Foggy Sunset over the Harbor

With all the rain that we have been experiencing this month, I have found little opportunity (or desire) to go out and shoot. I was feeling that way on Friday night too but as the fog rolled in just before sunset, I thought there might be a chance for some nice views of the harbor. I drove down Lee Street but couldn't find anywhere to park until I reached The Landing and then walked up towards Crocker Park from there. Sure enough, there was fog to be found in my views of the harbor and, thankfully, the fog seemed to [...]

By Eyal Oren|2021-07-18T21:32:50-04:00July 19th, 2021|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: boats, fog, Marblehead Harbor|6 Comments

Between the Raindrops

While this year's Fourth of July weekend wasn't the same as those in the past with cold, wet conditions, fewer exhibits, artisans and traffic for the Festival and the lack of fireworks, it still felt really nice to have some of our traditional Independence Day/weekend activities return after the past year. I walked around on Saturday and ran into several people before visiting Abbot Hall and Old Town House to view the exhibits. Then on Sunday, we had plans to attend the Dolphin Yacht Club's cookout but the weather delayed the start. Since we were already in the car, we [...]

By Eyal Oren|2021-07-05T21:50:37-04:00July 6th, 2021|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: Abbot Hall, boats, Marblehead Harbor|12 Comments

Taking it All In

So this weekend, I had the chance to sit down and finish working on images from the night of June 15th when two storms split around Marblehead and created amazing light. Turns out I had come away with a very high 'keeper' total of 18 images (including two awesome panoramas). I had planned to share all of my keepers from this night to show how a change in lens, composition and/or light can transform a scene and make each shot new and different but 18 is a LOT of images from one night. I think I'll just share images this [...]

By Eyal Oren|2021-06-20T21:03:52-04:00June 21st, 2021|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: boats, clouds, Marblehead Harbor|1 Comment

Blue Clouds Washing over Childrens

So shortly after taking yesterday's image at 7:27pm, I noticed these incredible blue clouds near the horizon that seem to be washing over Children's Island. I had my favorite landscape lens (a 24-105mm f/4) on the camera but couldn't quite get the reach I wanted to focus on the clouds so I did a quick change to my much longer 100-400mm lens. With that I zoomed in and composed a shot to highlight the blue clouds with boats moored near the mouth of the harbor. I couldn't help but play with the zoom and compositions and, when I zoomed out, [...]

By Eyal Oren|2021-06-18T06:32:16-04:00June 18th, 2021|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: boats, clouds, dramatic sky, harbor, lighthouse|0 Comments

Rainbow Weather

The restore finally finished after over 200 hours and it appears all images are back safe and sound and a new larger hard drive array. As a test run, I took a look at some recent images that were in my To Be Published folder and, with the recent rain, instantly gravitated to this one. It seems that spring really does set up perfect conditions for rainbow weather. And yet, all the elements need to come together with just the right break in the clouds at just the right time as on the evening of May 12th when I raced [...]

By Eyal Oren|2021-06-15T06:48:50-04:00June 15th, 2021|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: boats, causeway, rainbow|6 Comments

May Days in Marblehead

There is always a small lull in my photography in mid-May between the explosion of flowers at the beginning of the month and the build up of boats in the harbor towards the end. This shot was taken on May 22, 2015 and found in my 'to be posted' archive. Seemed like a nice window into the near future with the harbor rapidly filling with boats and coming into its picturesque summer shape soon.

By Eyal Oren|2021-05-11T21:48:49-04:00May 12th, 2021|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: Marblehead Harbor|1 Comment

Boston Yacht Club’s Jackson Cup Race

Don't miss out on watching the Boston Yacht Club's Jackson Cup race finish up racing inside Marblehead Harbor right now... I have shot the BYC's Jackson Cup race even almost every year as it tends to offer great views with racing inside the harbor and the timing in late April usually affords some nice flowering trees to help frame the shots. This image is from 2018 as I was out of town and unable to capture racing yesterday. Today's racing just started so head out to view some of the action if you can.

By Eyal Oren|2021-04-25T09:38:32-04:00April 25th, 2021|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: Boston yacht club, Jackson Cup, sailboat|1 Comment

Passing by The Landing

I had hoped to shoot the Marblehead Tech Dinghy Association again this weekend but the lack of light and coming rain cancelled my plans for that as well as the full moonrise. Instead here is another image from last weekend's outing under far better conditions. From my vantage point at the end of Parker Lane, I was able to capture scenes of these dinghy's passing by Abbot Hall, the BYC, Crocker, St Michaels and, as here, The Landing. From this position on the opposite end of the Neck, The Landing and Old North Church come into close proximity and the [...]

By Eyal Oren|2021-03-28T22:13:59-04:00March 29th, 2021|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: dinghy, Old North Church, sailboat, The Landing|1 Comment

Spring is in the Air and Class is in Session

What a great way to kick off spring by dusting off the camera after 7 weeks without a single photo and heading out to the newly repaired public way at Parker Lane. The Marblehead Tech Dinghy Association is one of the bright spots of this COVID winter. With frostbite sailing sidelined due to restrictions on sailing and with these MIT one-design racers available, a new group of boats could be seen racing within Marblehead harbor. The Tech Dinghy was designed by a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1935. In November 2020, Jay Watt created the Marblehead Tech [...]

By Eyal Oren|2021-03-21T16:22:45-04:00March 21st, 2021|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: Abbot Hall, boats, Marblehead Harbor, racing, sailboat|13 Comments

Humid Days and Foggy Nights

I was at my office in Salem today when I started to notice the light change and took a quick peak at the webcams lining Marblehead harbor to find an incredible combination of fog and light developing. I was stuck til 5pm and with sunset before 4:30 I could only sit and watch the sunset unfold. With that in mind, I wanted to revisit my foggy shots in my 'to be published' folder and immediately stopped at this one captured on July 5, 2016. One of my all time favorite outings with countless 'keepers' took place on this night. At [...]

By Eyal Oren|2020-11-09T19:37:27-05:00November 10th, 2020|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: boats, fog, Marblehead Harbor, sunset|9 Comments