Old Town House Bathed in Gold

The Marblehead Festival of Arts is upon us and two of my prints are hanging up at the Old Town House this weekend. I was honored to receive an Honorable Mention award for 'Lunar Eclipse and Abbot Hall'. As in years past, the public gets to vote of their favorite image which is then awarded the Peoples Choice Award. I would greatly appreciate your vote if you make it through the photography exhibit on Friday (2-7pm), Saturday (10-5pm) or Sunday (12-5pm). Today's image comes from that same sunset and incredible light show of last Thursday night. In fact, this was [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:29-05:00July 1st, 2016|Categories: Old Town|Tags: historic downtown, Old Town House, sunset, Washington Street|4 Comments

A Dusting of Snow around Old Town House

I decided to look in my too-be-published archive for images of snow to share this morning and happened upon this image of Old Town House. The image was taken on January 24, 2015 at 7:50am (right before I walked down to State Street and captured the Winter Wonderland image that represents January in this year's calendar). I tried a few angles on Old Town House with fresh snow falling around it and have shared a few already. This vertical shot allowed me to include the tree branches above with snow sticking to the wood and adding a nice frame over [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:49-05:00January 8th, 2016|Categories: Snow|Tags: Old Town House, snow|0 Comments

Plein Air Painting the Old Town House

I feel like I have fallen into a 'rut' of mostly capturing and sharing images of the water in and around Marblehead. With that in mind, I dove into the archives and found this image of a plein air painter capturing Old Town House that was taken on June 30, 2012. The feeling of a warm Summer day spent walking along Washington Street seems to spill out of this simple image and hopefully gets your weekend off on a good foot.

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:04-05:00May 29th, 2015|Categories: Old Town|Tags: Old Town House, people|0 Comments

Falling Snow on Old Town House

I realize just about everyone is tired of snow at this point but this image of freshly falling snow on Old Town House comes from one of the earliest snow storms of this season - January 24, 2015. Who knew at the time that this would be the start of a record breaking Winter with seemingly endless waves of snowstorms and freezing temperatures in between that kept the snow firmly in place. There's something about the first few snowfalls of the season that elicit a sense of childlike wonder and I was thrilled to be able to capture the still [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:08-05:00March 20th, 2015|Categories: Snow|Tags: Old Town House, snow, Washington Street|0 Comments

Snow Covered Steps at Old Town House

One last image (for now) of the Blizzard of 2015. After capturing the expansive view of Old Town House from the front of the building, I walked around back and noted the smooth hill of snow covering the stairs leading to the green doors adorned with wreaths. I decided to focus on the snow covered steps at Old Town House to help show just how much snow had fallen during the 36 hours of continuous snowfall.

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:11-05:00February 6th, 2015|Categories: Snow|Tags: Old Town House, snow|0 Comments

Old Town House Surrounded by Snow

Another image from the aftermath of the Blizzard of 2015. Downtown Marblehead definitely saw its share of snow but the road around Old Town House was very well plowed. I switched to my widest lens for this image of the iconic yellow building without any cars on the street and snow banks visible all along Washington Street. Behind me was an 8 foot tall mountain of snow that had been cleared from the road throughout the night.

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:11-05:00February 4th, 2015|Categories: Snow|Tags: Old Town House, snow|0 Comments

Falling Snow on Old Town House

Back to last weekend and the more manageable and picturesque view of freshly falling snow that settled over Marblehead. I mentioned in Monday's post that I had captured images of Old Town House before turning toward State Street. This view of the iconic yellow Old Town House in the middle of Washington Street with the Bus Stop in complementary colors and Abbot Hall just visible in the distance was an easy favorite. The early morning hour meant there were no cars parked on the street to obstruct the view.

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:12-05:00January 28th, 2015|Categories: Snow|Tags: historic downtown, Old Town House, Washington Street|1 Comment

Old Town House and the Maple Tree

On Sunday morning, after capturing views of dawn from Beacon Street, I drove into historic downtown Marblehead to check on the progress of a certain tree on Washington Street. This maple tree stands in the space between two multi-family homes with stores on the ground floors. I have tried to capture the Old Town House and the maple tree on several occasions over the years but was never happy with the colors of the leaves of the composition. As I drove down Mugford Street, I was surprised to see very few cars parked around Old Town House and Washington Street. [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:21-05:00October 7th, 2014|Categories: Fall|Tags: Fall, foliage, maple tree, Old Town House, Washington Street|0 Comments

Santa Claus comes to Marblehead

On Saturday, December 7th as part of the Annual Marblehead Christmas Walk, Santa and Mrs. Claus came to town. They arrived aboard a lobster boat and stopped for photos prior to making their way up State Street in the annual Christmas Walk parade. The weather cooperated with fairly mild temps for early December and the coating of snow that had fallen overnight put much of the town in a festive mood. Turnout was great and my family and I ended up on the corner of State and Washington streets with me hoping for a shot that would include the newly [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:05:47-05:00December 9th, 2013|Categories: Traditions|Tags: Christmas, Old Town House|0 Comments

Snow in Marblehead – The Three Icons

So far, November has been cold (bitterly so at times) but only a few flakes have hit the ground. With twenty-five unpublished images of snow waiting to be shared, I thought I would take advantage of the seasonably cold weather to show some images of snow from years past. This image was taken on the morning of December 30, 2012. Our first winter storm had gone through with expectations of 6 inches of snow to fall over the weekend. We got a little less than that in Marblehead and the crews did a great job of clearing the streets. I [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:05:47-05:00December 2nd, 2013|Categories: Snow|Tags: Abbot Hall, church, Grace Community church, Old Town House, snow, Washington Street|0 Comments