Nothing Better than a Marblehead Sunset

For the past few days, I have been sharing images from our long weekend on Nantucket. While there I felt energized with new places to visit and came back feeling unsure if I would be able to find that same drive back home after 10 years of photographing this town. Well, it took less than 48 hours before Marblehead answered with a combination of picture perfect clouds, a harbor filled with boats, Abbot standing tall in the distance and a sailboat approaching its mooring. There really is nothing better than a Marblehead sunset!

By Eyal Oren|2018-08-01T20:33:03-04:00August 1st, 2018|Categories: Sunset|Tags: boats, clouds, Marblehead Harbor, sunset|17 Comments

Never-ending Sunrise

I thought I would take a break from the drone shots and revise the never-ending sunrise that took place at the end of June. This is the third image captured from Hammond park on the morning of June 30th and I'm amazed when I look back at how different each shot is with a slight change in focal length and a drastic change in cloud cover and color. The sunrise on this morning lasted about 15 minutes which is really an incredibly long period from that first light of dawn painting the clouds overhead to the first peak of the [...]

By Eyal Oren|2018-07-25T21:49:11-04:00July 26th, 2018|Categories: Sunrise|Tags: boats, Marblehead Harbor, sunrise|9 Comments

Marblehead Junior Race Week Begins

I was fortunate to have a day off yesterday just as Marblehead Junior Race Week began and so I headed to Chandler Hovey Park a little after 2pm to see what images I might capture of the Optis racing just outside the harbor. I started off shooting with my real camera and longest zoom but wasn't happy with the compositions so I switched over to the drone. I circled the boats nearest the harbor until I found this composition of the small one-kid boats racing with Marblehead Light standing tall in the distance. Racing continues Tuesday and Wednesday so head out [...]

By Eyal Oren|2018-07-23T16:51:43-04:00July 24th, 2018|Categories: Aerial|Tags: aerial, boats, lighthouse, Marblehead Harbor, racing|5 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

Blue Sky and the Painted Sunrise

I've only shared one image from this sunrise that took place on June 30th but the sky went through so many shades of color that I was left with many more in my 'to be published' folder. This was one of the first shots I took from the float at the end of Commercial Street. I started to shoot as the first light of dawn created what looked like a painted sunrise that reflected perfectly in the still waters of Marblehead Harbor. I decided to compose the image to include a boat docked nearby and only later saw the name [...]

By Eyal Oren|2018-07-16T06:46:13-04:00July 16th, 2018|Categories: Sunrise|Tags: boats, Marblehead Harbor, reflection, sunrise|0 Comments

Marblehead Fireworks from the Causeway

I had grand plans for this year's Marblehead fireworks show and spent a week planning and prepping for the show. I had received a waiver from the FAA for flying at night and planned to try to shoot the show from the air with a backup plan to have my real camera on the ground. Good thing I had a backup plan... So to prep for using the drone, I visited the causeway at night to practice flying and focusing as well as figure out settings. I also practiced launching and catching the drone by hand to make I could [...]

By Eyal Oren|2018-07-04T22:41:44-04:00July 4th, 2018|Categories: Fireworks|Tags: boats, fireworks, July 4th, Marblehead Harbor|1 Comment

A Sunrise Like Gold

Friday night, I set the alarm for 4:30am after checking a few sources and realizing I had a 50-50 chance of a solid sunrise. I woke with the alarm and really, really did not want to get out of bed. When I finally did, I cursed ridiculousness of these early Summer sunrises and dutifully got in the car. As I drove, I saw the first hint of light overhead and quickly decided on Hammond Park as my destination. I arrived just as the sky began to explode in shades of pink and purple and headed down to the float to [...]

By Eyal Oren|2018-07-01T23:14:16-04:00July 2nd, 2018|Categories: Sunrise|Tags: boats, Marblehead Harbor, sunrise|1 Comment

Flares around the Harbor

I'm not sure about anyone else but time seems to be flying by as we approach the Fourth of July. The Festival of Arts begins this weekend and fireworks are due to be fired over the harbor in one week! I decided to look back in my 'to be published' folder for images from past Julys and found this shot of the harbor illumination with lit flares around the harbor leading up to the fireworks show. The harbor illumination is my favorite part of the night as it is such a unique Marblehead tradition. If you want to scout out [...]

By Eyal Oren|2018-06-26T20:03:09-04:00June 27th, 2018|Categories: Fireworks|Tags: boats, harbor illumination, Marblehead Harbor|0 Comments

Rain Cloud at Sunset

The thunderstorms that passed through on Sunday night put me in mind of late July evening in 2015 when my family and I returned from dinner to find that a storm had just passed through town. We drove across Lafayette just before sunset and I spotted this incredible cloud formation in the distance. I convinced my family to join me and considered myself lucky for having the forethought to put my camera gear in the trunk. We ended up chasing the light to Front Street where I jumped out to capture the rain cloud at sunset appearing to drench Marblehead [...]

By Eyal Oren|2018-06-25T22:35:20-04:00June 26th, 2018|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: dramatic sky, Marblehead Harbor|6 Comments

Streaks of Light to Start the Day

I was busy this weekend revamping my website and would greatly appreciate your thoughts on the All Photos and Best Of sections. Each gallery should open quickly and every image now offers print options (vs the prior convoluted format). As the rebuild took several hours on each day, I haven't had a chance to shoot new images and thus went to the To Be Published archive for this sunrise shot from late April. From the start of dawn at 5:33am until the sun rose at 5:52am, I came away with 14 image that differed in their composition and light. This [...]

By Eyal Oren|2018-06-24T21:39:46-04:00June 25th, 2018|Categories: Sunrise|Tags: Marblehead Harbor, sunrise|9 Comments