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 [...]

By Eyal Oren|2017-04-03T21:36:00-04:00April 6th, 2017|Categories: Aerial|Tags: aerial, Grace Community church, historic downtown, Old North Church, Phantom 4 Pro, St Michaels church|7 Comments

Moon and Star over Marblehead

On Wednesday morning, I left the house at dawn with two goals in mind - capturing the setting full moon over Marblehead and a few images using my new Phantom drone. I started by crossing the causeway and saw the beautiful full moon in my rear view mirror. I had charted out its descent the night before but, when faced with the moon that morning, I found myself struggling with the right shooting spot. I ended up driving down Foster Street, up Harbor Avenue, down Corinthian Lane, back up Nahant Street, down Ocean Avenue and finally deciding on Harvard Street. [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-12-15T20:56:36-05:00December 16th, 2016|Categories: moon|Tags: full moon, Grace Community church, moonset, St Michaels church, stars, supermoon, The Landing|8 Comments

Sunrise over Marblehead Neck

Please read/share - updates on future postings Since starting Wednesdays in Marblehead in August 2008, I've shared over 1,500 images of this incredible town. For the past few months, I've felt my creativity dwindling and have begun to feel the need to keep up with daily postings as more chore than enjoyment. I know I still have much to explore but feel that to do so, I need to stop the daily morning postings (at least for now). For the foreseeable future, I plan to share a favorite image (or more) soon after an outing but the timing of those [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:27-05:00October 9th, 2016|Categories: Sunrise|Tags: boats, lighthouse, Marblehead Harbor, rooftop, St Michaels church, sunrise|11 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

Golden Light over Marblehead’s Skyline

I had planned to share images of Friday night's spectacular sunset this week but last night's full moon offered an opportunity I couldn't miss. With that captured, shared and voted on (the final shot with the face won by a landslide), it's time to turn back to Friday night's show. On Monday night, I shared an image taken at the peak of the pink and purple color and Tuesday night featured an image showcasing the incredible clarity that developed early on. Tonight's image was taken at 6:35pm - in between the first two shared images. As the sun set lower [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:36-05:00March 23rd, 2016|Categories: Sunset|Tags: Abbot Hall, dramatic sky, Grace Community church, skyline, St Michaels church, sunset|0 Comments

Light Up the Tree at St. Michael’s

Recently, I received an email asking me if I had the chance to photograph the tree in front of St. Michael's Church decorated in holiday lights. While I had captured the trees at Abbot Hall and National Grand Bank in past Decembers, I had never noticed the tree at St. Michael's lit up for the season. On Tuesday, I headed out before sunset hoping the clouds would break in time for me to capture a beautiful tree against an equally stunning sky. I set up and waited, and waited but the tree never lit. I captured a number of images of the [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:52-05:00December 18th, 2015|Categories: Old Town|Tags: Christmas, holiday, light, St Michaels church, steeple, tree|0 Comments

A New Steeple on Washington Street

Okay so St. Michael's new steeple isn't technically on Washington Street. Ever since it went up, I have wanted to capture an image of the new steeple rising above the shops and houses lining Washington Street. I finally had a chance on Saturday morning under perfect conditions. You can make out the light of dawn reflecting in the windows facing East.

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:52-05:00December 17th, 2015|Categories: Old Town|Tags: historic downtown, St Michaels church, steeple, washington|0 Comments

A Perfect Morning in Marblehead

I can't imagine a better start to the day than capturing this image on a perfect morning in Marblehead yesterday. The road to this shot was long and convoluted - I hope you don't mind a bit of a backstory... A few years ago, I happened upon an image by Ulrike Welsch of Abbot Hall and Old North Church juxtaposed so that one couldn't quite tell which was in front of the other. The composition was nothing short of brilliant and I tried in vain to figure out where it was taken from. Fast forward to a recent Farmer's Market [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:03:58-05:00October 15th, 2015|Categories: Landmark|Tags: Abbot Hall, bird, foliage, Old North Church, St Michaels church|0 Comments

Purple Light and the Coming Storm

I mentioned in yesterday's post that I had gone out at dawn to capture images of Doliber Cove specifically because a storm was forecast for later that day. A coming storm usually signals good light at dawn as in the old adage 'red sky in morning, sailor take warning'. As it turns out, the coming storm would bring some incredible purple light with it later that evening... I had gone out again on the night of July 1 to participate in the Marblehead Festival of Arts Awards Night ceremony at Abbot Hall. Since the full moon was due to rise [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:04:02-05:00July 8th, 2015|Categories: Sunset|Tags: Abbot Hall, Crocker park, dramatic sky, houses, pink, purple, St Michaels church|0 Comments

Spring Blossoms under St. Michael’s steeple

St. Michael's new steeple has been in place for less than a year and yet it looks right at home when looked at up close and as part of the skyline. I was out running errands on Wednesday morning and walked along Washington Street and by St. Michael's church when I looked to my right and noted a tree in full bloom. I walked closer to check angles and compositions and was pretty sure this would 'work'. After picking up some framed prints that had been at the Chamber of Commerce (and will be up at West Marine on Saturday [...]

By Eyal Oren|2015-05-13T15:34:16-04:00May 14th, 2015|Categories: Spring|Tags: flowers, historic downtown, St Michaels church, tree, Washington Street|0 Comments