blossom season in Marblehead as the three trees in the Harris Street Cemetery have bloomed. I visited the trees several times over the past few days and then returned with my camera gear tonight to capture a few images before sunset. In this image, I focused on the far tree which was reflecting the last light of sunset on some of its branches. I used my new lens and its very fast aperture to keep focus on the cherry blossoms and lightly blur the gravestones and distant tree. With rain in the forecast, I'm hopeful [...]

By Eyal Oren|2019-04-17T21:28:27-04:00April 18th, 2019|Categories: Flowers, Cemetery|Tags: cherry blossoms, Harris Street Cemetery|7 Comments

First Light – Abbot Hall

I headed out on the morning of March 20th to capture the moon setting over Old North Church and lucked out with a nice shot of the sun coming up over the Atlantic as well. With those images captured, I turned back toward town and spotted this familiar view of Abbot Hall and the houses surrounding it. As the sun came up, it shone its first light on Abbot Hall bringing out the brilliant red color of its brick facade. Without boats in the harbor, Abbot Hall was able to dominate the composition and the subtle pink-purple hues of light [...]

By Eyal Oren|2019-04-17T06:26:04-04:00April 17th, 2019|Categories: Landmark|Tags: Abbot Hall, dawn|2 Comments

Spring Sunsets in Marblehead

There's just something about the light in April that makes for incredible colors at dawn (as in yesterday's post from Sunday morning) and gorgeous spring sunsets (as in this shot from Saturday night). I had gone out at 6pm after a warm spring day as the clouds promised a decent chance for a solid sunset. As I headed across the causeway, I glanced in my rearview mirror and continued to look back toward the town as I drove up Foster Street. When I reached the public way at Parker Lane, I knew I had the perfect spot and pulled over. [...]

By Eyal Oren|2019-04-15T20:21:23-04:00April 16th, 2019|Categories: Public Way, Sunset|Tags: Parker Lane, pier, Public way, sunset|6 Comments

Dawn’s Early Light in Marblehead

I mentioned in my last post that I had a dream about missing the sunrise and had lamented a few missed opportunities in the past few weeks. With a storm heading our way, I decided to check on cloud forecasts for Sunday morning and found the results promising. With that in mind, I set an alarm and went to bed hoping for a nice showing of dawn's early light... I left the house before dawn and drove down Pleasant Street heading to Crocker Park. As I drove, I looked up at the sky and thought I saw hints of purple [...]

By Eyal Oren|2019-04-15T06:36:42-04:00April 15th, 2019|Categories: Sunrise|Tags: dawn, dramatic sky, lighthouse, Marblehead Harbor, purple, reflection|24 Comments

Dreaming of the Sunrise

I had a dream last night that I missed an incredible sunrise. One of those dreams where you can't quite walk fast enough and the destination just seems to get further and further away. Then I woke and stared out my window to see amazing light filling every window in the house from an awesome spring sunrise... I was too late to capture this morning's show (hopefully someone out there did) and so I decided to look back at recent 'unpublished' photos for a day when everything worked out and I was able to make it in time to shoot [...]

By Eyal Oren|2019-04-10T06:24:39-04:00April 10th, 2019|Categories: Sunrise|Tags: Marblehead Harbor, sunrise|5 Comments

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