Purple Light and the Coming Storm

I mentioned in yesterday's post that I had gone out at dawn to capture images of Doliber Cove specifically because a storm was forecast for later that day. A coming storm usually signals good light at dawn as in the old adage 'red sky in morning, sailor take warning'. As it turns out, the coming storm would bring some incredible purple light with it later that evening... I had gone out again on the night of July 1 to participate in the Marblehead Festival of Arts Awards Night ceremony at Abbot Hall. Since the full moon was due to rise [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:02-05:00July 8th, 2015|Categories: Sunset|Tags: Abbot Hall, Crocker park, dramatic sky, houses, pink, purple, St Michaels church|0 Comments

Towering on Washington Street

It's easy to fall into the habit of shooting the water around Marblehead - from beaches, parks, public ways and elsewhere. I have been trying to be better about shooting other areas of town farther away from the water and which help showcase the beauty of the Town of Marblehead. On one outing in late April, I had gone out to shoot a particle tree along Washington Street. After getting that composition, I made my way around the grounds of the Jeremiah Lee mansion and found a number of new vantage points from which to capture Abbot Hall and its newly [...]

By Eyal Oren|2015-06-21T17:33:33-04:00June 25th, 2015|Categories: Landmark|Tags: Abbot Hall, dramatic sky, houses|0 Comments

Pink Shutters and Abbot Hall

Since starting Wednesdays in Marblehead in 2010, Abbot Hall and its iconic tower have featured in well over 100 images shared on the site. And yet, until this past week, I had never tried to capture the facade of Abbot Hall tower from this angle. I was attending a closing reception at the Marblehead Arts Association and happened to have my camera bag in the car (having been too lazy to remove it the other day). As I looked up from my parking spot along Washington Street, I noted the simple composition of Abbot Hall towering over the houses below. [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:06-05:00May 4th, 2015|Categories: Old Town|Tags: Abbot Hall, dramatic sky, houses, lamp post|0 Comments

Golden Light and Blue Water

Over the past few days, the quality of light has subtly changed to reflect the fact that Spring has finally arrived. While the temperatures could stand to be a bit warmer and while I await the cherry blossoms in town to reach peak bloom, I haven't been able to help but go out to shoot the sunset these past few nights. Last night I was treated to a very nice show from Parker Lane. Tonight I decided to head to Foster Street in the hopes that the light might be nice both toward Abbot Hall as well as back up [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:06-05:00April 26th, 2015|Categories: Marblehead Neck|Tags: houses, lighthouse, Marblehead Harbor, Marblehead Neck|0 Comments

Walking on Water in Little Harbor

In early December 2011, I was at Fort Sewall shooting Marblehead Light and the harbor when I walked around to the North side with views of Gerry Island. I spotted two people making their way across Little Harbor via the land bridge that connects the island to land at low tide. As the tide had come in at this point, the land bridge seemed to have disappeared and the people seemed to be walking on water. It's such a unique site seen from afar but, in the Summer, this is a fairly regular occurrence as most people who make their [...]

By Eyal Oren|2015-04-05T21:36:51-04:00April 10th, 2015|Categories: Little Harbor|Tags: houses, Little Harbor, people|1 Comment

Snowed in – Winter in Marblehead

This image was captured after yesterday's share from February 10 at Crocker Park. The last light of sunset was fading as I headed to my car and looked back to find the incredible piles of snow pushed against this house on the corner of Darling and Front Streets. I remembered that I had a very similar image and checked my archives to find it was taken on February 9, 2013. It's amazing to see the difference in snow height compared to the last snowy Winter in Marblehead. February 9, 2013:

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:10-05:00February 24th, 2015|Categories: Snow|Tags: Darling Street, houses, snow|0 Comments

A Blanket of Snow over Marblehead

On February 10th, I had gone out to Crocker Park in order to capture images of this historic Winter with record amounts of snow. I was rewarded with an incredible sunset that lit up the sky and colored the snow in a pink hue. Before capturing that image, I had worked on several other compositions as the light began to develop. This image is a tighter shot than the prior sunset view and features an undisturbed patch of snow in the foreground with a blanket of snow seemingly thrown over the town of Marblehead. As I worked on this image, I [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:10-05:00February 23rd, 2015|Categories: Snow|Tags: Abbot Hall, Crocker park, houses, snow, sunset|0 Comments

Trodding Toward the Sunset at Crocker Park

After an impossible amount of snow fall, it seemed that the sky would never clear from its dreary grey. But, as I finished shoveling our driveway, I noted a bit of sky poking out near the horizon. I quickly walked into the house and up the stairs for a better view and, sure enough, blue sky could be seen in all directions under the clouds. I figured there was a chance that the clearing would hold and the sunset would reflect off the clouds above and the freshly fallen snow that has piled up throughout the town - and so [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:11-05:00February 10th, 2015|Categories: Sunset|Tags: Abbot Hall, Crocker park, houses, snow, sunset|2 Comments

State Street After the Blizzard of 2015

Continuing this week's theme of photos captured after the Blizzard of 2015 passed through Marblehead, we come to this image of State Street. I've shot the houses along State Street countless times and have found a different composition on just about every visit down this street. On this day, I positioned my tripod against the snow bank on the right with one leg shortened and balancing on the 3-4 foot high pile of snow. This allowed me to focus on the houses with their alternating colors along one side of the street.

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:11-05:00February 3rd, 2015|Categories: Snow|Tags: blizzard, houses, snow, State Street|0 Comments

From the Rooftops – Crocker Park and Marblehead Light

For a break from the snow, here is an image taken from atop the scaffolding around Abbot Hall in late November. I have shared a few images from this incredible vantage point already but have many more still to come. In this image, I focused on Crocker Park and the surrounding houses with the Neck and Marblehead Light in the distance beyond a nearly empty Marblehead harbor.

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:12-05:00January 29th, 2015|Categories: Rooftop|Tags: Crocker park, houses, lighthouse, rooftop|0 Comments