Out Past the Corinthian

On September 30th, I took a drive across the causeway and hit some favorite spots along the Neck under picture-perfect conditions. After a few shots at Chandler Hovey Park, I drove down Kimball Street and stopped where it meets Nahant for this view. If you have stopped here recently, there is a new wall in place and a very nice bench as well. I found a spot from which I could capture the edge of the Corinthian Yacht Club serving as a frame for the view of the harbor and Abbot Hall in the distance. A few trees had turned [...]

By Eyal Oren|2020-10-14T21:55:02-04:00October 15th, 2020|Categories: Marblehead Neck|Tags: Abbot Hall, boats, Corinthian Yacht Club, foliage, Marblehead Harbor|5 Comments

Birds Eye View

When I flew my drone on a late September morning, I did so mostly to scout out foliage spots and was a bit disappointed with the lack of vibrant color. While hovering up there, I couldn't help but capture this view of Abbot Hall after its recent restoration and with the lawn coming along nicely. As a bonus, the birds eye view allowed me to capture a good portion of historic downtown (Old Town to some), the harbor and most of the Neck. With the 11am sun coming at an angle, the scene had a nice light to it as [...]

By Eyal Oren|2020-10-12T21:39:26-04:00October 13th, 2020|Categories: Aerial|Tags: Abbot Hall, aerial, boats, Marblehead Harbor, Marblehead Neck|6 Comments

Ring Around the Neck – Corinthian Lane

Last Wednesday, I headed out shortly after lunch when I noticed clouds had formed overhead and broken up the perfect blue sky. I didn't have a clear destination in mind and ended up making a ring around the neck with stops at some of my favorite locations to take in the last of these late summer/early fall views of the harbor. This was the stop along Corinthian Lane where I made sure to include the flagpole and adirondack chairs perfectly set for a picturesque view of Marblehead harbor. I'll have more from this outing to share in the days and [...]

By Eyal Oren|2020-10-06T22:52:02-04:00October 7th, 2020|Categories: Marblehead Neck|Tags: boats, Corinthian Lane, Marblehead Harbor|1 Comment

Fall over the Harbor

This was the sunset view I was chasing with my drone while also capturing the October Sky I shared yesterday morning. It's hard to believe but this was the first time I had flown my drone in over a year (and I had only one outing in 2019 as well). I made my way from Riverhead Beach to this point staying fairly low in the sky to avoid the high wind gusts while also trying to keep all the important elements in the final composition - the boats in the harbor, the soft color reflected in clouds overhead and that [...]

By Eyal Oren|2020-10-05T22:03:29-04:00October 6th, 2020|Categories: Aerial|Tags: Abbot Hall, aerial, boats, drone, Marblehead Harbor, sunset|2 Comments

October Sky

Having gone out Wednesday during the day and again for the moonrise, I wasn't feeling up to another outing on Thursday night but then the sky started to break in just the right spots and I found myself driving towards the causeway to find the right angle for a shot. I ended up crossing the causeway and promptly turning back towards Riverhead Beach. I had charged my drone which I hadn't flown in a while and launched that after setting up the real camera on a tripod. I was able to capture images through a remote while flying over the [...]

By Eyal Oren|2020-10-04T20:41:15-04:00October 5th, 2020|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: boats, lighthouse, Marblehead Harbor, sunset|1 Comment

Harvest Moonrise from Crocker Park

On Wednesday, September 30th, the day before it would be a truly full moon, I headed to Crocker Park hoping to capture the Harvest Moon. I had checked the location of the moonrise and found that the timing and weather conditions were far better for the day before it became officially full. With that in mind, I also thought I would revisit an old favorite composition I captured from this spot almost ten years prior. I arrived at Crocker Park and found several families there as well as a few dogs on leashes. As the sun set, I captured a [...]

By Eyal Oren|2020-10-03T15:40:43-04:00October 3rd, 2020|Categories: moon|Tags: boats, Crocker park, Harvest moon, Marblehead Harbor|18 Comments

Smoky Sunset

With fires raging along the west coast, it was only a matter of time before the fine particulates made their way across the country to our next of the woods. Thankfully the result was limited to cloud-like conditions during the day. I had a hunch that the haze might create perfect conditions for capturing the sun as a red ball tonight so I drove across the causeway right after dinner to chase this image. As I drove, I spotted the sun in my rear view mirror and was please to find the red ball I had hoped for. From there [...]

By Eyal Oren|2020-09-16T19:28:48-04:00September 16th, 2020|Categories: Sunset|Tags: Abbot Hall, boats, Corinthian Lane, Marblehead Harbor, sunset|17 Comments

Foggy Sunsets on the Harbor

I found this shot in the To Be Posted archive last night and figured it was about time it saw the light of day. I captured this shot almost exactly 4 years ago (Sept 20, 2016) from the low tide area accessible from Corinthian Lane. I walked the length of this stretch of the Neck until I found the composition I was looking for with the sun setting aside Abbot Hall, a pier to the left with its flag limp due to lack of wind and layers of boats in the harbor. The mix of fog and late sun created [...]

By Eyal Oren|2020-09-15T22:08:05-04:00September 16th, 2020|Categories: Sunset|Tags: boats, fog, Marblehead Harbor, sunset|2 Comments

Green Light in the Blue Hour

A few people thought yesterday's image of foliage at Seaside was a bit too soon so here is a shot from an early September evening captured one year ago - September 2, 2019. I remember heading out on this night hoping that the clouds over the Neck might serve to reflect the light of sunset but the clouds never broke and I was left with a fairly monotone scene. I waited a bit past sunset for the blue hour and then spotted the reflection of Marblehead light's green beacon reflecting in the still water of the harbor. That and the [...]

By Eyal Oren|2020-09-14T21:36:55-04:00September 15th, 2020|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: blue hour, boats, lighthouse, Marblehead Harbor|0 Comments

Basking in the Light

As it turns out, 2020 was a great year for renovations in Marblehead including those to the facade and bones of Abbot Hall. With scaffolding surrounding the building, I have not found opportunity to shoot the building except at angles low enough that I could hide the surrounding netting. Finally in August, Abbot Hall shed its scaffolding and I found the building basking in the light of a late August day when I stopped along Ocean Avenue and made my way on foot to the short stretch of beach at the end of the causeway. From this vantage point, I [...]

By Eyal Oren|2020-08-30T22:44:09-04:00August 31st, 2020|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: Abbot Hall, boats, Marblehead Harbor|0 Comments