Sunset over Riverhead Beach

Riverhead beach feels like the Rodney Dangerfield of Marblehead's beaches - 'No Respect'. With its location directly across Ocean Avenue from Devereux Beach, it is often overlooked by beach-goers. Riverhead beach does offer a number of opportunities that its big brother across the road cannot - calm waters, a launch for boats and abundant sea glass. Its coast is also filled with S curves that make for some great compositions. This image was captured on the last day of November in 2013. I was out chasing the clouds you see featured prominently in the sky when I decided on this [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:29-05:00May 29th, 2014|Categories: Beach|Tags: boat, Riverhead beach, sunset|0 Comments

Clouds Reflecting in Marblehead Harbor at Dawn

Wednesday, April 23rd proved to be a surprisingly productive morning which began with an incredible sunrise captured from Bass Rock Lane. After exploring a number of compositions there, I decided to drive out to Hammond Park as the gathering clouds promised a continuation of the great light I had been treated to. The view did not disappoint with calm waters serving to reflect the gathering clouds in Marblehead Harbor at dawn. I tried a few different compositions here as well but liked the expansive view - especially with the sole boat moored in the harbor.

By Eyal Oren|2014-05-06T23:01:42-04:00May 7th, 2014|Categories: Sunrise|Tags: boat, clouds, dawn, lighthouse, Marblehead Harbor, Marblehead Neck, reflection|0 Comments

Ready for Summer – Kayaking past Naugus Head

I'm done. This is the longest, coldest winter I ever care to experience and it shows no signs of letting go yet. I shared images of snow on Monday and Tuesday so I thought it was time to bring out a warm image today. This was taken on July 16th when a good friend invited me onto his boat for a ride around the waters of Marblehead. We started out in Salem harbor and I noticed this kayaker as we motored by the shore and approached Naugus Head. The sun had started to descend in the sky at this hour [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:38-05:00March 12th, 2014|Categories: Summer|Tags: boat, people, Salem harbor|0 Comments

Naugus Head from the Water

I shared an image last Friday taken from the waters around Marblehead while cruising on a friend's boat. This image of Naugus Head was captured shortly after we left the mooring in Salem Harbor. As we headed out, the sun was starting to dip lower in the sky and was producing some great warm light on Marblehead as we passed near the shore. The view from the water offered me vantage points I had never experienced before and, when we reached Naugus Head, the combination of warm light, calm waters and the houses peeking out from the canopy of trees [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:48-05:00January 24th, 2014|Categories: Salem Harbor|Tags: boat, houses, ocean|1 Comment

A Portrait of a Lobster Boat named Bertha

Shortly after capturing the first sunset of 2014 over Little Harbor which I shared yesterday, I turned and noted that the water in the harbor was acting like a giant perfect mirror. The lobster boat named Bertha was the only boat left in the harbor and I settled on this composition with the giant tree at Brown's Island in the background and the two buoys spaced a bit away from the boat so as not to interfere with the reflections in the water. Enjoy the weekend.

By Eyal Oren|2014-04-20T16:51:22-04:00January 3rd, 2014|Categories: Little Harbor|Tags: boat, Brown's island, island, Little Harbor|0 Comments

Skiff at Sunset

One more image from Saturday's shoot of the Beaver moon rising. A skiff tied to a mooring is captured on an early November night with the waters of Marblehead Harbor reflecting the colors of sunset. When all was said and done, I had come away from this brief shoot with 3 images to share this week and two more that are now in the 'to be published' archive. It's no wonder I can never seem to get that archive number down...

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:05:48-05:00November 22nd, 2013|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: boat, experimental, sunset|0 Comments

Heading Out to Fish in Marblehead

There seem to be two types of people that are fortunate to regularly witness the beauty of a Marblehead dawn and sunrise - photographers and fishermen. There have been numerous times when I have been out shooting and spotted a fisherman boarding his boat ready to set course for an early catch. This image comes from Saturday, August 3rd when I woke at 4:45am for no good reason and decided to take advantage of the situation rather than trying to get back to sleep. I managed a few shots near the water before this boat started up with its crew [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:05:53-05:00August 8th, 2013|Categories: Sunrise|Tags: boat, dawn, lighthouse, Marblehead Harbor, sunrise|2 Comments

A Rowboat Named Dimples

This is another image from the sunrise shoot that took place last Wednesday. I shared an image from this set on Monday and showed a map of the 3 hour photo shoot that followed. This image was taken after a great breakfast at the Driftwood at 5:30 with a bunch of locals. I wandered down to the water's edge and found this rowboat name 'Dimples' floating just far enough away from the launch to get this simple composition. The image was already fairly monotone and I pushed that a bit by going with black and white and heightening the contrast [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:05:55-05:00June 21st, 2013|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: black and white, boat|0 Comments

Dawn over Little Harbor and Marblehead Light

On Saturday morning, I decided to wake up early in hopes that the predicted 35 degree temps would lead to some nice mist/fog coming off the ponds. I drove by Redds and Black Joes but neither was 'misting' nor were there good colors to speak of. Instead, I decided to park on Beacon Street and get some nice colors of the dawn reflecting off the water in Little Harbor. There were a few boats in the near harbor that I took pictures of but preferred the longer view looking out towards the lighthouse. The break in the choppy water served [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:09-05:00October 15th, 2012|Categories: Sunrise|Tags: boat, dawn, lighthouse, Little Harbor|0 Comments

The Row Boat Independence

On Saturday, Rick Ashley and Dennis Curtin (two great local photographers) led a group of about fifty camera-wielding individuals through the streets of Marblehead as part of the Worldwide Photowalk. The experience was a great one and I really enjoyed the conversations I had with both Denny and Rick as well as a number of other 'walkers'. While the conditions were great for walking (crisp and sunny), they weren't perfect for photography. I decided to use a prime lens for the entire 3 hour walk and was hoping to build up my 'experimental Friday' theme a bit. When we reached [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:09-05:00October 14th, 2012|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: boat, Marblehead Harbor, water|0 Comments