Diving at Dusk

On Wednesday night, I had headed out to Crocker Park as sunset neared hoping for some good light to shine behind Abbot Hall. While the light built up to a peak looking back toward town, I kept looking over my shoulder at the developing golden glow on Marblehead Harbor. As the sunset cannons fired, I raced to the spot from which I could capture the boats reflecting the beautiful glow of sunset with a hint of pink-purple in the night sky. As soon as I reached my spot for this composition, I spotted a dad and his kids taking turns jumping [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-08-29T21:38:44-04:00August 30th, 2016|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: blue hour, boats, Crocker park, Marblehead Harbor, people, sunset|1 Comment

Golden Fog in Marblehead Harbor

I can't help but return to the view of golden fog which descended on Marblehead on July 5th. I've shared several images from this evening already and remarked on how the fog kept shifting as did the light to create entirely new scenes from this familiar spot. As the fog began to thicken, I composed this image including Marblehead's simple skyline and homes along the harbor with boats filling the water. The fog created a painterly effect that was incredible to behold then and now. Just the other night, fog again rolled into town near sunset and, again, I ventured [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:29-05:00July 20th, 2016|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: boats, fog, Marblehead Harbor|0 Comments

Boats in the Fog

This was my first view from Chandler Hovey Park on July 5th and I think my mouth hung open for a few minutes before I recovered and started capturing the scenes before me. I initially had my favorite 24-105 lens on the camera and shot this view of the Town class boats leaving the harbor at the maximum zoom for that lens. This was taken as the fog had reached its maximum and yet was still staying very close to the water line. The result was the view you see in the distance of fog following the contours of [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-07-10T19:06:40-04:00July 14th, 2016|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: boats, fog, sailboat|2 Comments

Marblehead Harbor Layered in Fog

As I stood at Chandler Hovey Park capturing endless compositions of foggy scenes, I couldn't help but marvel at the power of fog to transform familiar scenes. I've shot this composition of Abbot Hall and a harbor filled with boats countless times but with the scene now layered in fog, it became new and exciting. As the fog was rolling into the harbor, it kept thickening then thinning out. At one point, it had thinned out in layers which added incredible depth to this view of boats and Abbot Hall surrounded by houses. The warm glow of sunset filtered through the [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-07-10T18:28:21-04:00July 12th, 2016|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: Abbot Hall, boats, fog|0 Comments

Racing Toward MH1 – Fine Art Photography of Marblehead

A few years ago, the concept of fine art photography took hold with grand long exposure black and white images or incredibly atmospheric views of far off places. Try as I might, I hadn't been able to realize my version of this genre until July 5th when the perfect amount of fog rolled into Marblehead harbor only to be backlit by the setting sun. As the fog thickened and thinned out and its color changed with the position of the sun, I composed images within Marblehead harbor while keeping my eye on a group of Townies heading out. Five Town [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:29-05:00July 11th, 2016|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: boats, fine art, fog, sailboat|17 Comments

Racing in Marblehead Harbor

With the perfect weather that we've been having, I figured some of my readers might like to see an image of sailboats in the waters of Marblehead. Today's shot comes from April 23rd and a view of sailboats participating in the Jackson Cup. This is by far my favorite event of the season as the moorings in the harbor remain empty for the most part allowing the boats to pass in front of several Marblehead landmarks. I've shared one image from the races on this particular afternoon with the boats crossing in front of Abbot Hall. I watched the sailboats [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:30-05:00June 23rd, 2016|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: from the water, Grace Community church, sailboat, St Michaels church|2 Comments

Red Sky at Night behind Old North Church

I mentioned in yesterday's post that I had arrived at Castle Rock with some time to spare before moonrise and so I walked up to Corinthian Lane and then quickly back towards Nashua Avenue looking for a new angle from which to capture the sunset. The clouds over the mainland were diffusing the sun's light as it descended toward the horizon and imparting a red glow to the sky. As the old adage goes, red sky at night, sailors delight. I started off with a horizontal composition but found that I really wanted to focus on Old North Church in [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-06-21T21:51:31-04:00June 22nd, 2016|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: boats, Old North Church, red|16 Comments

Under the Clouds in Marblehead Harbor

The past few days have featured perfect temperatures in the upper 70s, dry conditions and cumulous clouds passing over Marblehead. The combination has led me to venture out on a number of occasions to shoot the cloud filled sky and, on this day, brought me to State Street Landing and its view of the harbor. I walked down to the dock floating on the water so that I could maximize the reflections in the relatively still waters of the harbor. The sight of boats filling their moorings added to the feel of Summer on this picture perfect afternoon under the [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-06-15T21:43:21-04:00June 16th, 2016|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: boats, clouds, Marblehead Harbor|0 Comments

Marblehead Harbor is Open for the Season

After capturing images at Chandler Hovey Park, I drove across the causeway and then through town trying to find a spot from which I could capture the cumulous clouds over Marblehead harbor. I made my way into historic downtown and then down State Street to the Landing. Once there, I headed down to one of the docks and began composing shots but wasn't thrilled with the results. I had seen the large Open sign and the American flag above it on the dock that serves as a gas station before but never tried to walk down to that spot. With [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:31-05:00June 10th, 2016|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: American flag, Marblehead Harbor|0 Comments

Moored in the Fog

It had been over three months since my last sunrise shoot when I decided to set the alarm clock for an early wake up on Wednesday, May 25th. The forecast when I made the decision the night before was for partially cloudy skies and the tide looked perfect. I really should have paid more attention to the predicted humidity since I found myself surrounded by thick fog as soon as I reached my destination at the Dolphin Yacht Club. Rather than turn around, I looked for opportunities to shoot in the less than ideal conditions. I started off aiming toward [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-06-01T20:44:23-04:00June 2nd, 2016|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: boats, Dolphin yacht club, fog|0 Comments