Waves Lapping at the Causeway

On Monday night, I headed out to Devereux beach in the hopes of exploring the causeway and beach with my new Phantom 4 Pro. As I flew across the causeway, I positioned the camera directly down and was mesmerized by the view of green-blue water gently lapping against the sand and rocks abutting the causeway. I stopped in my tracks, rotated the drone and composed this image. As I did so, I was recording and caught a bicyclist riding across the top of the frame. That video is below. As soon as he passed, I captured this image of [...]

By Eyal Oren|2017-01-16T22:42:12-05:00January 18th, 2017|Categories: Aerial|Tags: aerial, causeway, ocean|2 Comments

Snowy Morning in Marblehead

After 9 inches of snow fell on Marblehead this past weekend, I couldn't wait for dawn and a chance to capture the views of historic downtown Marblehead from the air. I woke early and drove down to Washington Street from where I launched the Phantom 4 Pro and took in the views of our town on a snowy morning. It's one thing to compose an image in 2 dimensions but quite another to add height to the equation. I'm still learning a lot when it comes to creating dramatic compositions with aerial photography but this image with Old Town House in [...]

By Eyal Oren|2017-01-11T07:03:02-05:00January 11th, 2017|Categories: Aerial|Tags: aerial, dawn, historic downtown, Old Town House, snow|6 Comments

Epiphany Bonfire at Riverhead Beach

For the second year in a row, the town of Marblehead gathered its Christmas trees onto Riverhead Beach and set them ablaze in the tradition of the Epiphany bonfire. This annual tradition took place for years until the new causeway was built and then was put on hiatus until its resumption last year. That was the first time I had the pleasure of witnessing the massive bonfire of Christmas trees with families gathered to witness the beautiful sight. With a new Phantom 4 Pro in hand, I decided to capture this year's Epiphany bonfire from the air. I set off [...]

By Eyal Oren|2017-01-06T19:44:48-05:00January 6th, 2017|Categories: Aerial|Tags: aerial, bonfire, Riverhead beach, tradition|20 Comments

Lighting up Riverside Drive

It seemed only appropriate to begin 2017 with an aerial image as I expect to share many more views from above Marblehead in the year to come. On Christmas Eve, I headed out shortly after sunset with a particular image in mind. Since first seeing the holiday light display on Riverside Drive years ago, I sought out a way to do justice to the annual tradition embraced by the neighbors on this small street. I had tried to shoot from street level but couldn't fully capture the display and, when I purchased my Phantom 4 Pro drone, knew I had [...]

By Eyal Oren|2017-01-03T20:51:56-05:00January 4th, 2017|Categories: Aerial|Tags: aerial, Christmas, holiday, houses|18 Comments

The Start of Something New…Wednesdays over Marblehead

For those who have followed this site for a while, you may recall I had a theme called From the Rooftops in which I sought out public and private rooftops from which to shoot Marblehead in a different perspective. As the rooftop series came to an end, I started to follow the development of drones from various companies which offered the potential for capturing views of Marblehead from above. The first few generations of drones left much to be desired from a photography perspective but, recently, DJI announced the Phantom 4 Pro which ticked off every single box I had [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-12-06T17:48:45-05:00December 7th, 2016|Categories: Aerial|Tags: aerial, Cliff Street|9 Comments