Dawn of a New Year in Marblehead

2012 began with a sunrise shoot from the roof of the Old North Church. It was therefore with a sense of symmetry and a feeling of starting a new tradition, that I climbed the steps of St Michaels Church to shoot sunrise on January 1st, 2013. Unfortunately, the conditions did not permit a shoot from the top of the steeple. I'll share one image from that outing tomorrow. I did finish up there just in time to head down to the water and try for a sunrise from a new location. I parked at The Landing and walked along the [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:06-05:00January 2nd, 2013|Categories: Sunrise|Tags: boats, lighthouse, Marblehead Harbor, Old North Church, sunrise|0 Comments

Long Exposure – Christmas Comes to Chandler Hovey Park

Merry Christmas everyone! And could you ask for a more festive scene than Marblehead Lighthouse lit up with lights? I was out shooting at sunset on Sunday night and, when the lights faded, decided to head out to Chandler Hovey Park to photography the lighthouse lit up for the season. The park was empty on this cold night and I decided to use the same compositions as a recently shared photo with snow on the ground [link]. As the light was fading and since Christmas would fall on 'long exposure Tuesday', I decided to shoot this image over 30 [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:06-05:00December 25th, 2012|Categories: Long Exposure|Tags: Chandler Hovey park, lighthouse, long exposure|0 Comments

The Brick Oil House in the Snow

Back to the great snows of 2009 for this image of the brick oil house that used to power Marblehead lighthouse. This was taken in mid-January of what would end up being a great year for photos of snow. I remember making my way to Chandler Hovey Park shortly after the snow stopped falling (and the plows made the roads drivable) to capture images of Winter's best. The lighthouse itself didn't offer much but, after walking around to this vantage point, I knew I had the composition I wanted. Between the old brick oil house and the covered bench as well [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:06-05:00December 17th, 2012|Categories: Snow|Tags: Chandler Hovey park, lighthouse, snow|0 Comments

Pink Clouds at Dawn Over Marblehead Harbor

Something told me that Tuesday morning's sunrise might be worth an early wake up so I dutifully set the alarm a bit early and made my way out to Front street at 5:30 in the morning. At first, the skies disappointed with some decent morning light but no clouds to reflect the pinks that typically accompany a late Fall sunrise. Just as the sun threatened to break above the clouds, these wisps showed up and quickly fell into place. I was shooting in landscape (horizontal) format and quickly switched to this portrait (vertical) orientation to get the tops of the [...]

By Eyal Oren|2013-06-16T14:42:43-04:00November 26th, 2012|Categories: Sunrise|Tags: clouds, dawn, Fort Sewall, Front Street, lighthouse, Marblehead Harbor, pink, tree|0 Comments

Summer Sunset at Chandler Hovey Park

Is it too early for a 'warm' picture? It's been freezing lately and this morning is no exception. As I watched the election results roll in last night, I combed through my photo archive (currently with 268 images waiting to post) and settled on this shot taken on August 2nd. The image struck me for the warm feel coming from the colors of the sunset. There is a whole lot more happening here though which is what drew me to this scene in the first place. First you have the brightly colored sails on the water. There's a family gathered [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:08-05:00November 7th, 2012|Categories: Chandler Hovey park|Tags: boats, Chandler Hovey park, lighthouse, sunset|0 Comments

Dawn over Little Harbor and Marblehead Light

On Saturday morning, I decided to wake up early in hopes that the predicted 35 degree temps would lead to some nice mist/fog coming off the ponds. I drove by Redds and Black Joes but neither was 'misting' nor were there good colors to speak of. Instead, I decided to park on Beacon Street and get some nice colors of the dawn reflecting off the water in Little Harbor. There were a few boats in the near harbor that I took pictures of but preferred the longer view looking out towards the lighthouse. The break in the choppy water served [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:09-05:00October 15th, 2012|Categories: Sunrise|Tags: boat, dawn, lighthouse, Little Harbor|0 Comments

The Harvest Moon Rises over Marblehead Harbor

I had little hope for capturing this year's Harvest moon. The thick clouds these past few days and today's rain made me think that this year's attempt would be a wash...literally. A funny thing happened at 5pm as I milled around with the kids and neighbors outside, the sun came out and the clouds disappeared. I quickly thought of places from which I might 'shoot the moon' and headed out to Crocker Park. I got there right at 6:25pm with a moon rise scheduled for 6:27. I was thrilled to see that the main tree had started to show off [...]

By Eyal Oren|2013-06-16T14:26:50-04:00September 30th, 2012|Categories: moon|Tags: Crocker park, Fall, foliage, full moon, Harvest moon, lighthouse, moon|0 Comments

Long Exposure – Clouds Pass Marblehead Light

As I mentioned in yesterday's post, I had set out on Saturday hoping to use the fast moving clouds for a long exposure image. It has been a while since I had pulled out the 10-stop filter and played with exposures measured in minutes. As the light faded, I found myself near the edge of the lot and trying to capture the lighthouse with clouds behind and the crashing waves transformed to mist below. In this two minute exposure, you can make out the streaks of clouds in the sky. Even more amazing is the swirls of white in the [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:11-05:00September 11th, 2012|Categories: Long Exposure|Tags: black and white, clouds, lighthouse, long exposure, mist, ocean, rocks|0 Comments

Another Epic Sunset over Marblehead Harbor

I've been fortunate to witness and capture some truly astonishing sunsets this Summer. That being said, the epic sunset I witnessed on August 21st, might trump them all. I had witnessed some incredible light shows for several nights leading up to this one but work and kids kept me from running out each night with the camera and tripod. On this night, I had decided to go out no matter the conditions...and then almost changed my mind when the wispy clouds that had covered the harbor left and were replaced by a heavy grey one. I decided that I would at least [...]

By Eyal Oren|2014-04-20T15:23:47-04:00September 5th, 2012|Categories: Sunset|Tags: boats, chasing the light, clouds, lighthouse, Marblehead Harbor, sunset|0 Comments

Blue Moon over Marblehead Harbor

I arrived home from work last night and my 6 year old son starts telling me about 'moon jellyfish' that he saw while tide pooling at camp today. He can't stop describing them and is almost beside himself at how amazing it was to hold one. The more he talked, the more I thought it worth heading out to see them. I decided to postpone my dinner and got them in the car to head back to Front Street beach where he had been earlier in the day. We got to Front Street at low tide and scampered around the [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:11-05:00August 31st, 2012|Categories: moon|Tags: boats, full moon, lighthouse, Marblehead Harbor|0 Comments