Long Exposure – Corinthian Dock and the Mooring

On this Long Exposure Tuesday, I decided to share an image taken in early April 2012. This was an exceptionally warm day (hard to believe with the weather we've had so far this month) and I ended up wandering up and down the harbor's edge hoping to shoot under and around the piers that line the water. I ended up at the Corinthian near the end of my shoot and noted the way their dock lined up with Abbot Hall in the distance. As I got closer, I found this great old mooring somehow cemented in the rocks and decided [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:05:59-05:00April 16th, 2013|Categories: Long Exposure|Tags: black and white, Corinthian Yacht Club, long exposure, pier|0 Comments

The Snow Trap at Tedesco Country Club

Is it safe to post photos of snow yet? I know I'm tired of seeing the white stuff but have to admit it can make for some incredible photo opportunities. In late December, we had a particular good sized storm. The day after, the sun came up behind a bank of clouds and produced great diffused light. This was just what I had needed for this particular image and I head out to Tedesco Country Club to see if I could capture what I had visualized. As I made my way on the greens, I noted the sand trap was covered [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:05:59-05:00April 11th, 2013|Categories: Snow|Tags: black and white, snow, Tedesco Country Club|0 Comments

The Bent Tree on Crowninshield Road

So this has to be one of my favorite trees in Marblehead. There is something about the odd bend in it and its location on the edge of the ocean that makes it instantly appealing. I had struggled with compositions to highlight those characteristics until January 2012 when some great clouds rolled around. As I made my way around town photographing various scenes, I drove along Beacon Street and spotted the tree against the backdrop of those clouds. I pulled over and put on my longest lens to make sure I could get the tree as the focal point of [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:05:59-05:00April 9th, 2013|Categories: Long Exposure|Tags: black and white, long exposure, tree|0 Comments

A Foggy Night on Mugford Street

Some of my favorite photos have been taken in the fog and we had some great fog in mid-February as a result of a warmup after the Blizzard. I have a number of images from that night (some already shared) and decided to bring this one out to finish up the week. As I made my way down Washington Street, I decided to turn around at Old Town House and look to see what Mugford Street might look like in the foggy conditions. It turns out that the street lamps were producing great diffused light as the road curved beyond [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:00-05:00March 29th, 2013|Categories: Old Town|Tags: black and white, fog|0 Comments

Long Exposure – Towering Facade of Abbot Hall

This past Saturday, the conditions were perfect during the day for a long exposure - deep blue skies, fluffy white clouds interspersed and wind to move everything above. When I headed out to gather signatures on Atlantic Avenue (see yesterday's post for info on that), I also made sure to pack up the camera bag and tripod. Immediately after finishing, I headed to Abbot Hall and walked around the building looking for a new vantage point from which to shoot. A number of ideas wouldn't work due to the wind gusts but I finally found myself at this spot looking [...]

By Eyal Oren|2013-03-24T09:07:54-04:00March 26th, 2013|Categories: Long Exposure|Tags: Abbot Hall, black and white, long exposure|0 Comments

Washington and Pleasant Street in the Fog

Did you know that Mud Puddle Toys is celebrating their 10th year anniversary? Seemed appropriate to post this image taken in early February of this year. I mentioned in the other black and white foggy images that I had ventured out a few days after the Blizzard passed when rain and warmth led to a rapid snow melt. Around sunset, that combination led to great fog and I photographed Washington Street in the eerie light. As I made my way down the street, I stopped at the corner of Washington and Pleasant in the hopes that a car would come [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:01-05:00March 7th, 2013|Categories: Old Town|Tags: black and white, fog|0 Comments

Walkway to the Clouds – Goldthwait Reservation

Back to the archives for this image from May 2011. Ever since I found the walkways leading over the rocks and down to the beach at Goldthwait Reservation, I had wanted to photograph them. I had a number of ideas in mind but never had the right conditions for them. Finally on a cloudy day in May, the elements all seemed to come together. I used a wide aperture to decrease the depth of field and waited at the bottom of the walkway for light to come through the thickening clouds. The resultant image was what I hoped for but [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:01-05:00February 28th, 2013|Categories: Beach|Tags: black and white, Goldthwait|0 Comments

Jeremiah Lee Mansion in the Fog

As you may recall, February 11th brought warmth and rain after the Blizzard of 2013 passed and led to some great dense fog at sunset. I headed out as soon as I could and captured a number of images. The best part of the fog was the diffusion it caused for the lights along Washington Street in Old Town. One of my first images was of the Jeremiah Lee Mansion. I knew that I would end up processing this image in black and white and there was something about the grate in the street that drew my eye. I decided [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:01-05:00February 21st, 2013|Categories: Old Town|Tags: black and white, fog, Jeremiah Lee Mansion|0 Comments

Long Exposure – Misty Waves at Castle Rock

It's Long Exposure Tuesday and this week features an image from Castle Rock taken on December 21st. I can't remember if a storm had just come through or just left but the waves were pounding at Castle Rock. I decided to climb to the top of a rock for a more expansive view and had to watch for sea spray that was coming up to the level of the rock at one point! As the sun started to set, my exposure got longer and I ended up with this favorite that took 176 seconds to capture. Those crashing waves have [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:02-05:00February 19th, 2013|Categories: Long Exposure|Tags: black and white, Castle Rock, long exposure, waves|0 Comments

In a Fog on Washington Street

Best of Show - Marblehead Festival of Arts 2013 As a photographer I've come to really love "bad" weather. It was for this reason that I woke up without an alarm on three successive mornings during the recent arctic blast and why a smile crept on my face as the warmup and light rain after blizzard combined to make for some dense fog on Monday night. As soon as I got home from work, a meeting at a local hospital and reading a book with my son, I headed out in hopes of capturing the wonderful mood that fog adds [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:02-05:00February 13th, 2013|Categories: Old Town|Tags: Abbot Hall, black and white, fog, snow, Washington Street|0 Comments