Early Riser

Not one to leave well enough alone, I set my alarm for 4am on Saturday morning hoping for another opportunity to capture the comet Neowise. I wasn't quite sure where it might be in the pre-dawn sky so I pulled over at Riverhead beach and used the app to locate it. Unfortunately, the comet was too close to the horizon to be photographed and I was quickly gaining light and losing the chance to shoot the equivalent of a star in the early morning sky. With a camera in hand and this scene before me, I couldn't let the opportunity [...]

By Eyal Oren|2020-07-19T15:33:17-04:00July 21st, 2020|Categories: Sunrise|Tags: boats, dawn, lighthouse, Marblehead Harbor|0 Comments

Fog Rolls In

Two years ago, I decided to head to Riverhead beach in the hopes of capturing a nice aerial sunset but found fog instead. As it happened the fog rolling into the harbor and across the Neck made for a far more interesting display. I decided to convert the image to black and white to keep the focus on the texture of the fog and the contrast between it and the foliage on the Neck.

By Eyal Oren|2020-07-13T21:25:04-04:00July 14th, 2020|Categories: Aerial|Tags: aerial, black and white, boats, fog, Marblehead Neck|0 Comments

One Cloud, Two Clouds

An image captured on July 30, 2014 from Riverhead Beach captured two clouds hanging over a full Marblehead harbor with town class sailboats in the foreground and Marblehead Light standing tall

By Eyal Oren|2020-07-12T21:25:49-04:00July 13th, 2020|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: boats, Marblehead Harbor|0 Comments

Broken Moon

Turns out I was 0 for 2 on Saturday, July 4th having gone to Castle Rock for the moonrise (but left before the moon appeared over some low-lying haze) and then missed any rogue fireworks. Just as I 'made up' for the missed fireworks with yesterday's image, I thought I would share this 'to be published' shot of a broken moon from August 2018. Just as this weekend, the moonrise was initially hidden by low lying clouds/haze but, once it appeared, the sturgeon moon was a brilliant red. I watched as it rose from my vantage point along Front Street [...]

By Eyal Oren|2020-07-06T23:09:26-04:00July 7th, 2020|Categories: moon|Tags: boats, full moon, lighthouse|1 Comment

Fireworks over the Water

Since moving to Marblehead in May 2008, capturing the view of fireworks over the water has been one of my favorite outings each July. Sadly, for the second time in 12 years, the fireworks celebration has been cancelled (the last time was due to an awful ocean storm in 2014 preventing safe passage of the barge). This image comes from the show on July 4, 2018 and the vantage point of the causeway. I was in the same spot as for yesterday's shot of the harbor illumination and didn't even need my full zoom to capture this shot of red [...]

By Eyal Oren|2020-06-28T22:13:06-04:00July 3rd, 2020|Categories: Fireworks|Tags: boats, fireworks, lighthouse, Marblehead Harbor|0 Comments

Foggy Nights in the Harbor

In ten years of capturing images of Marblehead, a few outings stand out and near the top of the list is July 5, 2016. I took 40 images that night that I marked as keepers which is just an insane number of images but the light changed so fast and I was able to shoot such varied compositions from a few vantage points that, even with today's image, I'm only halfway through the pile... With the fog rolling into the harbor at sunset, I was treated to soft pastel colors breaking up the view around Abbot Hall. Hope you agree [...]

By Eyal Oren|2020-06-16T23:11:11-04:00June 17th, 2020|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: boats, fog, Marblehead Harbor, sunset|0 Comments

For the Weekend

An aerial view of boats moored in Marblehead Harbor on a warm June evening seemed like a perfect image for the weekend. Hope you get to enjoy some time in and on the water...

By Eyal Oren|2020-06-12T07:05:15-04:00June 12th, 2020|Categories: Aerial|Tags: aerial, boats, Marblehead Harbor, Marblehead Neck|0 Comments

Milking the Sunset

Last shot from last Wednesday's sunset and, as the title says, it really did feel like I was milking the sunset for all it was worth... I captured images of the setting sun from along the water's edge and then headed back up the ramp to find one last cloud reflecting the light of the setting sun. I quickly set up and composed this image capturing that cloud over Marblehead Light with its lights just visible behind the Corinthian Yacht Club and more than a few boats having found their moorings for the summer.

By Eyal Oren|2020-06-09T21:30:49-04:00June 10th, 2020|Categories: Sunset|Tags: boats, lighthouse, Marblehead Harbor|0 Comments

Sunset at the Waters Edge

So this is a perfect example of what happens when I go out for a shoot and have decent light to play with. I shared one image from Wednesday night's outing yesterday and here is another captured 7 minutes later. I normally would have shared one favorite from this shoot and put the other in the 'to be published' archive where it might sit for weeks, months or years. Seeing the two images one after the other, it's interesting to note how different the scene appears from the same exact location but having dropped down to the waters edge here [...]

By Eyal Oren|2020-06-04T21:05:11-04:00June 5th, 2020|Categories: Sunset|Tags: Abbot Hall, boats, reflection, sunset|0 Comments

Crocker Sunset

Last night was my first outing in weeks and this is the first 'new' photo I've been able to share since the shot of a sailboat at Redd's several weeks ago (the others have all been pulled from my to-be-published folder). I couldn't decide if tonight's sky might break at the last minute and give way to a nice sunset so I took a chance and threw my bag in the car. I quickly noticed the western sky held more promise than the view east and crossed the causeway. I kept watch on the clouds as I drove up the [...]

By Eyal Oren|2020-06-03T21:35:57-04:00June 4th, 2020|Categories: Sunset|Tags: Abbot Hall, boats, sunset|0 Comments