Lunar Eclipse and Abbot Hall

On Sunday, September 27th, a total lunar eclipse was set to take place. Not only was this to be a total lunar eclipse but it was taking place during a full supermoon which lent itself to the hashtag #superbloodmoon due to the expected red color of the moon during totality. I had scouted a few locations in the days leading up to the event and then prayed for clear skies. Thankfully, everything came together perfectly on Sunday night...all except the location of the moon relative to every other object in Marblehead. Note: this final image is a composite of two [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:59-05:00September 27th, 2015|Categories: moon|Tags: Abbot Hall, full moon|0 Comments

The Sun Circle at Preston Beach

This is the third image this week captured on August 29th though, unlike the others, this one was taken at night. I had spent this weekend chasing the supermoon and had been somewhat thwarted in my attempts to shoot the moon rising from Preston Beach. As the moon rose higher in the sky, I moved out toward Beach Bluff Park wondering if I might be able to fit the bright moon inside the sun circle erected there. Though I couldn't get the moon to show in the circular cutout of stone, it did form a brilliant glow immediately over the [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:59-05:00September 25th, 2015|Categories: moon|Tags: full moon, Preston Beach|1 Comment

Supermoon Setting over Marblehead Harbor

What a weekend! I chased the moon quite literally from moonrise to moonset starting on Friday night and ending on Sunday morning. The sturgeon moon (as August's full moon is called) was also labeled as a supermoon for being 8% larger than a regular full moon. With that in mind, I again borrowed a super zoom in the hopes of replicating one of my all time favorite images - the supermoon setting over Abbot Hall taken in March 2011. On this occasion, the moon set proved much trickier with Saturday's descent occurring 30 minutes before sunrise and Sunday's taking place [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:00-05:00September 2nd, 2015|Categories: moon|Tags: Abbot Hall, boats, full moon, Marblehead Harbor|2 Comments

Full Moon rising over Ram Island

My family and I were out at Preston Beach with friends tonight enjoying one of the last few days of Summer. I had checked the position of the coming Sturgeon moon ahead of time and knew that it would rise over Ram Island. The only potential issue I foresaw were the building clouds and deepening haze at the horizon that I worried might obstruct early views of the full moon. As it happened, the haze did stick around past sunset and I had to wait until the full moon had risen well over Ram Island before capturing it as you [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:00-05:00August 29th, 2015|Categories: moon|Tags: full moon, Ram island|0 Comments

Watching the Moon Rise

I've already shared one image of the blue moon rising on July 31st but this one might be my favorite from that night. I explained previously that my camera and all lenses were at Canon for their biyearly checkup and cleaning. In their place, I was fortunate to borrow a camera and zoom lens from a friend. The zoom she lent me allowed twice the magnification of my longest lens and the camera added an extra 1.6 time reach to do its smaller sensor. The end result was an effective 640mm of zoom (vs the 200mm I usually use). When [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:00-05:00August 26th, 2015|Categories: moon|Tags: Chandler Hovey park, full moon, lighthouse, people|0 Comments

Once in a Blue Moon

On July 23rd, I decided to go on hiatus. This was largely driven by my feeling that I was going out to shoot the same scenes driven in part by the positive response I was getting on social media. I felt that I was no longer shooting for myself and started feeling less excited about going out and less satisfied with the images I was capturing. In the past week, I have continued to go out to shoot but found the excitement has come roaring back (to the detriment of my family whom I forced to join me on one [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:02-05:00August 1st, 2015|Categories: moon|Tags: full moon, lighthouse, people|0 Comments

Catching the Moon Rise at Bass Rock Lane

On Tuesday, June 30th, my daughter was attending a cooking class at Shubies that was due to end at 7pm. Realizing that pickup would tie in closely to sunset, I grabbed my camera and two old ones for the kids and went out with my son to pick her up. We grabbed some ice cream at Terry's next door and I tried to figure out the best spot to take them. The sunset didn't hold much promise and so we drove home. Along the way, I spotted the moon rising over the water and decided on a last minute detour [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:02-05:00July 16th, 2015|Categories: moon|Tags: Bass Rock Lane, moon, Ram island|0 Comments

The Full Moon over Marblehead Neck

One last image (for now) of the incredible light that took shape over Marblehead on July 1st. After capturing the red glow of houses on the Neck and then racing up to the top of Crocker Park for an image of Abbot Hall and the purple light of the coming storm, I returned to the water's edge once more to shoot the full moon rising over Marblehead Neck. By this point, the full moon had risen above the layer of haze that had obscured it earlier and the clouds had began to spread overhead. I spotted a couple on the Crocker [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:02-05:00July 10th, 2015|Categories: moon|Tags: boats, Crocker park, float, full moon, lighthouse, Marblehead Harbor|0 Comments

Full Moon and the Eastern’s Red Glow

As I mentioned in yesterday's post, I was set up to capture the full moon rising from Crocker Park when a red glow began to form on the Eastern Yacht Club and houses on Marblehead Neck. This was the scene I stared at, dumbfounded, until I looked behind me and saw the purple light from a coming storm was the source of the mysterious red glow.

By Eyal Oren|2015-07-07T20:18:35-04:00July 9th, 2015|Categories: moon|Tags: Eastern Yacht Club, full moon, Marblehead Neck, red|0 Comments

Watching the Moon Rise from Fort Beach

Watching the moon rise always involves a delicate balance of perfect timing - clear skies, agreeable work schedule, an understanding wife and kids and lack of other commitments. With that being said, I last had a chance to capture the full moon rising over Marblehead in January. On Friday night, April's pink moon was due to rise but nearly everything kept me from being able to capture it. I therefore present you the Sturgeon moon rising over Marblehead Light from a shoot in August 2012. I started off shooting the full moon from Fort Sewall and shared that image shortly [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:07-05:00April 6th, 2015|Categories: moon|Tags: boats, Fort Beach, Fort Sewall, full moon, lighthouse|0 Comments