The Beach at Castle Rock

Continuing with the 25 minute exploration of Castle Rock from January 7, this view comes immediately after capturing the Old Man in Castle Rock. At this point, I had descended the stairs leading down towards the small beach at Castle Rock and explored a few compositions that would properly capture the area. I decided on a wide view to show the beach (made up of small to medium sized polished rocks) as well as the houses lining the coastline of Marblehead Neck and the calm Atlantic Ocean reflecting the clouds above and the colors of sunset. The beach at Castle [...]

By Eyal Oren|2015-01-14T09:16:20-05:00January 21st, 2015|Categories: Beach|Tags: beach, Castle Rock, Marblehead Neck|0 Comments

The Old Man in Castle Rock

I mentioned in yesterday's post that this week will feature five images captured in a 25 minute span while scouting out Castle Rock in anticipation of arctic air and sea smoke in early January. After capturing the grand view that one sees as they first come upon Castle Rock, I walked along the rock wall to the break and stairs leading to the beach below. I have photographed this rock face on a few occasions and ended up returning here the next day to take one with a sun star and sea smoke. After sharing that image, I received a comment [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:13-05:00January 20th, 2015|Categories: Marblehead Neck|Tags: Castle Rock, Marblehead Neck|1 Comment

The Grand View at Castle Rock

On Thursday, January 8th, an arctic cold mass was projected to hit Marblehead bring subzero temperatures and the potential for sea smoke. I had captured sea smoke twice before and thus went out on Wednesday, January 7 to scout out some new locations. One of those stops was at Castle Rock (where I would end up returning...twice...the next morning). I arrived at Castle Rock at 3:30pm and left about 25 minutes later. In that time, I sought out a number of different compositions and came away with six solid images thanks to a combination of the cloud cover and the [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:13-05:00January 19th, 2015|Categories: Marblehead Neck|Tags: Castle Rock, Marblehead Neck|0 Comments

Sun Star and Sea Smoke at Castle Rock

Yesterday morning's sea smoke was responsible for one of the most frenetic and harried photo shoots I have ever had. I mentioned in yesterday's post that I had crossed the causeway a little after 6:30 and noted sea smoke coming off the Atlantic ocean as well as within Marblehead Harbor. Over the next hour, I shot at Castle Rock (twice), Corinthian Lane (once) and Foster Street (twice). Each outing lasted 10 minutes and was followed by a mad dash to the next location. With temperatures of -4F and wind chills of easily -20F, I could not stand more than 10 [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:14-05:00January 9th, 2015|Categories: Sunrise|Tags: Castle Rock, sea smoke, sun star, sunrise|0 Comments

Frozen Moment at Castle Rock (photo and video)

Today's image comes from the dawn/sunrise photoshoot at Castle Rock on February 19th. I've shared a few other images from this outing but hadn't yet worked on this image with a composition aimed at including the waves coming to shore and reflecting the colors of dawn on this cold morning. Immediately before capturing this image, I had switched the camera to movie mode and recorded 40 seconds of the sounds and feel of watching the dawn from Castle Rock. Click below to watch the video for yourself and see how the final photo and video compare.

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:35-05:00March 31st, 2014|Categories: Snow|Tags: Castle Rock, dawn, ocean, snow|0 Comments

Looking South at Dawn from Castle Rock

The morning of February 19th turned out to be quite a productive one with a wide range of images taken from the snow covered area around Castle Rock. After the sun rose, I moved to the edge of Castle Rock and looked down onto the private beach that lines this section of Marblehead Neck. The tide was at a perfect height with just enough beach to form a divide between the ocean and snow covered land. The soft orange glow of dawn can be seen accentuating the few clouds in the sky and the moon is visible in the upper [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:36-05:00March 19th, 2014|Categories: Marblehead Neck|Tags: beach, Castle Rock, dawn, houses|0 Comments

Dawn from Castle Rock

The past few weeks have been filled with a dizzying array of emotions - from joy to stress, exhaustion to exhilaration, and finally gratitude. The book is now firmly on the road to being made and it's time to get back to our regularly scheduled programming... I struggled with the choice of an image for today. As beautiful as snow can be, I am just so tired of this long, cold winter. I thought about bringing out a spring or summer image but that felt almost cruel - holding out hope of warmth as the weather reports predict more cold [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:39-05:00March 10th, 2014|Categories: Marblehead Neck|Tags: Castle Rock, dawn, snow|0 Comments

Snow Bank at Sunrise from Castle Rock

On Wednesday, February 19, I decided to wake up early and capture the sunrise from Castle Rock. I had discovered the joy of photographing the start of a new day on my birthday the previous year and felt like repeating the now tradition. As we had freshly fallen snow from the night before, I decided to drive to Castle Rock where I hoped to capture the reflections of the sun as it rose off the snow banks. When I arrived, I found tracks along the upper section but untrodden snow lay below. I set up for this shot at dawn [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:39-05:00February 26th, 2014|Categories: Sunrise|Tags: Castle Rock, snow, sunrise|0 Comments

The Beach at Castle Rock

This image of the small beach at Castle Rock comes from early October when I had started my search for foliage in Marblehead. I was able to grab a shot of the maple tree at Gatchell park and the just-turning leaves along Marblehead Neck before driving to Castle Rock. The sky was filled with clouds and a few boats could be seen in the distance leaving me to set up and grab this image just as a wave crested and reached the shore.

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:05:48-05:00November 21st, 2013|Categories: Beach|Tags: beach, Castle Rock|0 Comments

A 600 Million Year Old View – Castle Rock

Though I've often visited (and photographed) the area around Castle Rock, I have very few images focused on the large rock itself. On Sunday, I noted nice clouds forming during the afternoon and decided to brave the heat and humidity for a photoshoot. The outing took me to Devereux Beach and then to various points around the neck. I ended at Castle Rock and started there with some compositions of the beach. I then turned and focused on this rock face and included the great clouds above and sailboats in the distance. On returning home, I decided to try to [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:05:54-05:00July 15th, 2013|Categories: Marblehead Neck|Tags: Castle Rock, Marblehead Neck|0 Comments