No Vacancies in Marblehead Harbor

Well, it's over...Summer has officially ended. I thought I would post this image captured on the morning of August 29 (taken 30 minutes after Monday's image) to commemorate the end of a picture perfect Summer in Marblehead. We couldn't have asked for better weather to make up for the historic cold and record setting snow of Winter. I figured that an image of Marblehead Harbor filled to capacity and lit by the golden glow of sunrise would make for an appropriate End of Summer image. Here's to a great Autumn.

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:59-05:00September 23rd, 2015|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: Abbot Hall, boats, Marblehead Harbor|0 Comments

Rays of Light over Marblehead Harbor

Today's image was taken on Tuesday, August 18 from the pier at the Pleon Yacht Club. I had set up early for sunset figuring the clouds in the sky might offer a decent show. As it happened, the clouds served to create these beautiful rays of light while the sun was still fairly high above the horizon. The clouds then thickened as the sun descended and caused the sunset to fizzle out. I saw the lackluster show developing and so I packed up my camera and tripod and headed to the car. It was then that I noticed the Eastern [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:00-05:00September 8th, 2015|Categories: Sunset|Tags: Abbot Hall, boats, clouds, Marblehead Harbor, sun rays, sunset|0 Comments

Firing the Sunset Cannon

This is the third variation of the sunset cannon being fired at the Eastern Yacht Club that I've shared on this site. The first was a part of a collection that made its way into my book exploring how each of the yacht clubs celebrates this unique Marblehead tradition. The second explored the view of the sunset cannon being fired with Marblehead Light in the background. On this date, I had gone out to shoot the sunset and ended up at the Pleon Yacht Club. As the sunset petered out, I made my way a bit early to the car [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:00-05:00September 4th, 2015|Categories: Traditions|Tags: cannon, Eastern Yacht Club, Marblehead Harbor, sunset|0 Comments

Supermoon Setting over Marblehead Harbor

What a weekend! I chased the moon quite literally from moonrise to moonset starting on Friday night and ending on Sunday morning. The sturgeon moon (as August's full moon is called) was also labeled as a supermoon for being 8% larger than a regular full moon. With that in mind, I again borrowed a super zoom in the hopes of replicating one of my all time favorite images - the supermoon setting over Abbot Hall taken in March 2011. On this occasion, the moon set proved much trickier with Saturday's descent occurring 30 minutes before sunrise and Sunday's taking place [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:00-05:00September 2nd, 2015|Categories: moon|Tags: Abbot Hall, boats, full moon, Marblehead Harbor|2 Comments

Rocky Shore of Marblehead Neck

On Wednesday, July 22nd, I had left the house in the hope of a decent sunset and ended up on the beach off Corinthian Lane. I had checked the tides before making my way and the mid-tide made this area of Marblehead Neck abutting the harbor a nice spot from which to explore multiple compositions. As I wandered down the shore, I noted a rock formation I hadn't previously explored. As the sun set, I composed an image to focus on the rocky shore (made of granite?) and include the view of Marblehead harbor filled with boats and the familiar [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:00-05:00September 1st, 2015|Categories: Marblehead Neck|Tags: boats, Marblehead Harbor, Marblehead Neck, sunset|0 Comments

Light at the End of the Rainbow

This is the fifth image shared from an outing on Tuesday, August 4th. I've already shared images of lightning and a sunset shot of boats in Marblehead harbor and have another image coming up on Thursday as well. It's no wonder that the site grew quickly from a weekly post to daily ones... On this day, storms kept passing through Marblehead including one at 4:30pm. With the intensity of rain and clearing skies behind it, I thought there might be a chance for a rainbow (though the sun wasn't quite low enough in the sky yet). I quickly got in [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:00-05:00August 31st, 2015|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: boats, lighthouse, Marblehead Harbor, rainbow|0 Comments

Boats in the Harbor

On Tuesday, August 4th, I headed out at sunset with the hope of nice clouds and good color. As I drove across the causeway, I thought the clouds offered the best photo opportunity from Parker Lane - one of the public ways on Marblehead Neck. I pulled in and found the tide to be quite low as I descended to the small beach. For the first time, I noted that there was a rock formation at the water's edge that would allow me a closer view of the boats filling Marblehead harbor at this time of year. I carefully climbed [...]

By Eyal Oren|2015-08-23T21:12:47-04:00August 27th, 2015|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: boats, Marblehead Harbor, sunset|0 Comments

Jumping for Rainbows

On Monday, July 27, a storm cloud passed over Marblehead a little after 6pm. Given the timing of the rain and the direction it was headed, I figured there was a pretty good chance for capturing a rainbow over Marblehead Harbor. I quickly decided on Crocker Park as my destination and packed up the car. Once I reached Crocker Park, I headed across to the railing overlooking the harbor and saw the rainbow illuminated directly over Marblehead Neck. I also spotted a few kids down at the float and headed down the walkway with this image in mind. The tide [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:01-05:00August 25th, 2015|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: Crocker park, float, Marblehead Harbor, people, rainbow|0 Comments

Purple Bolt of Lightning over Marblehead Harbor

On August 4th, a procession of thunder storms developed around Marblehead. I had headed out to Chandler Hovey park for the first one and found incredible light that kept me busy but was disappointed by the few bolts of lightning. When the winds shifted threatening to bring the storm closer to Marblehead, I ducked into the car and pulled up the radar. I saw an even bigger storm with purple dots mixed in with the deep red core and thought I would have another chance to catch a bolt of lightning over Marblehead Harbor. I set up at the base [...]

By Eyal Oren|2015-08-04T18:08:29-04:00August 4th, 2015|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: Abbot Hall, boats, dramatic sky, lightning, Marblehead Harbor|0 Comments

The Full Moon over Marblehead Neck

One last image (for now) of the incredible light that took shape over Marblehead on July 1st. After capturing the red glow of houses on the Neck and then racing up to the top of Crocker Park for an image of Abbot Hall and the purple light of the coming storm, I returned to the water's edge once more to shoot the full moon rising over Marblehead Neck. By this point, the full moon had risen above the layer of haze that had obscured it earlier and the clouds had began to spread overhead. I spotted a couple on the Crocker [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:02-05:00July 10th, 2015|Categories: moon|Tags: boats, Crocker park, float, full moon, lighthouse, Marblehead Harbor|0 Comments