The Long Night Moon Rises over the Pier on Mooring Road

The Long Night Moon rose on December 28th and I made a bee line for Mooring Road to try to capture it. I had planned this out the day before and scouted out various locations from which the moon was expected to rise. This was the only time of the year when the moon rise would put it in close proximity to one of my favorite piers in town and I decided to head to Mooring road. The issues were that I was working that day and the moon was due to rise about 30 minutes after sunset. I managed [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-05-05T20:26:07-04:00January 9th, 2013|Categories: moon|Tags: moon, Mooring Road, pier|0 Comments

The Harvest Moon Rises over Redds Pond

Here's another shot from the archive, this time from mid October 2011. On the same night that I took this image of the harvest moon and Abbot hall (click to view), I ended up with another great opportunity to shoot this full moon. I drove back through town literally chasing the moon as I went and somehow found myself at Redd's pond. By that point the moon had risen high enough to clear the trees and was positioned immediately over the Pond View house across the water. As luck would have it, the resident of the house must have just [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:08-05:00November 8th, 2012|Categories: Pond|Tags: full moon, Harvest moon, house, moon, pond, Redd's pond|0 Comments

Sunset from the Village Street Pier

Wednesdays in Marblehead resumes after the brief hiatus to shoot foliage in Vermont (if you missed the iPhone sneak peak, click HERE for the final shot - it's the first on the page). I have been meaning to post this image for a while now but other shots kept cutting ahead of it. This was taken at the end of August and I still remember how warm and humid it was on this night and how many mosquitoes kept buzzing around me as I shot this. I had noted the colors developing as the sun set and decided to drive [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:09-05:00October 3rd, 2012|Categories: Sunset|Tags: moon, pier, Salem harbor, sunset, Village Street|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

The Blue Moon and the Lamp Post

I shared a photo of the blue moon on Friday that was taken on August 30th. Turns out the moon turned full the next morning so I had one more shot at getting a photo of the rising moon the next evening. I started off at the beach near Goldthwait and got some nice shots as it first rose. I was with the family and so, after getting my shot, we walked down to Lime Rickey's for a celebratory 'end of Summer' ice cream. As we did, I saw the chance to capture the moon behind the lamp post and [...]

By Eyal Oren|2014-04-20T15:29:24-04:00September 4th, 2012|Categories: moon|Tags: American flag, blue hour, causeway, full moon, lamp post, moon|0 Comments

Chasing the Supermoon

Twenty-four hours later, the chase is over. I started my attempt to capture this year's supermoon (otherwise known as the perigee of the moon) on Saturday night. The moon was at its nearest point to Earth in its yearly orbit and that should have resulted in a larger and brighter full moon. Conditions seemed perfect as the clouds finally burned off at 6pm and I drove out to Fort Sewall around 7. As I neared my destination, I had to rub my eyes in disbelief...a thick band of fog had descended around the harbor. This was pea soup type fog [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:17-05:00May 6th, 2012|Categories: moon|Tags: Chandler Hovey park, lighthouse, moon|7 Comments

The Worm Moon rises over Old Burial Hill

The Worm Moon rose on March 7th and I was determined to find a new vantage point from which to shoot it. I had planned on capturing its rise over the house at Redds pond but, as the minutes ticked by and the moon failed to appear, I walked around the pond and eventually up to Old Burial Hill. There I spotted this scene of a full moon rising over gravestones dating back hundreds of years and decided this was the image I should capture.

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:19-05:00March 12th, 2012|Categories: moon|Tags: full moon, gravestone, moon, Old Burial Hill|3 Comments

The Snow Moon sets over Old North Church

As the old saying goes, 'what goes up, must come down'. After shooting the Snow Moon rising the night before, I checked the weather conditions for the next morning and was pleased to see a forecast for clear skies. I figured out where the moon would be setting and determined the best spot for capturing it setting near the Old North Church. As I drove out in the early morning, I noticed the light cloud cover and hoped it wouldn't interfere with the final shot. When I set up near the lighthouse, I realized the clouds would blot out much [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:20-05:00February 15th, 2012|Categories: moon|Tags: church, full moon, houses, Marblehead Harbor, moon, Old North Church, water|0 Comments

Through the tree at Fort Sewall

This image exemplifies something I try to remember during each outing...Always look back on a scene! I had photographed the Snow Moon rising over Childrens Island and was pleased with the results. As I made my way back to the car parked on Front Street, I looked back every five minutes to recheck the scene I had left. When I turned the corner and saw the moon making its way through the great tree at the fort, I knew I needed to get my gear out once more and capture this image. By the time the moon had risen high [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:20-05:00February 14th, 2012|Categories: moon|Tags: Fort Sewall, full moon, moon, tree|3 Comments

The Snow Moon rises over Childrens Island

With each new full moon, I have been trying to find a unique vantage point from which to shoot it. The last one, the Wolf Moon, proved tricky as it came up quite a bit after sunset making for difficult shooting conditions. The Snow Moon cooperated in regards to time of rise but some low lying clouds threw a wrench in my plans. Starting at 4 pm, I made my way around town scouting out locations from which to shoot the moon rise. I contemplated and dismissed four different spots before deciding to head up to Fort Sewall for the [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:20-05:00February 13th, 2012|Categories: moon|Tags: Childrens Island, full moon, island, moon, sunset, water|0 Comments