Low Tide in Marblehead – Boats in the Harbor

This is the first in a series that will span all of next week exploring the area around the causeway during an incredibly low tide in Marblehead. I had gone out on Tuesday night as clouds had been building during the day and I was hoping for a repeat of the incredible light at sunset the night before (which I had watched from a window). As I headed out, I checked the tides and noted they were at very low levels in large part due to the recent 'super moon' that had just set that morning. I decided to drive [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:22-05:00September 12th, 2014|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: boats, lighthouse, low tide, Marblehead Harbor|0 Comments

Last Days of Summer in Marblehead

After capturing and sharing an iPhone image of yesterday's blue hour and overcast sunrise, I received a comment on my Facebook page that read "Feels like summer is gone". And, she was right. We just had our first near heat wave of the entire Summer that ended with an incredible lightning storm. I had actually gone out on this Sunday hoping for some great clouds and light as remnants of the atmospheric disturbance but ended up with a very muted sunrise. It did indeed feel like we were in the very last days of Summer in Marblehead. As it turns [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:22-05:00September 9th, 2014|Categories: Park|Tags: boats, Crocker park, float, Marblehead Harbor, Summer|0 Comments

Waiting for a Ride in Marblehead Harbor

It's interesting to watch the traffic in Marblehead Harbor during the morning blue hour as the sunrise approaches. On this particular Sunday, I had gone out in hopes of interesting skies left over from the intense lightning storm that seemed to signal the end of Summer. While the scene before me was calm and peaceful, I quickly lost hope for a brilliant sunrise that would explode in colors over the harbor. Instead, as I waited on the light, I noted someone waiting at the end of a float at State Street landing. With the minimal light, I had to shoot [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:22-05:00September 8th, 2014|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: blue hour, boats, dawn, lighthouse, Marblehead Harbor, people|0 Comments

Historic Downtown and Marblehead Harbor

Back to the top of St. Michael's Church for this From the Rooftop view looking out over historic downtown and Marblehead harbor. I mentioned in Monday's post that I had been invited to the top of the scaffolding around St. Michael's Church on Friday night and had spent the first part of that night capturing scenes of Marblehead from the unique elevated vantage point. I had just thought that I was finished with my From the Rooftop series after climbing to the top of Marblehead Light and, with one phone call, I have many more images to share in this [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:22-05:00September 3rd, 2014|Categories: Rooftop|Tags: boats, historic downtown, houses, Marblehead Harbor, sunset, Washington Street|2 Comments

Marblehead Harbor in the Blue Hour

I mentioned in yesterday's post that I hadn't captured the sunrise (let alone the blue hour preceding it) in over 3 months and had decided to make up for it on Sunday. As I drove toward Crocker Park, I noted some great clouds in the night sky and hoped they would stay for the sunrise. I arrived at my destination and made my way up the small hill to Crocker Park where I first took in the view of Marblehead Harbor in the blue hour looking out toward Marblehead Light. I walked down the path to the float for a [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:23-05:00August 26th, 2014|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: blue hour, boats, clouds, Marblehead Harbor|0 Comments

First Light on Marblehead Harbor

It had been three months since I last woke up before the sunrise and went out to capture images at dawn in Marblehead. On Sunday morning, I had decided to make up for last time and headed out of the house at 5:00am. I had checked the predicted location for sunrise and decided to drive to Crocker Park to capture the morning's first light on Marblehead Harbor. I arrived as the last stars in the sky were starting to fade and lighter shades of blue colored the morning sky. I captured scenes of the brightening light on Marblehead Harbor for [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:23-05:00August 25th, 2014|Categories: Sunrise|Tags: boats, Crocker park, lighthouse, Marblehead Harbor, sunrise|0 Comments

Blue Light over Marblehead Harbor

Today's image comes from July 28 and the incredible light show at sunset that saw a wide range of colors erupting over Marblehead Harbor. At one point, a beautiful blue showed in the space between the clouds and horizon with golden light reflecting off the cumulus clouds onto the water below. I had been shooting from the pier at the Pleon Yacht Club and so I could quickly adjust to the light as it moved across the harbor. I only fully appreciated the intensity of the blue light over Marblehead harbor when I loaded this image on my return home [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:23-05:00August 20th, 2014|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: boats, clouds, dramatic sky, Marblehead Harbor, sunset|0 Comments

Foggy Sunset at Marblehead Harbor

It feels great to be back! Our planned vacation on the Cape could not have come at a better time with the stress of the book having peaked in the week before while trying to deliver nearly 500 books to places near and far. As I ventured out to capture scenes throughout Cape Cod, I kept realizing how much I missed shooting landscapes in Marblehead and just how beautiful those scenes back home were. With that in mind, I decided to share this foggy sunset at Marblehead harbor captured in mid-July. We had been experiencing a fair amount of fog [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:23-05:00August 18th, 2014|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: Abbot Hall, boats, fog, Marblehead Harbor, sunset|0 Comments

Blue Hydrangeas and Marblehead Harbor

What a difference three years makes. I first spotted the blue hydrangeas on Peabody Lane in July 2011 and captured an image of the hydrangeas and Marblehead Harbor in the distance on an early July morning. I had gone back each year but seemed to miss the peak of the flowers or caught poor light. On July 27, I had been chasing a sunset developing over Marblehead Harbor when I passed Peabody Lane and spotted the blue hydrangeas in full bloom. I stopped while the sun was still fairly high in the sky but with clouds and haze serving to [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:24-05:00August 6th, 2014|Categories: Flowers|Tags: boats, flowers, Marblehead Harbor, Peabody Lane|2 Comments

Let the Light Shine Through

I've shared two images from last week's incredible light display over Marblehead Harbor...here's the third. On Monday, a fairly large system moved to the North of Marblehead just as sunset approached and I headed across to Marblehead neck after work to see if some light might shine through the clouds. I had decided to shoot from the pier off Foster Street to allow the most flexibility as I wasn't sure which way the light might show. As luck would have it, a small break appeared in the clouds and the sunlight escaped for the briefest moment to light up what [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:24-05:00August 4th, 2014|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: Abbot Hall, dramatic sky, Marblehead Harbor, sun star, sunset|0 Comments