Top 10 of 2017 – #6 Lightning Strikes Marblehead Light

Would you believe this is one of two shots of lightning in the top 10? Today's image was taken on September 14, 2017 at 7:27pm when a fast moving storm went through town. With the frequent bursts of lightning and the proximity of them, I didn't feel safe shooting in the open and so I set up my tripod on the passenger seat of the car with the window open hoping that lightning would strike near Marblehead Light. My luck held out and I came away with my fifth favorite image of the year. My original thoughts on this image: [...]

By Eyal Oren|2017-12-20T10:56:54-05:00December 25th, 2017|Categories: Favorite|Tags: favorite, lighthouse, lightning|0 Comments

Top 10 of 2017 – #6 Sunset Sky over Marblehead Harbor

This is one of only two aerial images that made it into my top 10 list for 2017 which surprised me a bit. Aerial photography using the Phantom 4 Pro opened up a whole new world of compositions for me and allowed me to capture Marblehead in ways I had only dreamed of before. Today's image was captured on September 10, 2017 at 6:58pm. It seems crazy to think that sunsets took place at 7pm only a few months ago as we are stuck in the short days of winter and 4pm sunsets now. On this particular day, I lucked [...]

By Eyal Oren|2017-12-20T10:57:11-05:00December 22nd, 2017|Categories: Favorite|Tags: aerial, favorite, Marblehead Harbor, Marblehead Neck, Phantom 4 Pro, sunset|0 Comments

Top 10 of 2017 – #7 Perfect Morning at Redd’s Pond

When it came time to decide on my top 10 images of 2017, I found myself eyeing several recent images for inclusion and ended up with 4 of the top 10 having been taken in December. I can't decide if that is due to some bias on my end to favor photos taken recently and thereby still holding strong memories of the shoot or a unique effect this year with some truly picture perfect conditions. For #7, I decided on this photos of a truly perfect morning at Redd's Pond. I've captured Redd's partially frozen before but never with such [...]

By Eyal Oren|2017-12-20T10:56:31-05:00December 21st, 2017|Categories: Favorite|Tags: dawn, favorite, frozen, Redd's pond, reflection|13 Comments

Top 10 of 2017 – #8 Fireworks over Marblehead Harbor

Marblehead's Annual Fireworks display became an instant favorite and 'must shoot' event when we moved to Marblehead in 2008. Since then, I've shot the fireworks from various angles and locations. I had an idea for capturing this year's show from the air but my night clearance from the FAA took longer than anticipated. Instead, I headed out the Pleon Yacht Club and fount a perfect spot from which to capture our show, the Beverly one in the distance as well as our lighthouse lit up for the night. Another shot from this night became much more of a favorite but [...]

By Eyal Oren|2017-12-17T19:34:08-05:00December 20th, 2017|Categories: Favorite|Tags: fireworks, lighthouse, Marblehead Harbor|2 Comments

Top 10 of 2017 – #9 A New Day Dawns in Marblehead

My 9th favorite photo taken in 2017 is this one of purple light and a perfect green reflection as a new day dawns in Marblehead. This image was captured on October 7th, 2017 at 6:24am during what would end up as a very long boating season in Marblehead. The warm summer with only one heat wave morphed into a warm and very pleasant fall. I was thankful for the warm conditions as sunrises began to take place later and even more so for the nearly filled harbor as I saw the light developing on this morning. With the still conditions, [...]

By Eyal Oren|2017-12-17T18:46:35-05:00December 19th, 2017|Categories: Favorite|Tags: boats, dawn, lighthouse, Marblehead Harbor|5 Comments

Top 10 of 2017 – #10 – Cloudy with a Chance of Moonrise

As we start the Top 10 of 2017 countdown that will lead us into the New Years Day slideshow, we begin with a crowd favorite and the sole moonrise image of the top 10. I was able to choose my top 9 this year fairly easily but struggled with the final four options for the final spot. I decided to put the decision up for a vote on my Facebook and Instagram pages and this image was the clear winner. I captured this image on December 3rd, 2017 when I ventured out hoping to capture a moonrise despite the cloudy [...]

By Eyal Oren|2017-12-17T18:35:37-05:00December 18th, 2017|Categories: Favorite|Tags: boats, favorite, full moon, lighthouse, Marblehead Harbor|14 Comments

Blanket of Snow around Old Town House

Here it is - the last new image I will share in 2017. Next week, I plan on doing my top 10 of 2017 countdown culminating with the annual New Years Day slideshow looking back at all 169 images of Marblehead that I've shared in the past year. Today's image was one of the last I took on Sunday morning as I went from one area in town to another capturing images after the first snowfall of the season. There's something magical about that first snow and this year's was no exception with sticky snow and little wind leading to [...]

By Eyal Oren|2017-12-13T22:12:54-05:00December 14th, 2017|Categories: Old Town|Tags: historic downtown, Old Town House, Washington Street|7 Comments

First Light on State Street

On Sunday, I headed out after the first snowfall of the season and made my way from Little Harbor to Grace Oliver Beach and then Redd's Pond before heading to historic downtown Marblehead. I shot a few frames of Old Town House and then walked down State Street to explore some new compositions. I ended up about halfway down the street eyeing this lonely lit street lamp the entire time. I knew I wanted to make that a focal point of the image and then found the right position to include the gently curve in the street, the pure white [...]

By Eyal Oren|2017-12-11T20:09:58-05:00December 12th, 2017|Categories: Snow|Tags: historic downtown, snow, State Street|17 Comments

Perfect Morning at Redds Pond

As I went to bed on Saturday night, I looked out the window and noted the freshly fallen snow was sticking firmly to the tree branches with very little wind that might ruin the effect by morning. With that in mind, I set an alarm hoping for a few snow-filled scenes to shoot on what promised to be a perfect morning. I was out of the house by 6:30am and headed straight to Little Harbor to see what the Peach's boat looked like with some snow atop the small Christmas tree. The view did not disappoint and I shot a [...]

By Eyal Oren|2017-12-10T21:48:37-05:00December 11th, 2017|Categories: Snow|Tags: frozen, Redd's pond, snow, sunrise, trees|43 Comments

First Snow of the Season

There's something magical about the first snow of the season. After shooting around town as the snow fell yesterday, I woke early to capture the picture perfect snow in the light of morning. Given the relatively warm temperatures, the snow had stuck to all of the tree branches and I knew it would make for a pretty scene. Also, as we did not have a ton of snow, there would be little of the brown sand littering the roads to ruin the contrast of white snow and black asphalt. I ended up following the same route as yesterday - shot [...]

By Eyal Oren|2017-12-10T09:24:49-05:00December 10th, 2017|Categories: Aerial|Tags: Abbot Hall, aerial, Phantom 4 Pro, snow|55 Comments

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