Tinkers Island and the Deep Blue Sea

Continuing this week's theme of sharing images from a single outing on a recent Wednesday in Marblehead, here is the second stop. After shooting a short and long exposure image along Ocean Avenue, I decided to check out the view from this spot a bit further up. Some of you may recognize this composition from a series I shared taken at dawn over the Winter. I had actually just delivered a print from that set to the couple who live here and they reiterated that I had an open invitation to stop by in the future for more shoots. It [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:00-05:00April 3rd, 2013|Categories: Island|Tags: island, Tinkers island|0 Comments

Dawn Lights Up Tinkers Island

I shared the story of how I came to photograph this view from a home on Ocean Avenue previously but have a few favorites from this dawn photoshoot so thought I would share another today. Click here to read the backstory - LINK Whenever I shoot a scene, I always evaluate a number of different compositions. The previous image was a 'straight' shot which was all I had time for as the light quickly started to fade. After grabbing that image, I slowed down and explored other possiblities. In this one, I decided to use the curve of the beach [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:02-05:00February 20th, 2013|Categories: Island|Tags: dawn, island, sunrise, Tinkers island|2 Comments

Ram Island Surrounded by Sea Smoke

On Wednesday morning, I woke up early and hoped to capture some sea smoke. Unfortunately, it wasn't quite cold enough and I had to settle for a pretty awesome sunrise. On Thursday, I figured there was no hope of shooting anything. I had to drop off my son at school at 7:55 and head to work in Danvers afterwards. When my wife texted me from the JCC to tell me there was sea smoke on the water, however, plans changed. I still dropped off my son but then ran to the car and drove out to Bass Rock Lane. I [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:04-05:00January 25th, 2013|Categories: Island|Tags: island, ocean, Ram island, sea smoke|0 Comments

Tinkers Island off Marblehead Neck

In mid-August, my son and I were invited out for an impromptu fishing excursion off the rocks on Marblehead Neck. I had never been to this section of the neck previously (seeing as there are no public ways accessible) and was glad I had thought to bring my camera. As the boys scampered on the rocks looking for a fishing spot (a losing effort at dead low tide), I sought out compositions with which to frame the distant view of Tinker's Island. I settled on this as my favorite with the rock formations in the foreground and the great expansive clouds above. [...]

By Eyal Oren|2014-04-20T16:54:12-04:00September 24th, 2012|Categories: Island|Tags: clouds, island, Marblehead Neck, ocean, rocks, Tinkers island|0 Comments

Dawn Breaks over Brown’s Island

After catching the sunrise from Grace Oliver beach, I walked down Beacon Street to see what the colors were doing behind Brown's Island. With a few minutes to spare before the sun rose above the treetops, I quickly composed this image to put the island into silhouette and highlight the great light reflecting off the clouds overhead. All told, I spent one hour between Little Harbor and Grace Oliver beach shooting the dawn and sunrise. In that time, I kept walking (or running) back and forth to 'chase the light' and try to make the most of each location's landmarks. [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:11-05:00August 16th, 2012|Categories: Island|Tags: Brown's island, clouds, dawn, island|1 Comment

Double Rainbow over Children’s Island

We had a great lightning storm pass through town on Saturday night during which I captured a number of bolts over the harbor (click to view). Immediately after the show, I raced home to avoid the brunt of the rain and wind. As the storm wound down, I noted the sun dropping below the clouds and thought I would try to push my luck and hunt for rainbows. As I drove toward the causeway, I saw one off Devereux beach and quickly stopped to grab some shots. It was small and I resigned myself that I had missed my chance [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:14-05:00June 25th, 2012|Categories: Island|Tags: Childrens Island, island, rainbow, sailboat|0 Comments

Morning Comes to Little Harbor

In early December, I ventured out at sunrise to explore the light and various spots in town. As I drove through Old Town, I found myself at the small launch near the Marblehead Lobster Company off Orne Street. The tide was at the perfect point to make for these tiny waves along the launch area and the water was calm enough to reflect the morning light. Not a bad way to start the day...

By Eyal Oren|2013-06-16T11:08:07-04:00March 14th, 2012|Categories: Island|Tags: boats, Little Harbor, sunrise, water|0 Comments

Docked in Little Harbor

For good or bad, this Winter without snow is forcing me to go back into the archives to try to remember what Winter should feel like. I had taken this photo in early January 2011 after a snow storm had blanketed the town in a fresh coat of the white stuff. In fact, this photo was taken shortly after the one of kids playing hockey at Redds pond. This is a panorama of a 3 shot series merged together and processed to bring out the soft light of a Winter sunset. The lone boat in the foreground, the edges of [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:20-05:00February 7th, 2012|Categories: Island|Tags: boat, Brown's island, island, lighthouse, Little Harbor, ocean, sunset, water|0 Comments

Sailing Under the Rainbow

In early June 2010, I had gone to Fort Sewall in the hopes of shooting the sailboats as they got into the harbor. Initially, I was quite disappointed as the heavy cloud cover made for very flat light. At around 6pm, a storm developed just past Childrens Island. The boats were really moving in the winds that came with the sudden inclement weather. Just as the storm passed and the boats moved across Childrens Island, the sun finally popped through the cloud cover. With the heavy rain that you see in the background and the setting sunset light, an incredibly [...]

By Eyal Oren|2014-04-20T17:06:00-04:00January 11th, 2012|Categories: Island|Tags: Childrens Island, island, Marblehead Harbor, ocean, rainbow, sailboat, sailing|2 Comments

This is Children’s Island

There was so much to explore on Children's Island during the Fall Festival in October. When all was said and done, we boarded the Hannah Glover for the return trip and the photographer in me was jumping up and down at seeing these clouds develop. They provided for a very dramatic mood looking back toward the island and, even more so, as we returned to the mainland. If you look closely at the top photo you can just make out the Jolly Roger flag and pirate boat that have been painted on the rocks. They seem to be the unofficial [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:22-05:00November 23rd, 2011|Categories: Island|Tags: Childrens Island, clouds, island, ocean, water|0 Comments