Old North Church

Old North

Another capture from across the harbor on a Tuesday afternoon while scouting for foliage. This time I decided to focus on Old North Church rather than Abbot Hall or Marblehead light and found great light and a nice collection of boats in the harbor to tie the composition together. You can just make out the first signs of fall color in the canopy of tree cover.

By |2022-10-02T09:17:54-04:00October 3rd, 2022|Categories: Old Town|Tags: , |0 Comments

Spring is in the Air – Old North Church

Last shot from my outing on Sunday, April 15 when lasers and tech dinghies crossed Marblehead Harbor. I was set up at Parker Lane and zoomed in a bit as the clouds shifted so that the sun reflected off the white sails of these lasers while Old North Church and the houses behind The Landing fell into shadow. Hope this week got you excited for springtime in Marblehead!

By |2022-04-10T18:04:39-04:00April 15th, 2022|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: , , |0 Comments

Passing by The Landing

I had hoped to shoot the Marblehead Tech Dinghy Association again this weekend but the lack of light and coming rain cancelled my plans for that as well as the full moonrise.  Instead here is another image from last weekend's outing under far better conditions. From my vantage point at the end of Parker Lane, I was able to capture scenes of these dinghy's passing by Abbot Hall, the BYC, Crocker, St Michaels and, as here, The Landing.  From this position on the opposite end of the Neck, The Landing and Old North Church come into close proximity and the [...]

By |2021-03-28T22:13:59-04:00March 29th, 2021|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: , , , |1 Comment

Old North Church and the Christmas Tree

This will be my last new image of 2019 as I plan to do a Top 10 countdown starting this weekend leading up to New Years Day. Today's photo of a lit Christmas tree on the rocky shore of Marblehead Harbor was captured ten minutes prior to the wider image of the moon setting. I had spotted this tree from across the harbor and really liked this composition but the cloudless sky detracted quite a bit. As the sun began to rise, it lit up the smoke from a chimney in downtown Marblehead and added a nice pink break in [...]

By |2019-12-18T22:12:01-05:00December 19th, 2019|Categories: Sunrise|Tags: , |0 Comments

Looking Back at Doaks Lane

On August 17, 2015, I made my way onto Gerry Island before sunset using the low tide path to cross. I had this particular image in mind and hoped for a nice sunset but had to make due with a single cloud in the sky and soft light. The compressed view of the stacked houses and Old North Church made up for the somewhat lackluster sky. With Gerry Island now apparently stripped of overgrowth, I'm looking forward to returning to this spot with a longer lens for some new compositions.

By |2019-06-14T06:28:40-04:00June 14th, 2019|Categories: Island|Tags: , , |0 Comments

Old North Moon

In late March, I had headed out to capture the full worm moon setting and managed to get several images of the moon as it descended near Old North Church. I shared one favorite of the full moon and a wider view of this section of Marblehead but had also managed to capture this image as the moon dropped right next to the church. With the morning light reflecting in the windows of houses along the harbor and the pink hue of the moon now lower in the sky, this was a close runner up to my favorite shot of [...]

By |2019-04-21T20:21:09-04:00April 23rd, 2019|Categories: moon|Tags: , , |34 Comments

Old North Church and the Vernal Worm Moon

On Wednesday morning, the super vernal worm moon was due to set under clear conditions and I had planned out a spot at Chandler Hovey Park from which to capture this image. I have many images of the full moon setting besides Abbot Hall but have only managed to capture the moonset beside Old North Church on two other occasions - and one was marred by clouds. I could not have asked for better conditions or light with the moonset taking place just before sunrise. The vernal worm moon (so named as this is the first day of spring) set [...]

By |2019-03-20T17:41:56-04:00March 21st, 2019|Categories: moon|Tags: , , |19 Comments

Frostbite Sailing past Old North Church

Spring is here!  If all goes according to plan, I will be capturing the full moon setting on the spring equinox near Old North Church just as this post goes live in the morning. We are in peak frostbite sailing season but I haven't had a chance to make it out to capture the boats crossing in front of familiar landmarks this year. Between the morning plans and the lack of any recent frostbite sailing images, I thought this would make for a nice image to start the day.

By |2019-03-19T21:35:42-04:00March 20th, 2019|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: , , , |5 Comments

Old North Church and the Harbor

Today's image comes from a trip out to Gerry Island in August 2015.  I crossed the land bridge to Gerry at low tide just before sunset and as I looked back, I found this perfect composition with Old North Church rising above the houses along Doaks Lane.  The boats in the water and that lone cloud in the sky made for a picture perfect scene of Little Harbor.

By |2017-08-23T20:52:38-04:00August 24th, 2017|Categories: Little Harbor|Tags: , , |3 Comments

Historic Downtown Marblehead on a late March evening

This view of historic downtown Marblehead was taken just before the full panorama I shared on Monday.  The clouds in the late March sky were reflecting the colors of sunset while I positioned the Phantom 4 Pro almost 200 feet above Union Street and composed this image to include three of Marblehead's familiar steeples - St. Michaels, Grace Community Church and Old North Church. It takes a while to get your bearings in these aerial views of historic downtown Marblehead but, once you do, you can spot some familiar stores along Washington street in the left lower section, Crosby's in [...]

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