Red and Yellow – The Jackson Cup

This year's Jackson Cup featured great conditions for racing but very difficult ones for photographing. Taking place in the midst of our nearly constant clouds and rain, I was disappointed with the very flat light I had to deal with for much of the race. When the clouds did break and allowed the sunlight to spill through, I made sure to take advantage and, luckily, got some nice grouping of boats at times. In this one, a group of boats with red and yellow sails crosses in front of Abbot Hall and the Boston Yacht Club. The sun peaked at [...]

By Eyal Oren|2019-05-19T20:33:50-04:00May 21st, 2019|Categories: Traditions|Tags: Abbot Hall, boats, Boston yacht club, Jackson Cup|12 Comments

Spring Sunset

I made it out for two sunsets last week and shared an early favorite from each outing but was happy to come away with more than a few 'keepers'. This image was captured from the end of the causeway where it turns onto Harbor Avenue on the Neck. I set up above the small unnamed beach there and had a perfect view of this spring sunset take shape with pastel colored clouds and green foliage. The harbor has been filling with boats but still has a ways to go as evidenced by the empty moorings dotting the still waters of [...]

By Eyal Oren|2019-05-19T20:28:59-04:00May 20th, 2019|Categories: Sunset|Tags: Abbot Hall, boats, Marblehead Harbor, sunset|3 Comments

Mid-Harbor Showers

Another impromptu outing last night as I returned home from my son's baseball game in Swampscott and then watched the sky fill with color as I walked the dog around the block. I returned home with him and then ran out and across the causeway where I spotted rain showers situated mid-harbor and perfectly centered between St. Michael's and Old North Church. I shot frame after frame as a few clouds overhead turned pink from the light of the setting sun and was thrilled with this image. It's not often that I shoot this mid-harbor view as I tend to [...]

By Eyal Oren|2019-05-16T20:55:40-04:00May 17th, 2019|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: boats, clouds, Marblehead Harbor, storm, sunset|3 Comments

Full House

I had my eye on the sky last night and was hoping for a solid sunset but some late clouds spoiled the show. Instead I dove into my 'to be posted' archive and stopped at this shot from an early October evening. I had to check the location of this shot and was surprised to see I had captured it from Harbor Avenue just before it merges onto the causeway. With my telephoto lens near its full extension, the boats filling nearly every mooring are brought into close proximity to the Boston Yacht Club and homes on the distant shore. [...]

By Eyal Oren|2019-05-09T21:33:25-04:00May 10th, 2019|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: boats, Boston yacht club, Marblehead Harbor|4 Comments

Marblehead Sunset

There's nothing quite like a Marblehead sunset when you catch peak colors in the sky reflecting in the water of Marblehead harbor with boats filling every mooring... This was the scene on a late September evening when I lucked out with an incredible light show from this spot a the end of Peabody lane. I shot for almost 45 minutes trying to explore every available composition under the rapidly changing and strengthening light. Won't be long now before boats start to fill the harbor and we get to enjoy some warm Marblehead sunsets once more.

By Eyal Oren|2019-03-26T21:26:33-04:00March 27th, 2019|Categories: Sunset|Tags: boats, dramatic sky, Marblehead Harbor, sunset|17 Comments

Iced In – Marblehead Harbor

Last winter was marked by nearly three weeks of sub-20F temperatures which led to a frozen Marblehead Harbor. The ice wasn't thick enough to support anyone's weight as it had been during a stretch of the 1970s but the view of ice from Riverhead Beach out past the State Street Landing was impressive. I found the drone to be the best tool to capture the extent of the frozen water and had flown on the morning of January 3rd, 2018 to this spot where two boats appeared to be iced in. The small patches of water helped accentuate the extent [...]

By Eyal Oren|2019-01-06T10:14:39-05:00January 11th, 2019|Categories: Aerial|Tags: aerial, boats, frozen, Marblehead Harbor|11 Comments

Nothing Better than a Crowded Harbor

Already missing views of a crowded harbor as the days grow colder and next summer seems far too far away. This image was taken on September 1st using my longest lens set at 400mm. The focal length helps compress the view and makes Marblehead harbor seem packed with boats.

By Eyal Oren|2018-11-12T20:48:04-05:00November 13th, 2018|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: boats, lighthouse, Marblehead Harbor|3 Comments

Fall in Marblehead Harbor

On Saturday, I was out hoping to capture scenes of foliage with a lens I had rented for the week. This was as much an exercise for the lens as it was a hope to capture the fewer boats remaining in Marblehead Harbor with spots of foliage as backdrop. Unfortunately, I found more boats than foliage and had to console myself with this shot saved by some interesting clouds overhead and decent lighting. This foliage season seems to have been limited both in duration and color...

By Eyal Oren|2018-10-21T19:43:41-04:00October 23rd, 2018|Categories: Fall|Tags: Abbot Hall, boats, foliage, Marblehead Harbor|7 Comments

Autumn Begins

I went out yesterdays hoping to capture a bit of fall foliage as I had seen the maples in town starting to turn a few weeks ago. I hadn't been to Rockett Landing off Village street in a while and was pleased to see the floats still in place. I was even happier to spot some color across Salem Harbor. I composed this image of fall color seen across Salem Harbor with boats still moored in the waters as autumn begins to take shape in Marblehead.

By Eyal Oren|2018-10-14T06:52:55-04:00October 15th, 2018|Categories: Fall|Tags: boats, Fall, foliage, Salem harbor|3 Comments

Sweet Light on Abbot Hall

Back to Friday night's sunset from just across the causeway. I mentioned that I had spent most of my time composing images with Abbot Hall in the frame and this was my favorite of the night. The sun had started to add light to the clouds above and some sweet light allowed Abbot Hall's brick facade to glow. With this being early October, you can make out a few empty moorings. Unfortunately, it won't be long before most of the moorings in the harbor are left empty as we make our way into winter.

By Eyal Oren|2018-10-08T20:16:14-04:00October 11th, 2018|Categories: Sunset|Tags: Abbot Hall, boats, Marblehead Harbor, sunset|5 Comments