Marblehead Skyline – A Perfect Morning

On December 17, I headed out of the house before dawn in hopes of capturing the moon setting over the Marblehead skyline. I had missed the chance to photograph the moonrise the night before and was excited about the prediction of clear skies and cold temperatures for the next morning. There was a small chance for sea smoke inside Marblehead Harbor and I could only imagine what that might look like with familiar buildings above a layer of sea smoke with the moon setting above. Sadly, the temperatures weren't cold enough for sea smoke. I did however manage to capture [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:05:44-05:00January 15th, 2014|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: Abbot Hall, dawn, houses, skyline|0 Comments

A Star atop Abbot Hall – Happy New Year from Wednesdays in Marblehead

One last image to finish up an incredible year of capturing and sharing my images of Marblehead. I had noticed that the star on the Marblehead Trading Company crane seemed to line up awfully close to the top of Abbot Hall when I crossed the causeway and had made a note to try to return at sunset to capture this image. On Friday, December 27th, I got out of work early enough to drive straight to Devereux Beach, park in the lot and make my way along the causeway to this one spot where the crane seemed to be placing [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:05:46-05:00December 31st, 2013|Categories: Landmark|Tags: Abbot Hall, houses, stars|2 Comments

The Cold Moon sets over Marblehead Harbor

For those who may not have heard, I broke my left foot a few weeks ago (very lame story) and was sure that, with the coming of Winter, I would hang up the camera for a 4 week hiatus. I continued to post photos taken from immediately prior to the accident but felt there was no way I would make it out for anything new and exciting. On Monday, December 16, my wife texted me while I was at work commenting on how incredible the moon had appeared that night. I had totally forgotten about the full moon (not that [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:05:46-05:00December 23rd, 2013|Categories: moon|Tags: Abbot Hall, full moon, Marblehead Harbor|0 Comments

Abbot Hall on a Foggy Night

Near the end of my two hours of capturing scenes of fog on this early December night, I found myself driving by Abbot Hall. I had noticed the spotlights shining on Abbot Hall tower previously but they were more impressive on this night with fog serving to accentuate the light. I found this angle offered me the chance to capture both spotlights as they hit the tower and was pleased with the added light near the front door serving as a counter to the light on the tower of Abbot Hall.

By Eyal Oren|2013-12-14T17:28:00-05:00December 19th, 2013|Categories: Landmark|Tags: Abbot Hall, black and white, fog|0 Comments

The Menorah at National Grand Bank

On the fourth night of Hanukkah, I happened to be driving down Pleasant Street and noticed the large menorah in the small park at National Grand Bank. I happened to have my camera in the car so I quickly pulled into the parking lot and set about figuring out a composition knowing that I wanted to get Abbot Hall in the distance. I had figured out one possibility and settled on a return visit for the eighth night of Hanukkah which, as luck would have it, would fall on a Wednesday. That Wednesday was also my Open House which I [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:05:47-05:00December 10th, 2013|Categories: Keep it Local|Tags: Abbot Hall, bank, Hannukah, menorah, National Grand Bank|2 Comments

Snow in Marblehead – The Three Icons

So far, November has been cold (bitterly so at times) but only a few flakes have hit the ground. With twenty-five unpublished images of snow waiting to be shared, I thought I would take advantage of the seasonably cold weather to show some images of snow from years past. This image was taken on the morning of December 30, 2012. Our first winter storm had gone through with expectations of 6 inches of snow to fall over the weekend. We got a little less than that in Marblehead and the crews did a great job of clearing the streets. I [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:05:47-05:00December 2nd, 2013|Categories: Snow|Tags: Abbot Hall, church, Grace Community church, Old Town House, snow, Washington Street|0 Comments

Fall Colors and Abbot Hall

On October 26, I had headed out to capture the Halloween Race in the harbor. After shooting the boats with their multicolored sails passing in front of Abbot Hall, I decided to head across the causeway and over to Crocker Park for one last check of the Fall colors. I found some trees had turned earlier than others and this particular one on the left side of the screen was displaying some great color. I decided on a vertical (or portrait) orientation and tried to capture the feel of Fall against the familiar backdrop of Abbot Hall and the houses [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:05:48-05:00November 25th, 2013|Categories: Fall|Tags: Abbot Hall, Fall, foliage, houses|0 Comments

The Gazebo at Crocker Park

I've shared a number of images from the warm months of July over the past few days and decided to go with a more recent shot this morning. This one was taken on October 14th when I was out scouting trees for Fall foliage images. I had been checking on the trees at Crocker Park periodically and they had just started to turn colors on this day. As I walked around trying to find new compositions, I stepped onto one of the rocks that can be found near the central flag pole and saw this view. The gazebo at Crocker [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:05:48-05:00November 7th, 2013|Categories: Park|Tags: Abbot Hall, Crocker park|0 Comments

Marblehead Light on Chandler Hovey Park

Call it what you like but, in the right light, Marblehead light is a singularly beautiful lighthouse. This image of Marblehead Lighthouse seen on Chandler Hovey Park comes from a July boat ride/photoshoot around the waters of Marblehead. We got to this point at just the right time and hit incredible soft backlight which bathed Marblehead Light and Abbot Hall in the distance in a soft glow. You can just make out a few boats moored at the mouth of the harbor but what stands out is the incredible structure of Marblehead Light. With the orange light of sunset and [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:05:48-05:00November 6th, 2013|Categories: Chandler Hovey park|Tags: Abbot Hall, Chandler Hovey park, lighthouse|0 Comments

Halloween Race in Front of Abbot Hall

On Saturday, I decided to head out to catch the start of the Annual Eastern Yacht Club Halloween Race in Marblehead Harbor. The conditions were perfect for racing with strong winds but that made for less than fun conditions standing across the harbor shooting the action. I started off getting images of the colorful sailboats crossing in front of Old North Church and was hoping the race course would extend out toward Abbot Hall even though that section of the harbor seemed to be fairly full with boats (for this late in the season). It turned out that the image [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:05:49-05:00October 27th, 2013|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: Abbot Hall, Marblehead Harbor, sailboat, sailing|0 Comments