I woke up this morning with a few shots in mind using a lens borrowed from a friend and headed to Chandler Hovey Park to see if any of them would work out. Shooting Marblehead Rock wasn't on my initial idea list but, when I saw the red color of dawn paint the sky, I knew the familiar shape of Marblehead rock would make for a nice silhouette. Enjoy the weekend!
On July 1st, I had woken up around 4:30am in order to capture the dawn and rising sun over Doliber Cove. Shortly after the sun rose, I raced back to my car and headed to Redd's Pond where I hoped the trees might offer some cover from the sun's strong glow and allow me a few more opportunities to capture the pink dawn that had developed. As it turned out, I made it just in the nick of time. The pink clouds visible low in the morning sky and reflected in the still water of Redd's Pond burned off within five minutes [...]
On Wednesday, July 1, a storm was predicted for Marblehead as was early morning fog. With that in mind, I set the alarm clock for 4:30am in hopes of capturing a beautiful dawn and Summer sunrise at Doliber Cove. I arrived to low tide and lackluster light but that all changed as the sun began to rise above the horizon and clouds started to shift in the sky. I moved from my original vantage point to create a more dynamic composition and was really happy with the way this came out. The boats in the water, houses along Crowninshield road [...]
In early May I headed out at dawn in large part to capture the tree in bloom along Washington Street. As I left the house, I spotted the sun beginning to rise and a brilliant red glow reflecting off the clouds. I quickly decided on a stop at Hammond Park. I grabbed the camera (no time for a tripod) and adjust settings as the sun began to disappear into the clouds. As luck would have it, I caught the September Song heading out of Marblehead harbor on a lobstering expedition under the rising sun.
Switching gears from this weekend's midnight photo outing to capture the Milky Way, I thought a nice dawn shot from Summer 2013 would help dispel the dreary, rainy day we have in store. This is the last of eight images captured on the morning of August 3rd in what would turn out to be a truly amazing sunrise. Hope you enjoy this warm start to Patriot's Day. Here are the other seven images captured on this morning in Marblehead:
On January 17, the temperature had promised to dip down into the low single digits and I decided to head to Fort Beach at dawn to capture sea smoke. I arrived to find calm water, clear sky and not even a hint of smoke rising from the water. As a consolation, I found three swans swimming in the waters of Fort Beach. They seemed to be looking for food and were moving along the length of the relatively short beach at high tide. I realized I might be able to catch them with Marblehead Light in the background and set about [...]
This image of a calm dawn over Marblehead Harbor comes from the morning of March 8, 2015. I had woken up early on this day despite the overnight change to daylight savings time and decided to take advantage of the situation by heading to Marblehead Harbor for a photo shoot. I was surprised by the absolute calm of the water as well as the sudden humidity that gave the impression of Spring on the horizon (even with several feet of snow still piled around town). This image comes from the peak of the morning's colors before the sun rose. The [...]
I've shared two other images from this incredibly pink sunrise that took place in March of 2014. In this image, the color of the sky and character of the clouds combined to form what looked like a cotton candy sky over Marblehead Harbor.
Yesterday morning's sea smoke was responsible for one of the most frenetic and harried photo shoots I have ever had. I mentioned in yesterday's post that I had crossed the causeway a little after 6:30 and noted sea smoke coming off the Atlantic ocean as well as within Marblehead Harbor. Over the next hour, I shot at Castle Rock (twice), Corinthian Lane (once) and Foster Street (twice). Each outing lasted 10 minutes and was followed by a mad dash to the next location. With temperatures of -4F and wind chills of easily -20F, I could not stand more than 10 [...]
On Thanksgiving morning, the conditions seemed right for a dawn/sunrise shoot and so I woke up early and headed down to the State Street landing area. I ended up walking to the end of Ferry Lane and set up to capture the sunrise in front of the Harbormaster office. I began shooting four lobster boats lined up in front of Marblehead Neck and the lighthouse with great clouds reflecting the morning light. As the light built, I turned toward the causeway and composed this image with a single boat. The light was beautiful at this point in the morning and [...]