Walking in Marblehead

On Thursday, August 3rd, I rushed back to Marblehead from my office to take part in my very first Marblehead Walking Tour with Bette Hunt. Though I have lived in Marblehead since 2008 and have met Bette Hunt on a few occasions, the timing of her walking tours never quite matched up with my schedule. As this was the last one of the Summer season, I made it a point to get there on time. We started in front of the Jeremiah Lee mansion and then walked as a group down Hooper Street, through Crocker Park and along Front Street. [...]

By Eyal Oren|2017-09-11T21:08:58-04:00September 12th, 2017|Categories: Old Town|Tags: American flag, black and white, historic downtown, house|12 Comments

Looking toward Barnegat

A few weeks ago, a picture perfect sky dotted with cumulous clouds passed over Marblehead and I decided to fly my Phantom 4 Pro to take advantage of the conditions. I had shot over Castle Rock and the Neck earlier in the day and returned home to recharge batteries and grab a quick bite. As the clouds were still plentiful at 4:00pm, I headed out again - this time to historic downtown. I was trying to decide an a location from which to fly as I drove down Washington Street and pulled into the Old North Church parking lot which [...]

By Eyal Oren|2017-07-16T20:42:24-04:00July 18th, 2017|Categories: Aerial|Tags: aerial, Barnegat, Fort Sewall, Gerry island, historic downtown, Phantom 4 Pro|9 Comments

Historic Downtown Marblehead on a late March evening

This view of historic downtown Marblehead was taken just before the full panorama I shared on Monday. The clouds in the late March sky were reflecting the colors of sunset while I positioned the Phantom 4 Pro almost 200 feet above Union Street and composed this image to include three of Marblehead's familiar steeples - St. Michaels, Grace Community Church and Old North Church. It takes a while to get your bearings in these aerial views of historic downtown Marblehead but, once you do, you can spot some familiar stores along Washington street in the left lower section, Crosby's in [...]

By Eyal Oren|2017-04-03T21:36:00-04:00April 6th, 2017|Categories: Aerial|Tags: aerial, Grace Community church, historic downtown, Old North Church, Phantom 4 Pro, St Michaels church|7 Comments

Old Town House in the Snow

The past few days haven't lacked for snow but wether it was the poor light or timing of the fall (and pauses between), I hadn't been able to capture views of our town blanketed in white. Thankfully, I've been out many times in the snow and often came back with views of the same landmark from different angles resulting in very different perspectives. Today's image of Old Town House in the snow comes from a picture perfect snow fall on the morning of January 24, 2015. There had been a light but sticky snow overnight and the plows had made [...]

By Eyal Oren|2017-02-12T23:15:47-05:00February 13th, 2017|Categories: Snow|Tags: historic downtown, Old Town House, snow|7 Comments

Flying over Old Town House

It's good to be back... My family and I just returned from a week long stay in the Turks and Caicos where we basked in the warmth of perfect weather. It was a treat to shoot my kids on the sandy beach of Grace Bay and to fly my Phantom 4 Pro over the turquoise waters. But it also made me excited to do the same over Marblehead as soon as this Winter ends. So far, this Winter hasn't been very photogenic with little snowfall and mostly drab light. However, on the morning of January 8th, I had headed to [...]

By Eyal Oren|2017-02-08T08:59:49-05:00February 8th, 2017|Categories: Aerial|Tags: aerial, historic downtown, Old Town House, snow|8 Comments

Winter Wonderland on Washington Street

As this Nor'Easter departs, I wanted to continue with scenes of snow on this snowless Marblehead winter. After our first real snowfall of the season took place overnight on January 7, I decided to head downtown to capture aerial scenes of the winter wonderland on Washington Street. I flew the Phantom 4 Pro at varying heights and directions until I found this composition with Washington Street leading the viewer's eye to Abbot Hall and further out to the distant Boston Skyline. Historic downtown Marblehead shines in its blanket of white on this early January morning.

By Eyal Oren|2017-01-24T21:34:49-05:00January 25th, 2017|Categories: Aerial|Tags: aerial, historic downtown, snow|7 Comments

Snowy Morning in Marblehead

After 9 inches of snow fell on Marblehead this past weekend, I couldn't wait for dawn and a chance to capture the views of historic downtown Marblehead from the air. I woke early and drove down to Washington Street from where I launched the Phantom 4 Pro and took in the views of our town on a snowy morning. It's one thing to compose an image in 2 dimensions but quite another to add height to the equation. I'm still learning a lot when it comes to creating dramatic compositions with aerial photography but this image with Old Town House in [...]

By Eyal Oren|2017-01-11T07:03:02-05:00January 11th, 2017|Categories: Aerial|Tags: aerial, dawn, historic downtown, Old Town House, snow|6 Comments

Top 10 of 2016 – #1 – Light Dawns on Marblehead

So this is a first - my favorite image of 2016 is a brand new one that I am sharing in the countdown for the first time. On the morning of Wednesday December 14th, I headed out of the house eager to capture aerial images of Marblehead with my new Phantom drone. I had purchased the flying camera a week earlier and was just starting to get the hang of it but had not yet been able to shoot under great light. On this morning, the conditions seemed promising and I headed out towards Abbot Hall. I brought the phantom [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-12-29T17:59:10-05:00December 30th, 2016|Categories: Favorite|Tags: Abbot Hall, aerial, dawn, favorite, historic downtown, lighthouse, Marblehead Harbor, Old Town|16 Comments

Jeremiah Lee Mansion at Dawn

The Jeremiah Lee Mansion has been featured on this site a number of times but I found this shot from last December that hadn't yet seen the light of day. Each year as the parking ban goes into effect, I make it a point to visit historic downtown Marblehead and capture images of the empty streets much as they appeared for hundreds of years. On this particular morning, I found a new composition for this old building as I discovered that St. Michael's steeple could be seen just to the left of the building behind the branches of a nearby [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-12-07T22:43:37-05:00December 9th, 2016|Categories: Old Town|Tags: historic downtown, Jeremiah Lee Mansion|1 Comment

Oko of Marblehead

Having captured the annual Christmas Walk parade, my son and I stopped at Mino's for lunch before heading out to Gillette Stadium to catch the Marblehead football game. As we walked to the car, we spotted the Okommakamesit or Oko of Marblehead parked in front of the house where it is normally stationed. This old handtub has participated in musters for over a hundred years and, as part of the Christmas Walk, the Okos had opened up their place on the corner of Washington and State Streets to visitors. We headed inside and took in the small museum on the [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-12-05T22:05:31-05:00December 6th, 2016|Categories: Old Town|Tags: historic downtown, Old Town|4 Comments