The Brick Oil House at Chandler Hovey Park

Yesterday's Reflection shot was taken while my older camera was shooting a time lapse movie of the sun setting over the harbor. While waiting for it to finish, I wandered around Chandler Hovey park looking for compositions and angles that I hadn't yet shot. I noticed the sun setting over the brick oil house that used to power Marblehead Light and decided to close down the aperture and turn the bright sun into a sunstar. Having the tree there helped add to the composition as did the full harbor.

By Eyal Oren|2013-02-19T17:47:08-05:00August 16th, 2011|Categories: Chandler Hovey park, Sunset|Tags: boats, Chandler Hovey park, HDR, lighthouse, Marblehead Harbor, sun star, sunset|0 Comments

Reflections on a Year

Yesterday marked the one year anniversary of this website. What started as a desire to learn more about my new hometown by shooting photos every Wednesday, has turned into an incredible experience. In this past year, I have published 94 posts of images of this town. Over 200 people have 'liked' the Wednesdays in Marblehead Facebook page. Fifty people signed up to receive regular email updates. The home page has been viewed over 1200 times (at least since I installed the plugin to keep count). Meanwhile, I have become a member of the Marblehead Arts Association. I've [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:28-05:00August 15th, 2011|Categories: Marblehead Neck, Sunset|Tags: HDR, lighthouse, Marblehead Harbor, reflection, sunset, tree|2 Comments

Marblehead from the Water

This is the last shot from our brief sail out of the Marblehead harbor. I looked back after seeing the boats headed to their races and saw the town laid out in front of me. I managed to get the entirety of the Neck with its lighthouse, the harbor filled with boats, and the mainland with Abbot standing tall. I like this perspective of our town on a warm Summer day.

By Eyal Oren|2013-06-06T22:37:20-04:00August 11th, 2011|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: Abbot Hall, boats, landmark, lighthouse, Marblehead Harbor, ocean, water|0 Comments

Out for a Sail

Last Wednesday, we were invited out for an evening sail by some good friends. While I spent half the time shooting my wife, kids and surrogate parents/grandparents on the boat, I didn't miss the chance to photograph our town from the water. After all, this is a sailing town! This was an early shot from the sail when we passed what I presume is a charter from the Corinthian Yacht Club that seems to have stopped to admire the view of Chandler Hovey park and the lighthouse. I loved the positioning of their boat just off to the side and [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:28-05:00August 8th, 2011|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: boats, Corinthian Yacht Club, lighthouse, ocean, sailboat, water|2 Comments

Two Stars from the Base of the Lighthouse

This photo was taken the same day that I captured the cliff jumpers at Crocker park. As I mentioned there, it was a hot July 4th weekend in Marblehead and I found myself with some time at sunset. I wasn't sure what to expect as the clouds had started to come in but made my way to Chandler Hovey park. I had always shot the lighthouse from afar in hopes of capturing it in its entirety. On this occasion, I was drawn to the red door at its base. I love the texture of the paint of the door and [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:28-05:00August 3rd, 2011|Categories: Chandler Hovey park|Tags: boats, HDR, lighthouse, Marblehead Harbor, sun star, sunset, water|5 Comments

Cliff Jumping at Crocker Park

It was hot the first week in July and, as I made my way around town on a Wednesday, I figured I would shoot some kids diving off the floating dock at Crocker park. I made my way down there but saw little to shoot until I turned around saw a group that was taking advantage of the high tide by diving off the cliff. I climbed back up the stairs, introduced myself, and proceeded to shoot as they jumped in one after another. This was my favorite shot of the series - a single jumper caught in mid stride [...]

By Eyal Oren|2013-06-06T22:34:14-04:00August 1st, 2011|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: boats, Crocker park, lighthouse, Marblehead Harbor, water|0 Comments

The Grand Finale

After shooting the beginning of the fireworks display from the rocks at Fort Sewall, I made my way back toward the fort with an idea for the grand finale. As expected, the conclusion of the fireworks show was intense with a rapid succession of fireworks going off. I used the great tree as cover to shield the camera from the brightest parts of the explosions and hoped that I could get a long enough exposure to again show the crowd watching in rapt attention. As the fireworks display is privately funded, I will be donating 20% of the proceeds from [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:29-05:00July 7th, 2011|Categories: Fireworks|Tags: fireworks, Fort Sewall, lighthouse, long exposure, tree|2 Comments

Fireworks over the Harbor

Marblehead was recently voted in the top 15 for locations to watch fireworks on the Fourth of July. Looking at this scene of people gathered on the rocks of Fort Sewall with the light of the fireworks balanced by the lighthouse and flares illuminating the harbor, it really is no wonder. The fireworks committee put on a great show again this year which went off on schedule despite the threat of storms in the area. As the fireworks display is privately funded, I will be donating 20% of the proceeds from sales of any past and future fireworks images towards [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:29-05:00July 6th, 2011|Categories: Fireworks|Tags: boats, fireworks, harbor illumination, lighthouse, Marblehead Harbor, ocean, reflection|5 Comments

Light up the Harbor

As a prelude to the fireworks to celebrate the Fourth of July, the Marblehead harbor is illuminated with flares. I'm not sure when this tradition began but the illumination rivals the fireworks display. Bright red flares, placed by volunteers, line the entire harbor and are set off at 8:45pm. I decided to shoot from Front Street beach as the tide was low and I could put the ever-present row boats in the frame. You can see the flares lining the Neck and Chandler Hovey park as well.

By Eyal Oren|2013-06-06T22:28:23-04:00July 5th, 2011|Categories: Fireworks|Tags: boats, Fort Sewall, Front Street, harbor illumination, lighthouse, Marblehead Harbor|7 Comments

It’s Going to be a Good Day

After the purple dawn, a deep red sky, a rising red sun, and crossing over the lighthouse, the sun finished its ascent to start a wonderful Summer day. This the last of five posts this week documenting an incredible sunrise over Marblehead harbor. This seemed a perfect way to lead up to my entry in the Marblehead Festival of the Arts as well as a showing of my photos at Lost + Found in Five Corners. Lost + Found will be having a reception on Saturday, July 2nd from 6:30-9:30 - I hope to see you there and meet some of my readers in person!

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:29-05:00July 1st, 2011|Categories: Sunrise|Tags: boats, Hammond Park, HDR, lighthouse, Marblehead Harbor, sailboat, sunrise, water|0 Comments