Golden Water of Riverhead Beach

On Thursday, June 23rd, my wife, daughter and I took our new dog to walk the causeway. While they ate ice cream from Lime Rickeys, I held a leash in one hand and my camera in the other. It wasn't long before the sun dipped below a cluster of clouds and began to spill its light painting the water of Riverhead Beach in a golden hue. I quickly handed off the leash and crossed the causeway to get a better vantage point. I tried to include as much sky as the lens would allow while still capturing the golden water [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:29-05:00June 27th, 2016|Categories: Beach|Tags: clouds, Riverhead beach, sunset|2 Comments

Under the Clouds in Marblehead Harbor

The past few days have featured perfect temperatures in the upper 70s, dry conditions and cumulous clouds passing over Marblehead. The combination has led me to venture out on a number of occasions to shoot the cloud filled sky and, on this day, brought me to State Street Landing and its view of the harbor. I walked down to the dock floating on the water so that I could maximize the reflections in the relatively still waters of the harbor. The sight of boats filling their moorings added to the feel of Summer on this picture perfect afternoon under the [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-06-15T21:43:21-04:00June 16th, 2016|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: boats, clouds, Marblehead Harbor|0 Comments

Clouds on Fire over Marblehead Harbor

The final image from Friday night's outing at Riverhead Beach and the peak of sunset light over Marblehead Harbor. I hadn't moved between the three images shared this week except to adjust the focal length of the camera's lens and slightly adjust the camera on the tripod's ballhead to change compositions. It never ceases to amaze me just how much the light will change in a matter of minutes and such was the case on this night as the earlier golden light gave way to a pink/orange/red mix that reflected off and seemed to set the clouds on fire. The [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:30-05:00June 15th, 2016|Categories: Sunset|Tags: boats, clouds, Marblehead Harbor, sunset|0 Comments

Riverhead Beach – Choppy Water Reflecting a Cloudy Sky

On Friday night, I returned home from work and ate dinner with my family before my wife and daughter headed off to her last soccer practice. My son and I were home with the new puppy and I kept looking up at the sky as clouds broke up and promised a nice sunset. With my wife on her way home, I left the puppy in my son's care and headed off toward the causeway. I wasn't sure where I would shoot from as I crossed the causeway and looked to my left and behind me. On a whim, I parked [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:30-05:00June 13th, 2016|Categories: Beach|Tags: clouds, Riverhead beach|4 Comments

Light Between Storms

We had the first real Summer storms pass through Marblehead yesterday with near torrential rains at one point in the afternoon and a bit of thunder and lightning later in the evening. As the first wave of storms passed, I headed out to Chandler Hovey Park hoping to catch a view of Marblehead Light between storms. With the amount of rain that fell, I had a feeling that rainwater would have collected in a familiar spot along the path to the lighthouse. Sure enough, there was enough rainwater with which I could capture reflections of Marblehead Light and I explored [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:31-05:00June 8th, 2016|Categories: Chandler Hovey park|Tags: Chandler Hovey park, clouds, lighthouse, reflection|11 Comments

Last Light at Castle Rock

In early June 2013, I had gone out near sunset and quite literally chased this small cloud from the house across the causeway and onto Marblehead Neck. I had recently delivered a print to a house overlooking Castle Rock and made a quick call on my way to see if I could shoot from a spot I had eyed the day before. As luck would have it, the cloud floated into a perfect spot and both it and the outcropping known as Castle Rock began to reflect the last light of sunset just as I set up my tripod. I [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-05-24T19:38:49-04:00May 25th, 2016|Categories: Marblehead Neck|Tags: Castle Rock, clouds, sunset|0 Comments

Catching the Good Light over Marblehead Harbor

This Spring has certainly seen an odd start with bursts of snow and whole weeks lost to rain. Last week as yet another rainy day came to an end, the clouds which had been so solid for much of the day began to break up and offered the first chance in weeks of a decent sunset. As sunsets now take place after 7pm, I was able to head out after work and dinner at home to Crocker Park in the hopes of catching some good light reflecting off the clouds over Marblehead harbor. I arrived at Crocker Park to find [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:34-05:00April 18th, 2016|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: boats, clouds, lighthouse, Marblehead Harbor, sunset|0 Comments

Rainbows and Rain Clouds

I mentioned in Wednesday's post that I can't wait for warm days and the long Summer sunsets that accompany them. The other fun part of Summer can be found with passing storms and chasing down rainbows. For some reason, 2015 offered a nearly endless supply of rainbows and they seemed to occur at the perfect time in relation to work and family responsibilities. This particular rainbow formed on a Friday night in July. As soon as I arrived at home, I grabbed my camera gear and headed out to the nearest location - Bass Rock Lane. From there I was [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-04-15T16:53:42-04:00April 15th, 2016|Categories: Island|Tags: clouds, rainbow, Ram island|0 Comments

The Great Tree and the Perfect Storm

This image is the perfect example of the archive that I have built up over these past six years. On July 24th, a perfect rain cloud passed over Marblehead and I was fortunate to have the camera in my trunk as I drove back into town. I chased the cloud and great light from 7:30 until 8:10pm capturing a rainbow, beautiful sunset and a variety of images of this rain cloud. Here, I sought to include the great tree at Fort Sewall with a view out towards Marblehead Harbor and the golden light reflecting off the rain cloud. The small [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:35-05:00April 6th, 2016|Categories: Park|Tags: clouds, Fort Sewall, tree|0 Comments

Crashing Surf at Castle Rock

On Wednesday, March 2nd, a brief but strong rainstorm swept through Marblehead. As it left, the sky began to clear and I noted some interesting low clouds skirting above the horizon. Though I had been fighting a cold for a few days, I decided I had to get out of the house and see if I could find any nice compositions with the rapidly changing light. As tends to be the case, I couldn't stop at just one spot and so, between 11am and 12:15pm, I shot at Fountain Park, various spots along Little Harbor and Doliber Cove, before finishing [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-03-02T20:22:54-05:00March 7th, 2016|Categories: Marblehead Neck|Tags: Castle Rock, clouds, ocean, waves|0 Comments