Fueling Up at the Landing

A little bit before publishing my Wednesdays in Marblehead book, I had started a series entitled 'From the Water' with photos captured from aboard friends' boats. On Friday night, we were invited onto a couple's boat (thanks Mike and Polly!) for a sunset cruise around and inside Marblehead harbor. We lucked out with calm waters and some decent light and I was like a kid in a candy store as we turned the corner at Fort Sewall. I shot over a hundred images as we slowly made our way down one side of the harbor and then back up along [...]

By Eyal Oren|2019-07-22T21:15:54-04:00July 23rd, 2019|Categories: From the Water|Tags: American flag, from the water, The Landing|8 Comments

Sea Level

Today's image was captured on July 16, 2013 when a friend invited me on a boat ride around Marblehead near sunset. At this point we were coming back into Marblehead harbor. I looked up at Marblehead Light and composed this image from sea level taking in all of Chandler Hovey park and its reflection in the calm waters.

By Eyal Oren|2019-06-16T16:04:33-04:00June 19th, 2019|Categories: From the Water|Tags: Chandler Hovey park, from the water, lighthouse|0 Comments

Dyaynu

Who knew that photographers could get tennis elbow (more accurately, lateral epicondylitis)? I’m finally accepting that the pain in my elbow is not going to disappear without proper rest. As the old adage goes, ‘physician heal thyself’, so I’m going to put away the camera for the next few weeks until this is gone. It’s going to be hard not to chase sunsets but I have plenty of images of Marblehead that have not seen the light of day and will share those in the weeks to come - just with far shorter stories to save on typing (after this [...]

By Eyal Oren|2019-06-04T06:47:18-04:00June 4th, 2019|Categories: From the Water|Tags: boats, Marblehead Harbor|45 Comments

Life on the West Shore

For the first few years, my family lived in a rental on Willow Road mere steps from the Village street launch (otherwise known as Rockett Landing). After moving to the Clifton Area, I've returned to this area less often than I would have thought given its beautiful scenery. In early August, the sky filled with a picture perfect mix of white clouds and dark blue skies. I stopped at a number of locations on this day to capture scenes of Marblehead on a Summer day and couldn't resist walking the length of the float at the end of Village Street [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-10-26T22:19:08-04:00October 27th, 2016|Categories: From the Water|Tags: clouds, Rockett Landing, Salem harbor, Village Street|2 Comments

Racing in the Fog

Two town class sailboats reflect sunlight as they are caught racing in the fog on a Summer evening

By Eyal Oren|2016-09-19T22:20:26-04:00September 20th, 2016|Categories: From the Water|Tags: fog, sailboat|0 Comments

Finding their Way in the Fog

I hope you're not tired of these foggy images yet because I was like a kid in a candy store out at Chandler Hovey Park for the hour of incredible light on the night of July 5th. At this point, the light was starting to deepen and the fog had lifted a bit just as the Town class boats made their way back into the harbor. I can't recall what boat created the two lines in the water but the two sailors in this small townie seemed to be finding their way in the fog by following the line in the [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:29-05:00July 22nd, 2016|Categories: From the Water|Tags: boat, fog, sailboat|2 Comments

Lunch at the Landing

Today's image comes from exactly two years ago - June 7, 2014 - and a trip aboard the Hannah Glover to visit Childrens Island. It's only been two years but I can't recall why there was such an early tour of Childrens Island scheduled. As you can see, we had picture perfect weather to escort us on the short trip to the island. Before we left the State Street Landing, I turned and captured this photo as a beautiful boat pulled up along the docks. I'm guessing they were there for an early lunch at The Landing restaurant...

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:31-05:00June 7th, 2016|Categories: From the Water|Tags: boat, from the water, The Landing|0 Comments

A Night at the Eastern Yacht Club

On May 19, I had made my way across the causeway and towards the pier shared by the Pleon and Eastern Yacht Clubs in the hopes of catching a nice sunset. As luck would have it, the sunset never materialized as clouds closed up any gaps near the horizon and left me to shoot in an early blue hour. After capturing shots from the float at the end of the pier, I made my way back up and spotted the Eastern Yacht Club with its lights on. The water in the harbor was calm and served to reflect those lights [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:31-05:00June 3rd, 2016|Categories: From the Water|Tags: Eastern Yacht Club|5 Comments

Ending the Day at the BYC

I started this week with an image captured in July 2013 while on a boat ride around Marblehead. It only seemed fitting to end the week with a shot from later in the night on that same day. We ended up inside Marblehead Harbor as the sun set and motored to the causeway before heading back out to the mooring in Salem Harbor. As we slowly passed through the crowded harbor, I quickly composed images and shot them as fast as I could in the waning light. At this point we had reached the Boston Yacht Club and I composed [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:58-05:00October 9th, 2015|Categories: From the Water|Tags: Boston yacht club, from the water, Grace Community church, houses|0 Comments

Coming Home to Marblehead

In mid-July of 2013, a friend took me out on his boat a few hours before sunset for a cruise around Marblehead. We had perfect conditions and light which resulted in some of my favorite images of Marblehead from the water. At one point, we had gone out to Children's Island and, on our return, I spotted the Hannah Glover ferrying campers back home to Marblehead after a day spent on the island. I captured this image with the Hannah Glover and Marblehead Light bookending Marblehead Neck under soft clouds and light. It's no wonder that Marblehead is home to [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:59-05:00October 5th, 2015|Categories: From the Water|Tags: from the water, lighthouse, Marblehead Neck|0 Comments