Today's image comes from July 18 and a trip to Gerry Island. Low tide occurred as the sun set and I headed over to the land bridge connecting Gerry Island to the mainland in hopes of a decent sunset. Ironically, this image captures the spot from which I took Tuesday's image of sunset over Little Harbor. While great clouds and light never materialized, the still water in Little Harbor served as a perfect mirror to reflect the houses of Fort Sewall Lane.
After capturing the streaks of clouds over Marblehead Neck, I continued walking along the causeway and captured photos as the sun dipped lower in the sky. The clouds now formed a more intricate pattern over the 'mainland' and the harbor seemed to be partitioned to reflect those colors in large pools. I composed this image to include the recognizable tower of Abbot Hall while also focusing on the sailboats and their masts reflecting in these pools that shone pink from the setting sun. Having Abbot Hall lit by the pink glow of sunset was a nice bonus as it allowed [...]
I decided to go back to the depths of the archive this week and share some of my oldest images that have yet to see the light of day. This image was taken within days of our moving to Marblehead in May 2008 and is the very first sunset in Marblehead that I captured. Little did I know that in 7 short years, this small project would turn into a website, prints, books, booths at the Farmer's market and (soon) Artisans' Marketplace. What a long great trip it's been ;-)
It's here! The annual Devereux Beach carnival is this weekend and it looks like we'll finally have good weather for the entire duration of it. While the children of Marblehead will no doubt be thrilled to enjoy the carnival on what promises to be a rain-free weekend, I can't help but look back to images from last year when the weather was perfect for this photographer. We had rain and fog on this first weekend in May and the carnival was fairly empty at night due to the conditions. While others stayed home, I had the run of the small [...]
This image of a calm dawn over Marblehead Harbor comes from the morning of March 8, 2015. I had woken up early on this day despite the overnight change to daylight savings time and decided to take advantage of the situation by heading to Marblehead Harbor for a photo shoot. I was surprised by the absolute calm of the water as well as the sudden humidity that gave the impression of Spring on the horizon (even with several feet of snow still piled around town). This image comes from the peak of the morning's colors before the sun rose. The [...]
How about a break from the snow and cold for a look ahead at one of my favorite events during Spring in Marblehead - the Annual Devereux Beach Carnival! Last year offered incredible conditions for shooting the carnival with dense fog and rain leaving puddles throughout the grounds. The carnival was nearly empty on this night and I went about capturing some of my favorite images of the carnival in the fog at night. I haven't shared this one yet but it was one of my favorites from the night. The neon glow of the Fried Dough sign shining brightly [...]
As the clouds built on Sunday, I started to wonder if we might be in store for another nice sunset. With that in mind, I headed out of the house a little after 3 looking for a good vantage point. I stopped at a few spots that didn't quite pan out before heading to Devereux Beach and atop the causeway. From this position, I was able to shoot across the causeway looking out at Marblehead Harbor and quickly swing around to capture the sunset over Devereux Beach. As it happened, the harbor side never did pick up the evening's colors [...]
It had been ten days since I had last headed out for a photo shoot in Marblehead when the opportunity came for an outing at sunset on Wednesday, November 12. Fog had enveloped Marblehead for much of the day and finally broke around 3 pm. I headed down to Devereux beach hoping that sunset's colors would reflect off the remaining fog. That plan didn't quite work out but I was treated to a nice sunset instead. I tried to time this image to capture the November sunset reflecting off the wet sand at Devereux Beach in this moment between waves.
On Wednesday, July 30th I was out on the causeway waiting to cheer on a limousine as it drove around Marblehead and found myself staring at some beautiful cloud formations over Abbot Hall. By now the tower of Abbot had been adorned with a big 'M' and so I was in search of new vantage points from which to capture the school symbol and colors. As I decided on the best location for this composition, a woman got on to a stand up paddle board from Riverhead Beach and went out for a paddle in Marblehead Harbor. The water was [...]
For a while, I would share long exposure images on Tuesdays. That theme hasn't been as active as in months past but, at the end of June, I had a chance to capture a long exposure image at sunset and I thought I would share it today. This was at the tail end of an incredibly vibrant sunset that took place over 45 minutes and had me driving to three different locations. I had thought the show was finished and was driving toward the causeway when I looked to my right and saw this scene. I quickly turned around, parked, [...]