Thank You for Your Support

Last week, our community was jarred with the sudden resignation of our school superintendent who made clear that he was doing so because of a dysfunctional school committee. At the time, two committee members were up for re-election and were running unopposed. With two young children of my own and a desire to see them thrive in the strong public school system for which Marblehead is known, I decided to pull papers to be included in the upcoming election. By Monday at 5pm, I and two other candidates had obtained the necessary signatures to be included on the ballot for [...]

By Eyal Oren|2013-03-27T23:07:01-04:00March 28th, 2013|Categories: Uncategorized|0 Comments

Day 5 – Lakefront Houses at Goldthwait Reservation

So this is really another shot from Saturday or 'Day 4' but you'll have to forgive the creative license. Fridays tend to be the place for Experimental posts and this one seemed odd enough to fit the bill. As I mentioned yesterday, I hadn't expected to shoot on Saturday as the storm had left and blue skies had replaced it. After a heads up text from a friend, I was out at high tide shooting waves and then headed towards Devereux Beach. As Ocean Avenue had been closed due to the waves, I ended up at Goldthwait Reservation. As I [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:00-05:00March 15th, 2013|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: houses|0 Comments

Experimental Friday – Through the Looking Glass at Hammond Park

I was thrilled with the reception that my image from Hammond Park received early last week and happy to note that many longtime 'Headers hadn't visited the park in years but now had made plans to do so. I hope that as a new resident of this town, I can continue to offer a fresh perspective on familiar or forgotten locations and help residents rediscover the beauty all around. With Hammond Park on my mind and the Experimental Friday coming up, my mind turned to this image made in March 2011. I had been exploring the park on this particular [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:01-05:00March 1st, 2013|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: experimental, lighthouse|0 Comments

A Sun Star in a Melting Icicle

On Sunday, as the snow started to melt and the sun came out, I ventured out in search of more snowy scenes to capture. I decided to head out at high tide in hopes that the waves would still be churning from the Blizzard (now offshore). Unfortunately, the waters were very calm and so I kept driving and ended up at Grace Oliver Beach. As I drove down Beacon Street, I noticed that the fence was covered with melting icicles and I decided to stop and try to capture them. I switched to my longest lens and zoomed out to [...]

By Eyal Oren|2013-02-18T14:30:50-05:00February 15th, 2013|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: experimental|0 Comments

A Puffin? In Marblehead?!

On Tuesday, a fan of my site asked if I ever photographed wildlife - especially birds. I admitted that I had never been interested in shooting birds - it is an incredibly challenging (and expensive) branch of photography that requires inordinate patience. Then he mentioned that he had seen a puffin in Little Harbor and I quickly changed my tune. A puffin? In Marblehead?!?! This was too good to be true I thought. I was told that he seemed to appear with some regularity at mid-tide. The fan had been doubtful as well but noted that he definitely moved as [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:03-05:00February 7th, 2013|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: lighthouse, Little Harbor|0 Comments

Keep it Local – Mini Marblehead at the Gerry 5

On December 22nd, the Gerry 5 opened its doors and showed off the great miniaturized town of Marblehead. I headed down with my kids as we had missed this in years past and we all gazed at the incredible work that lay before us. There were a half dozen readily recognizable scenes of Marblehead and a train (seen in the background above) to recreate life as it was decades ago. If you missed this next year, make sure you visit next December. And look below for two more images from the town.

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:05-05:00January 18th, 2013|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: Christmas, Old Town|0 Comments

Top 12 of 2012 – Best Marblehead Images of the Year

The Top 12 of 2012 It's been quite a year on Wednesdays in Marblehead. I have shared 263 images in the past year - 50 more than I did in 2011 - hopefully the added images haven't been too much. When it came time to choose the top 12 images of 2012, I had a hard time getting past a final selection of 42 images. I turned to my Facebook page and the fans there answered the call and got us to these 12 images that best represent the past year. I hope you like the final selection. Make [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:06-05:00December 31st, 2012|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: favorite|0 Comments

Marblehead’s Christmas Tree

The annual Christmas tree lighting took place a few weeks ago in the National Grand Bank parking lot. I was too busy with the kids and friends to photograph the tree at the time. One day, while at National Grand Bank, I spoke with Jim Nye and he offered to turn on the lights a bit early so that I could get a certain composition. I awoke that Thursday and headed straight for the bank. It was still too dark for the image that I had envisioned so I spent some time shooting the marquees of businesses with empty streets [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:06-05:00December 21st, 2012|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: Abbot Hall, Christmas|0 Comments

Experimental Friday – The Swing

A very simple composition for today's Experimental Friday entry. I was shooting at sunset in early June when I walked back to my car, stopped and looked back over my shoulder. The 'good' light had faded but I couldn't help return and shoot this swing as it 'rested' in the air. I angled the camera very low to get only sky in the background.

By Eyal Oren|2013-06-16T14:41:41-04:00December 7th, 2012|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: Devereux Beach, experimental|0 Comments

The Little Boys and Girls’ Rooms

Experimental Friday heads out to Childrens Island and this image from October of last year. I think the colors first drew me to this scene and the rotting wood at the base of the doors as well as the hand painted BOYS and GIRLS signs led me to take the picture. But what really kept me looking was the small handprint seen on the window on the girls' side. It just leaves you wondering...

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:07-05:00November 30th, 2012|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: Childrens Island, experimental, island|0 Comments