Finding their Way in the Fog

I hope you're not tired of these foggy images yet because I was like a kid in a candy store out at Chandler Hovey Park for the hour of incredible light on the night of July 5th. At this point, the light was starting to deepen and the fog had lifted a bit just as the Town class boats made their way back into the harbor. I can't recall what boat created the two lines in the water but the two sailors in this small townie seemed to be finding their way in the fog by following the line in the [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:29-05:00July 22nd, 2016|Categories: From the Water|Tags: boat, fog, sailboat|2 Comments

Boats in the Fog

This was my first view from Chandler Hovey Park on July 5th and I think my mouth hung open for a few minutes before I recovered and started capturing the scenes before me. I initially had my favorite 24-105 lens on the camera and shot this view of the Town class boats leaving the harbor at the maximum zoom for that lens. This was taken as the fog had reached its maximum and yet was still staying very close to the water line. The result was the view you see in the distance of fog following the contours of [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-07-10T19:06:40-04:00July 14th, 2016|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: boats, fog, sailboat|2 Comments

Racing Toward MH1 – Fine Art Photography of Marblehead

A few years ago, the concept of fine art photography took hold with grand long exposure black and white images or incredibly atmospheric views of far off places. Try as I might, I hadn't been able to realize my version of this genre until July 5th when the perfect amount of fog rolled into Marblehead harbor only to be backlit by the setting sun. As the fog thickened and thinned out and its color changed with the position of the sun, I composed images within Marblehead harbor while keeping my eye on a group of Townies heading out. Five Town [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:29-05:00July 11th, 2016|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: boats, fine art, fog, sailboat|17 Comments

Sailing Under the Sunset

I learned long ago that fog produces my favorite atmosphere with which to capture images of Marblehead. Two of my black and white images of foggy scenes were awarded Best of Show at the Festival of Arts a few years ago and a write up in the Reporter at the time was titled 'The Fog-tographer'. And so, on Tuesday night when I looked out and saw hints of fog in the distance, I grabbed my camera bag and headed out toward the harbor. I found myself in dense fog as I crossed the causeway and immediately pulled over on the [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:29-05:00July 7th, 2016|Categories: Sunset|Tags: fog, sailboat, sunset|19 Comments

Racing in Marblehead Harbor

With the perfect weather that we've been having, I figured some of my readers might like to see an image of sailboats in the waters of Marblehead. Today's shot comes from April 23rd and a view of sailboats participating in the Jackson Cup. This is by far my favorite event of the season as the moorings in the harbor remain empty for the most part allowing the boats to pass in front of several Marblehead landmarks. I've shared one image from the races on this particular afternoon with the boats crossing in front of Abbot Hall. I watched the sailboats [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:30-05:00June 23rd, 2016|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: from the water, Grace Community church, sailboat, St Michaels church|2 Comments

Perfect Day for Racing – The Jackson Cup

This weekend, the Jackson Cup took place inside Marblehead Harbor as the 18th annual invitational team race was held by the Boston Yacht Club. This may be the most beautiful sailing race to watch as the boats cross in front of familiar landmarks such as Abbot Hall when viewed from the Neck and Marblehead Light when seen from Hammond Park. Saturday began with rain and grey skies but the sun came out around 2:30pm and I took that as a good sign to head out to shoot the sailboats crossing in front of Abbot Hall as they competed for the [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-04-24T21:37:55-04:00April 25th, 2016|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: Abbot Hall, racing, sailboat, sailing|0 Comments

Frostbite Sailing in Marblehead Harbor

Before taking this image in January 2013, I had seen frostbite sailing take place in Marblehead Harbor but hadn't truly appreciate the name of this Winter activity. On this day, with a cold fog enveloping Marblehead and the boats crossing in front of Abbot Hall in an otherwise empty harbor, I could finally grasp just how cold the sailors must be.

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:53-05:00December 1st, 2015|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: frostbite, sailboat, sailing|0 Comments

Sailing on a Perfect Summer Day

When we moved into our rental house on Willow Street in May 2008, we had no way of knowing the friends we would make just one door down. Our neighbors would become surrogate grandparents to our then very young children and were more than happy to take us out on their boat when conditions were favorable. Such was the case in early August when we went sailing on a perfect Summer day. As this was one of my first outings on a boat, I was preoccupied with capturing images of Marblehead from the water. I had shot for much of our [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:04-05:00June 11th, 2015|Categories: From the Water|Tags: Abbot Hall, from the water, lighthouse, sailboat|0 Comments

Have a great Memorial Day Weekend!

Hope you have a great Memorial Day Weekend everyone.

By Eyal Oren|2015-05-21T21:51:13-04:00May 22nd, 2015|Categories: From the Water|Tags: American flag, Chandler Hovey park, lighthouse, sailboat|0 Comments

Lone Boat and Abbot Hall

I mentioned in yesterday's post that I had been going out more at sunset with the gradual shift in light. This image comes from Saturday night and a trip to Parker Lane. I've photographed from this Public Way countless times and am constantly surprised by just how different the scene can appear depending on light, tide and choice of composition. This image was taken at the peak of light which you can see reflecting nicely in the water of Marblehead Harbor. I wanted to focus on the lone boat and Abbot Hall but included the steeples of St. Michaels Church [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:06-05:00April 28th, 2015|Categories: Sunset|Tags: Abbot Hall, Marblehead Harbor, sailboat, sunset|0 Comments