Sunrise Glow over Marblehead Neck

A few minutes after yesterday's image of a perfect dawn in Marblehead, the first hint of sunrise glow began to form over Marblehead neck. I made a slight adjustment to the composition and settings and captured the light as it built to its maximum. As it turns out, the sun never actually showed after this moment. The clouds thickened and this light was quickly extinguished with the light of the sun hidden behind the building cloud cover. The twenty minute span between the first light of dawn and this peak sunrise glow made the trip to Crocker Park incredibly productive [...]

By Eyal Oren|2017-10-09T19:08:32-04:00October 12th, 2017|Categories: Sunrise|Tags: boats, dawn, lighthouse, Marblehead Harbor, sunrise|2 Comments

Marblehead Harbor Dawn

Between yesterday's capture and this one, twenty minutes elapsed. During that time, I had decided to set up Facebook Live on my iPhone so others could enjoy what I hoped would be a beautiful sunrise. As the sun approached the horizon, the sky absolutely exploded in color. I shot frame after frame and kept adjusting the composition until this moment when the light peaked. An incredible mix of pinks and purples lit up the sky on this Marblehead Harbor dawn. I loved how the boats in the harbor all seemed to be pointing toward Marblehead Light with its green beacon [...]

By Eyal Oren|2017-10-09T19:03:12-04:00October 11th, 2017|Categories: Sunrise|Tags: boats, dawn, lighthouse, Marblehead Harbor|53 Comments

A New Day Dawns in Marblehead

I hadn't been out to shoot the dawn in a month and so, when I woke at 6am on Saturday morning, I decided to head out the door and see if luck might follow me to Crocker Park. I had quickly checked the location of the rising sun and decided that Crocker offered the potential for some nice side light to illuminate the boats still moored in the harbor. I lucked out with a parking spot along Front Street and walked up to the park. I arrived to find still waters and some nice orange light beginning to show to [...]

By Eyal Oren|2017-10-09T18:58:29-04:00October 10th, 2017|Categories: Sunrise|Tags: boats, dawn, lighthouse, Marblehead Harbor|10 Comments

Red Sun Rising

It had been a long time since I had woken up early enough to catch a sunrise but, with a storm coming, I figured odds were in my favor for a decent showing this morning. I had originally planned to capture the moon setting from Chandler Hovey and turn around for the sunrise when that had finished. As I drove across the causeway, the moon disappeared behind clouds and I changed my plans. I ended up at Hammond Park where I hadn't shot in ages and found a familiar seen of boats as far as the eye could see. I [...]

By Eyal Oren|2017-09-06T09:44:26-04:00September 6th, 2017|Categories: Sunrise|Tags: boats, Hammond Park, Marblehead Harbor, sunrise|2 Comments

Red Sky in Morning over Marblehead Rock

This Summer has flown by and my kids are both starting school today bringing an unofficial end to the best season in Marblehead. As it happened, I haven't shot a single sunrise all Summer long and so, when I saw this image of red sky in morning over Marblehead Rock, I knew I had to share it. I took this photo on October 16, 2016 but had not had a chance to share it until now. As the sunrise time finally climbs into the reasonable 6:00 hour, I'm hoping to venture out a bit more to capture the early morning [...]

By Eyal Oren|2017-08-27T21:09:25-04:00August 28th, 2017|Categories: Sunrise|Tags: Marblehead rock, sunrise|13 Comments

Smoke on the Water – Fire in the Sky

This morning, air temperatures of 2F and water temperatures of 50F held the promise of sea smoke to make up for the otherwise miserable cold. Any chance to see, let alone photograph, smoke on the water will get me out of the house and so, bundled in layers, I headed out. I drove around trying to find the perfect spot and made my way just before dawn to Fort Sewall. I was perched there braced against the wind gusts hoping for good light when I started to see breaks forming in the clouds. Sure enough, as the sun rose behind [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-12-16T17:09:34-05:00December 16th, 2016|Categories: Sunrise|Tags: Chandler Hovey park, dawn, lighthouse, sea smoke, sun star, sunrise|31 Comments

Marblehead Rock under an Orange Sky

As dawn broke on October 16, I was surprised to find a brilliant display of color looking East as the weather forecast had called for clear skies. I was counting on a clear sky for the moonset I shot a few minutes later but was thankful for this display as I waited for the moon to descend. I've shot Marblehead Rock at dawn and sunrise before but found the striations of color behind it mesmerizing and couldn't help one more view. I decided to shoot this as a panorama of vertical images which, when combined, created an 88 megapixel final [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T16:36:02-05:00November 7th, 2016|Categories: Sunrise|Tags: dawn, Marblehead rock, panorama|0 Comments

Dawn on Little Harbor

This past weekend, I had an Allergy conference to attend in Boston. That meant early morning wake ups and, on Saturday, I noted an incredible dawn from our house and quickly scanned the webcams in marblehead to find that the water had turned to a brilliant red display in one of the more impressive views of dawn on Little Harbor I had seen. Unfortunately, all of this played out on my computer screen. As Sunday's conference schedule was due to start a bit later, I decided to leave the house for Little Harbor and hoped for a nice repeat dawn [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-01T21:20:42-04:00November 2nd, 2016|Categories: Sunrise|Tags: boats, dawn, Gerry island, lighthouse, Little Harbor|2 Comments

Sunrise over Marblehead Neck

Please read/share - updates on future postings Since starting Wednesdays in Marblehead in August 2008, I've shared over 1,500 images of this incredible town. For the past few months, I've felt my creativity dwindling and have begun to feel the need to keep up with daily postings as more chore than enjoyment. I know I still have much to explore but feel that to do so, I need to stop the daily morning postings (at least for now). For the foreseeable future, I plan to share a favorite image (or more) soon after an outing but the timing of those [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:27-05:00October 9th, 2016|Categories: Sunrise|Tags: boats, lighthouse, Marblehead Harbor, rooftop, St Michaels church, sunrise|11 Comments

A New Dawn for a New Year

Today is Rosh Hashanah in the Jewish calendar and so I searched my archives for an image taken at dawn only to find that I hadn't taken one in quite some time. This shot was captured in September 2013 and, while I've been out at sunrise on a number of occasions this year, I haven't had the opportunity to shoot at dawn yet this Summer or Fall. I am hoping to correct the lack of dawn and sunrise images of our harbor in the days and weeks to come. In the meantime, I wish you a Shana Tova (Happy New [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:27-05:00October 3rd, 2016|Categories: Sunrise|Tags: boats, dawn, Marblehead Harbor|6 Comments