Calm Dawn over Marblehead Harbor

This image of a calm dawn over Marblehead Harbor comes from the morning of March 8, 2015. I had woken up early on this day despite the overnight change to daylight savings time and decided to take advantage of the situation by heading to Marblehead Harbor for a photo shoot. I was surprised by the absolute calm of the water as well as the sudden humidity that gave the impression of Spring on the horizon (even with several feet of snow still piled around town). This image comes from the peak of the morning's colors before the sun rose. The [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:08-05:00March 19th, 2015|Categories: Sunrise|Tags: dawn, lighthouse, Marblehead Harbor, reflection|0 Comments

Aurora over Marblehead

On Tuesday, March 17, the aurora borealis appeared in the sky over Marblehead, Massachusetts. I shared another image from this outing earlier in the day with a mix of green glow and purple spikes from the incredible light display. This image was captured five minutes earlier and shows a much broader and deeper green glow. I corrected the distortion in the lighthouse as it did not affect the aurora over Marblehead as in the other one.

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:08-05:00March 18th, 2015|Categories: Night|Tags: aurora borealis, lighthouse, night, stars|0 Comments

Aurora Borealis over Marblehead Light

It finally happened! I can't count how many times I have left the house late at night with the hope of capturing the aurora borealis over Marblehead Light. The northern lights occur when charged particles enter the Earth's atmosphere. On March 15, two coronal mass ejections sprouted from the Sun and headed towards Earth bringing with them a LOT of those charged particles. The strength of the aurora is measured in Kp values and, in Marblehead, we need to hit at least a Kp of 7 for any hope of seeing the northern lights. When the charged particles arrived on Earth [...]

By Eyal Oren|2024-05-15T15:07:06-04:00March 18th, 2015|Categories: Night|Tags: aurora borealis, Chandler Hovey park, lighthouse, stars|2 Comments

From Atop Marblehead Light

On July 2, 2014, I was fortunate to be invited to the top of Marblehead Light. The climb was more difficult than I imagined with a sharply winding staircase within the small diameter of the lighthouse's central column. Once atop Marblehead Light, the view more than made up for any difficulties. I've shared a number of images from this unique vantage point but none in this direction. I was fortunate to have some clouds to offset the blue sky of this Summer day and, for a brief moment, the clouds blocked the sun leading the sun rays forming below. I [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:09-05:00March 12th, 2015|Categories: Rooftop|Tags: Chandler Hovey park, Childrens Island, lighthouse, rooftop|0 Comments

A Study in Pink at Crocker Park

I've shared a few images from the incredible sunset that took place on February 10th though all of those were of Abbot Hall and the houses surrounding it. From my vantage point atop a large piece of granite at Crocker Park, I was able to turn around and shoot toward Marblehead Harbor as the sun set. At this point, the light had reached its peak opposite the setting sun (the show was only getting started in the other direction). I decided on a wide view and used the nearby tree to frame the composition together with the deep blanket of [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:09-05:00March 3rd, 2015|Categories: Snow|Tags: Crocker park, lighthouse, snow, sunset, tree|0 Comments

A Bright Day Ahead at Brown’s Island

On Wednesday, February 25th, I met up with a photographer from Maine whose work I greatly admire and showed him around the Town of Marblehead. The sky was a boring (but welcome) bright blue and the tide was low so I decided to walk across Little Harbor to Brown's Island. We captured a few photos of the pancake ice that lined Brown's Island and then trudged through the deep virgin snow to this vantage point. I decided to compose this image to include both Marblehead Light as well as Children's Island. The sun was high overhead and I caught the [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:09-05:00March 2nd, 2015|Categories: Snow|Tags: Brown's island, lighthouse, snow|0 Comments

Frozen Marblehead Harbor at Sunrise

Today is my 40th birthday. In the past, I have made it a point to capture the sunrise on my birthday each year and I have ended up with some favorite images to start each new year of life. This year with forecasts for cloudy skies on Wednesday morning and overcast conditions for today, I opted to shoot the sunrise a day early. I started off intending to shoot from Hammond Park but it was closed off by a literal mountain of snow. I was able to get close to the waters edge and found an incredible scene of a [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:10-05:00February 19th, 2015|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: Boston yacht club, dock, frozen, ice, lighthouse, Marblehead Harbor|0 Comments

Blizzard of 2015 – The House at Lovis Cove

All week I'll be sharing photos captured after the Blizzard of 2015 departed Marblehead having left an official total of 24.5" of snow. Thankfully the cold temperatures resulted in very light snow and very few power outages. However, the light snow and strong winds led to incredible drifts (I measured a 48" one in our backyard). One of my first stops on Wednesday morning after the storm departed was Lovis Cove to see how this brown house had fared. I've captured images of the brown house at Lovis Cove at the peak of storms in the past (see below) and [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:11-05:00February 2nd, 2015|Categories: Snow|Tags: blizzard, house, lighthouse, Lovis Cove, snow|0 Comments

Sailing out of Marblehead

After this week, I think we all need a nice reminder of warmer days yet to come. This image of a sailboat leaving out of Marblehead harbor was taken on June 7, 2014. Won't be much longer before many of you are sailing out of Marblehead with the thought of snow just a memory.

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:12-05:00January 30th, 2015|Categories: From the Water|Tags: lighthouse, sailboat|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