Top 10 of 2018 – #9 Milky Way over Marblehead Neck

This was one of those images that took a lot of planning and easily could have amounted to nothing in the end. I had decided to capture the Milky Way early in 2018 and visited various locations in town with an app to help me plan out compositions and timing. I found that I had a small window between April and August and needed to shoot on a new moon to maximize my chance of capturing the Milky Way. April and May came and went with cloudy conditions. Finally, on June 15th, conditions were perfect and I headed down to [...]

By Eyal Oren|2018-12-16T14:04:10-05:00December 18th, 2018|Categories: Favorite|Tags: favorite, Marblehead Neck, Milky Way|8 Comments

Top 10 of 2018 – #10 Super Blue Blood Moon setting over Marblehead (by popular demand)

I had a hard time deciding on the 10th entry in my top 10 of 2018 list and decided to put the matter up for popular vote. It only took an hour or two for a clear favorite to pull away from the others. In hindsight, I should have guessed it would be this shot of a super blue blood moon as I had two print orders for it over the past few weeks. I captured this second full moon of January on the night of Jan 31. With it being a second full moon of the month, it picked [...]

By Eyal Oren|2018-12-16T14:19:19-05:00December 17th, 2018|Categories: Favorite|Tags: Abbot Hall, favorite, moonset, supermoon|17 Comments

Best of Show – Marblehead Festival of Arts 2018

Thank you everyone!!! I received a call last night informing me that 'Storm over the Harbor' won Best of Show at the 2018 Marblehead Festival of Arts. I had a hard time choosing my entries this year and, thanks to your votes, this ended up being one of my two entries. This is my first time winning Best of Show for a color image (I won in 2012, 2013 and 2017 for Black and White entries). Hope you will be able to make it out for this year's Festival. Awards ceremony takes place Friday, June 29th at Abbot with a [...]

By Eyal Oren|2018-06-07T20:36:22-04:00June 8th, 2018|Categories: Favorite|Tags: Best of Show|65 Comments

Top 10 of 2017 – #1 Christmas at Sea

How can a tree on a small boat be my favorite image of 2017 after passing up sunrises, sunsets, the harbor illumination and two shots of lightning? I'm not sure but there is something perfectly Marblehead in the simplicity of this small boat and decorated tree with a starfish on top floating in Little Harbor on the first snowfall of the season. The title Christmas at Sea is one that I thought summed up those elements quite well. I captured this image on December 9th at 11:33am so the feeling of walking across the slippery rocks in front of the [...]

By Eyal Oren|2017-12-20T12:18:17-05:00December 29th, 2017|Categories: Favorite|Tags: boat, Christmas, favorite, Little Harbor, tree|20 Comments

Top 10 of 2017 – #2 Lightning Storm over Marblehead Harbor

I've captured images of lightning over Marblehead Harbor only twice previously (June 2012 and August 2015). I had been pleased with those efforts until the night of June 27th. I had gone out after one storm passed over town and set up along Corinthian Lane to capture the next storm headed our way. While I waited, I was treated to an incredible sunset and then this - my second favorite image of 2017. My original thoughts on this image: What an incredible night and an epic lightning storm over Marblehead Harbor. I left the house a little after 7pm hoping [...]

By Eyal Oren|2017-12-20T12:07:03-05:00December 28th, 2017|Categories: Favorite|Tags: boats, favorite, lightning, Marblehead Harbor|1 Comment

Top 10 of 2017 – #3 Lighting up the Eastern Yacht Club

While the annual Marblehead Fireworks show is a perfect way to celebrate the Fourth of July, the Harbor Illumination that precedes it is a unique Marblehead tradition that has become my favorite part of the night. Knowing that I would be shooting from the Pleon Yacht Club this year, I told note of the location of the flares set up by the boy scouts and had this composition in mind when the flares were lit. The resulting scene with red flares and a blue sky with perfect reflections in the water of the harbor made for my third favorite image [...]

By Eyal Oren|2017-12-20T11:04:28-05:00December 27th, 2017|Categories: Favorite|Tags: Eastern Yacht Club, favorite, harbor illumination|1 Comment

Top 10 of 2017 – #4 First Snow of the Season

Another December image and another aerial makes it to the top 5 of the year. We had an absolutely perfect first snow of the season on December 9th and I went out on the 10th in the morning to capture the results. That's when I shot the partially frozen image of Redd's that made it to #7 and this aerial image of Abbot Hall that ended up as my fourth favorite image of 2017. My original thoughts on this image: There’s something magical about the first snow of the season. After shooting around town as the snow fell yesterday, I [...]

By Eyal Oren|2017-12-20T10:55:47-05:00December 26th, 2017|Categories: Favorite|Tags: Abbot Hall, aerial, favorite, Phantom 4 Pro, snow|6 Comments

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