Remembering Castle Rock

As I was looking for a photo to share today, I found this one of Castle Rock captured on a foggy morning in February 2017. That prompted me to check when I last captured an image of these granite shores and pebble beach only to realize I have not shot a single frame at Castle Rock in over a year. It amazes me that in a 4.4 square mile town, I could go a year without shooting this beautiful location and not even realize it. I like to think that it speaks to the beauty to be found in Marblehead [...]

By Eyal Oren|2018-08-07T22:54:38-04:00August 8th, 2018|Categories: Marblehead Neck|Tags: Castle Rock, fog, waves|9 Comments

Fog on the Harbor

Last Monday evening, fog developed in Marblehead ahead of a warm front. I had an idea in mind for the drone that would only work with patchy fog concentrated around the harbor. I had checked out conditions by flying my drone straight up over my house and noticed that conditions seemed to be perfect and promptly headed out to Devereux Beach. I arrived to find patchy fog overhead and flew my drone up above the fog which took on the appearance of cloud cover. I explored different compositions with the unique effect of fog on the harbor creating the illusion [...]

By Eyal Oren|2018-07-22T22:11:54-04:00July 23rd, 2018|Categories: Aerial|Tags: black and white, boats, fog, Marblehead Harbor, Marblehead Neck|0 Comments

Baseball in the Fog

For those who don't know me outside of this website, I'm the father of two children and purchased my first 'real' camera six months before my now 12 year old son was born. That led to landscape photography and eventually Wednesdays in Marblehead. For every landscape shot I share, I probably take 5-10 of the kids doing activities or just trying to capture moments before they grow up. Only once before have my kid shots and the landscape ones come together in a group shot of kids at Redd's during the Fourth of July sailboat regatta. Last night, I was [...]

By Eyal Oren|2018-05-09T21:51:50-04:00May 10th, 2018|Categories: Park|Tags: baseball, fog, Gatchell's park, light, people|9 Comments

Foggy Morning at Redd’s Pond

This Wednesday in Marblehead began with thick fog and I decided to explore a few favorite locations after dropping the kids at school. My first stop was Redd's Pond where the thick fog added a sense of isolation and calm - as though this little red house existed independently of neighbors. Standing across the water and composing this image on a foggy morning at Redd's Pond made for a nice start to the day.

By Eyal Oren|2018-04-04T22:11:42-04:00April 5th, 2018|Categories: Pond|Tags: fog, Redd's pond|6 Comments

On Golden Harbor

Last September, I was fortunate to witness and capture views of Marblehead harbor as fog rolled in at sunset. The result was a rapidly changing and incredibly beautiful scene that I took advantage of by shooting for almost an hour. I've shared several images from the explosive sunset that followed but, as the sun remained above the horizon, it served to turn our familiar waters into a golden harbor. The view of these boats sitting moored in their spots on still waters made for a picture perfect scene. I thought a bit of light might help push the gray morning [...]

By Eyal Oren|2017-08-08T06:31:28-04:00August 8th, 2017|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: boats, fog, Marblehead Harbor, sunset|3 Comments

Best of Show – Marblehead Festival of Arts

I am thrilled and humbled to announce that one of my entries 'In a Fog on State Street' has been awarded Best of Show at the 2017 Marblehead Festival of Arts. Both this image and 'Light Dawns on Marblehead' will be on display at Old Town House beginning on Friday, June 30th after the awards ceremony at Abbot Hall. The photography display ends on Tuesday, July 4th. This year's entry was the third in a series of black and white fog landscapes in Marblehead that began with 'A Walk in the Fog' which won Best of Show at the 2012 [...]

By Eyal Oren|2017-06-24T16:54:29-04:00June 28th, 2017|Categories: Favorite|Tags: Best of Show, black and white, fog, people, State Street|42 Comments

Summer Fog in the Harbor

As Summer officially begins, I thought it appropriate to share a warm image and immediately went to the most productive day of my past 9 years in Marblehead - July 5, 2016. It's rare to get a solid Summer fog in the harbor and to have it occur at sunset is an even rarer event. To have that happen while I was in a position to capture the dramatic scenes before me was serendipity. I've shared many images from this night but never this one. As I was shooting boats moored in the harbor from Chandler Hovey park, I spotted [...]

By Eyal Oren|2017-06-21T21:34:48-04:00June 22nd, 2017|Categories: Sunset|Tags: boats, fog, Marblehead Harbor, sunset|4 Comments

Capturing the Moment

The night of July 5th, 2016 produced the most beautiful light I have ever encountered in my 9 years in Marblehead and resulted in (now) 13 images shared from this one evening. It really was a joy to watch the fog develop as the day approached its end and then be awed by the foggy sunset that followed. As much as I strive to capture perfect moments of the town of Marblehead and share its beauty with current and former residents, I have very few images of myself actually capturing these moments. And so when I spotted a woman pull [...]

By Eyal Oren|2017-03-26T14:30:43-04:00March 31st, 2017|Categories: Sunset|Tags: causeway, fog, people, sunset|6 Comments

Mixed up Causeway

Continuing with the week's theme of Marblehead's causeway, I happened upon this image captured in May 2012 and stared at it for several minutes trying to remember where I took it and how I ended up with such a mixed up view. On this foggy day, all familiar landmarks were removed from an otherwise familiar scene and that, combined with the low tide and floats barely visible in the harbor, left me a bit turned around when I looked at this image. It came to me eventually that this was taken while standing on the harbor side just over Riverhead [...]

By Eyal Oren|2017-03-26T14:11:22-04:00March 28th, 2017|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: causeway, fog|0 Comments

Morning Fog at First Harbor

When I woke on Saturday, February 25th and spotted fog outside my window, I quickly pulled up the webcam at First Harbor and saw this view before me. I quickly decided to skip coffee and ran out the door to capture the view of morning fog in First Harbor before the sun burned it away. It was only much later that I realized the fog would win out against the fog for several hours but the scenes I captured on this morning in Marblehead more than made up for a delayed coffee and breakfast.

By Eyal Oren|2017-02-26T19:52:07-05:00March 3rd, 2017|Categories: Little Harbor|Tags: fog, Little Harbor, sunrise|0 Comments