Christmas in Marblehead – Old North and the Houses

When I go out to shoot the town of Marblehead, it is not uncommon for me to find at least five different compositions in good light and then have to select one to share and place others in the archive. On this day, I had set up at the pier of the Pleon Yacht Club which offered me a number of photographic possibilities. This week, I wanted to share five different images captured from 3:45pm to 4:05pm on Christmas in Marblehead. Next is this image of Old North Church and houses along the waterfront taken just a few minutes after [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:45-05:00February 2nd, 2016|Categories: Sunset|Tags: houses, Marblehead Harbor, Old North Church|0 Comments

Christmas in Marblehead – Grace and St Michaels

When I go out to shoot the town of Marblehead, it is not uncommon for me to find at least five different compositions in good light and then have to select one to share and place others in the archive. On this day, I had set up at the pier of the Pleon Yacht Club which offered me a number of photographic possibilities. This week, I wanted to share five different images captured from 3:45pm to 4:05pm on Christmas in Marblehead. First up was this shot looking across the harbor at Grace Community Church and St. Michael's Steeple poking out [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:45-05:00February 1st, 2016|Categories: Sunset|Tags: boats, Grace Community church, houses, Marblehead Harbor, steeple, sunset|0 Comments

Marblehead Neck under the Pink Glow of Sunset

In mid-December, I headed out before sunset to shoot from the causeway. It was yet another warm evening in a Winter that had been seeing above normal temperatures. I started to shoot as the sun set and the sky lit up in this pastel pink color. My favorite image included this view of Marblehead Neck with working boats along the shore and scattered clouds breaking up the beautiful sky.

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:47-05:00January 21st, 2016|Categories: Marblehead Neck|Tags: boats, houses, lighthouse, Marblehead Neck, sunset|0 Comments

State Street Sunrise

Just like Monday's image of Mud Puddle Toys, this image comes 5 years after a very similar one. I had captured the sunset over State Street in November 2010 and always meant to return for the sunrise view. The position of the sunrise is such that it occurs at the base of State Street during the Winter and it seemed like I would get a perfect complement to that image with a sunrise version. For whatever reason, I hadn't captured State Street at sunrise until Saturday morning. I began shooting on this morning along Washington Street before heading to State [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:52-05:00December 16th, 2015|Categories: Old Town|Tags: houses, State Street, sunrise|0 Comments

Historic Downtown Marblehead – Don’t Tread on Tucker Street

Continuing with Saturday's exploration of historic downtown Marblehead during the Winter parking ban, this is the view of Tucker Street looking up from Hooper Street. I had passed this street a number of times over the Summer and kept thinking it would make for a nice image and new vantage point of Abbot Hall. As I walked around on this morning, I found the light to be just about perfect for finally capturing this image. The title comes from the two versions of the Gadsden flag flying on either side of Tucker Street. Both carry the image of a rattlesnake [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:52-05:00December 15th, 2015|Categories: Old Town|Tags: Abbot Hall, historic downtown, houses|0 Comments

Sunset in the Snow

The past week in Marblehead featured some incredible sunrises and sunsets and, for a variety of reasons, I missed every single one of them. I got to enjoy a few while home with the family but was never in position to capture one. I decided to look through my 'to be posted' archive for vibrant sunsets and stopped at this image captured on February 10th of this year. I shared a horizontal view shortly after taking this picture of a beautiful sunset forming over Abbot Hall which I captured from Crocker Park covered in a very deep blanket of snow. [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:54-05:00November 23rd, 2015|Categories: Snow|Tags: Abbot Hall, Crocker park, houses, snow, sunset|0 Comments

Ending the Day at the BYC

I started this week with an image captured in July 2013 while on a boat ride around Marblehead. It only seemed fitting to end the week with a shot from later in the night on that same day. We ended up inside Marblehead Harbor as the sun set and motored to the causeway before heading back out to the mooring in Salem Harbor. As we slowly passed through the crowded harbor, I quickly composed images and shot them as fast as I could in the waning light. At this point we had reached the Boston Yacht Club and I composed [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:58-05:00October 9th, 2015|Categories: From the Water|Tags: Boston yacht club, from the water, Grace Community church, houses|0 Comments

Still Water in Little Harbor

Today's image comes from July 18 and a trip to Gerry Island. Low tide occurred as the sun set and I headed over to the land bridge connecting Gerry Island to the mainland in hopes of a decent sunset. Ironically, this image captures the spot from which I took Tuesday's image of sunset over Little Harbor. While great clouds and light never materialized, the still water in Little Harbor served as a perfect mirror to reflect the houses of Fort Sewall Lane.

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:59-05:00September 24th, 2015|Categories: Little Harbor|Tags: houses, Little Harbor, reflection|0 Comments

Old North Church and the Harbor

A few weeks ago, I was scrolling through my Facebook news feed and happened upon a puzzle being sold on a local group page with a cartoonish drawing of Old North Church situated above the houses on Doaks Lane with a section of Little Harbor below. The composition was one I did not believe existed in real life but, at the first opportunity of a low tide, I decided to see just how close I could get. I headed out to Gerry Island on August 17 at sunset and walked along the sandbar that appears with each low tide. Once [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:01-05:00August 24th, 2015|Categories: Little Harbor|Tags: boats, Doaks Lane, houses, Little Harbor, Old North Church|0 Comments

Picture Perfect Sunset from Crocker Park

I found myself at Crocker Park for sunset on both July 1st and 2nd with camera in hand in large part to capture the Marblehead Festival of Arts activities. As luck would have it, both nights featured incredible sunsets - the first with a dramatic purple sky and this one with a picture perfect sunset. I hadn't intended on shooting the sunset on this night and hadn't brought my tripod. Instead I was planning on shooting the kids enjoying the show being put on as part of the 50th Festival of Arts. That plan went out the window when I [...]

By Eyal Oren|2015-07-12T21:41:29-04:00July 17th, 2015|Categories: Sunset|Tags: Abbot Hall, Crocker park, houses, sunset|0 Comments