Harbor Lights

On Thursday, August 11th, I headed out to Crocker Park to capture the last supermoon of the year. I had plotted out the sturgeon moon's rise just to the left of the Eastern Yacht Club from this spot and decided to shoot from the benches on the small hill at the park to gain a bit of extra elevation and help separate the boats in the harbor. This was a tough shot to get and required a wide open aperture to capture enough light for the final image. As it turned out, I am currently working on my 2023 Marblehead [...]

By Eyal Oren|2022-08-13T13:49:10-04:00August 13th, 2022|Categories: moon|Tags: boats, Eastern Yacht Club, full moon, Marblehead Harbor, moonrise|0 Comments

Summer Days on the Harbor

Another image from my chase of cumulus clouds on a 99 degree summer day on the harbor. I had left Castle Rock and headed to Chandler Hovey before circulating back down to Foster Street. From here I knew I could capture a number of compositions looking across the harbor toward Abbot Hall but also towards the mouth of the harbor. When I spotted the launch for the Eastern Yacht Club idling, I knew I would start with this shot angling to get the Corinthian Yacht Club and Marblehead Light in the background. The otherwise full harbor and great clouds overhead [...]

By Eyal Oren|2022-08-10T21:50:30-04:00August 11th, 2022|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: boats, clouds, Corinthian Yacht Club, Eastern Yacht Club, lighthouse, Marblehead Harbor|0 Comments

Sunset on the Harbor

I've shared two previous images from this outing that were instant favorites including that huge rainbow from Front Street and a vibrant sunset behind Marblehead Light. As such, this shot from July 2nd was placed in the 'to be posted' folder until today. The view from Chandler Hovey Park is awesome but, in order to take it all in with a camera, one needs to go wide. With that wide view, the boats tend to look small, far away and spaced too far apart which detracts from the scene. In this case, there are enough elements in the sky, the [...]

By Eyal Oren|2022-08-09T22:07:40-04:00August 10th, 2022|Categories: Chandler Hovey park|Tags: boats, Chandler Hovey park, Marblehead Harbor, sunset|2 Comments

Stormy Weather

This is definitely not the image I had in mind as I drove across the causeway ahead of an incoming storm. The darkening skies at 7pm made me check the radar and I spotted a large cell headed our way. As soon as dinner was finished, I headed out not exactly sure where I might capture the storm from. I ended up at Foster Street as it seemed to be in line with the coming cell. I set up just in time to capture a few frames of golden light against the deep blue of the stormy weather headed our [...]

By Eyal Oren|2022-08-07T21:22:45-04:00August 8th, 2022|Categories: Storm|Tags: boats, Marblehead Harbor, storm, sunset|0 Comments

Starting to Set

A nice comparison to Tuesday's image is this one captured from the Boston Yacht Club on July 14th as the sun was starting to set over Marblehead Harbor. As opposed to Tuesday's tight crop at 224mm causing the boats to appear stacked, this one taken at a very wide 28mm sets them further apart. The light in the sky was just starting to form at this point and would become far stronger as the night progressed but there was something about this image and the way the light reflected on the water below that made it a keeper in my [...]

By Eyal Oren|2022-08-02T22:52:35-04:00August 5th, 2022|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: boats, Marblehead Harbor, sunset|0 Comments

Old Town and the Harbor

One of my all time favorite images was captured in 2014 from atop St Michael's new steeple looking down onto Hooper Street and the close proximity of Marblehead Harbor. Eight years a a few blocks over, I captured this image from atop the Grace Community Church on a late June morning. The view is both similar and very different with similar houses and the close harbor beyond historic downtown (or Old Town) Marblehead. While I still love that shot from 2014, this was a fun one to capture.

By Eyal Oren|2022-08-02T22:57:25-04:00August 3rd, 2022|Categories: Rooftop|Tags: boats, Grace Community church, houses, Marblehead Harbor, rooftop|1 Comment

Stacked Boats and Marblehead Light

On June 13th, I headed to Crocker Park for the moonrise but arrived a bit early. The sky was clear which was perfect for capturing the moon close to the horizon but meant little in the way of interest for a bonus sunset shot. However, as the sun began to set, it cast a nice soft light on the stacked boats in the harbor and I found this simple composition with Marblehead Light centered in the top of the frame. I'm not sure what it is about this shot but I ended up liking much more than I expected. Hope [...]

By Eyal Oren|2022-08-01T21:46:25-04:00August 2nd, 2022|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: boats, lighthouse, Marblehead Harbor|0 Comments

Intermezzo

Last one from the outing on July 14th (for this week anyway). We were heading out of the harbor at 5:50pm and the breaks in the clouds had created incredible rays of light shining down over Marblehead Harbor. I snapped away as we motored out and really liked this image as the light seems to be shining directly on the boat named Intermezzo.

By Eyal Oren|2022-07-24T21:00:17-04:00July 28th, 2022|Categories: From the Water|Tags: boats, from the water, Marblehead Harbor, sun rays|0 Comments

Aglow in the Harbor

The light was changing quickly as we motored through the harbor last Thursday and I was treated to a brief view of these boats set aglow in the harbor with a dramatic sky overhead creating a wonderful contrast to the bright white mast of the nearest sailboat. Wish I knew the name of this one and wonder if it matches the scene...

By Eyal Oren|2022-07-20T19:57:47-04:00July 21st, 2022|Categories: From the Water|Tags: boats, dramatic sky, from the water, Marblehead Harbor, sailboat|0 Comments

Red Sky at Night

On Tuesday, July 12th, I had made my way to Devereux Beach as sunset approached with an eye on capturing the full buck moon rising. Though not full until the following day, the timing of the moonrise was preferable on Tuesday. However, once I reached the beach, I found the cloud cover too thick for hopes of a moonrise and quickly decided to try for a sunset instead as the clouds held some promise. I stopped at a few locations before turning down Foster Street and making my way to the Pleon pier from which I wandered a bit further [...]

By Eyal Oren|2022-07-19T19:43:23-04:00July 20th, 2022|Categories: Sunset|Tags: Abbot Hall, boats, Marblehead Harbor, red sky, sunset|1 Comment