Mid-Harbor Sunset

On Monday, I shared an image of the sunset over Marblehead Neck and mentioned having chased another sunset a couple of days before. On Friday, September 8, the sky seemed to hold promise with a buildup of thin clouds overhead and a break at the horizon which promised some nice light to reflect off the high clouds. I decided to head out to the Neck and brought both drone and camera with me. I ended up at the pier of the Pleon Yacht Club and shot with both camera and drone as the sun set and the colors took hold [...]

By Eyal Oren|2017-09-12T22:21:46-04:00September 13th, 2017|Categories: Aerial|Tags: aerial, boats, Marblehead Harbor, Phantom 4 Pro, sunset|0 Comments

Sunset Views from the Mouth of the Harbor

For the past few nights, I have been chasing clouds and sunsets over Marblehead and been less than thrilled with the results. I returned home from a barbecue at the Marblehead Community Charter Public School at 6:30pm eyeing the sky all the way home and made a beeline for Chandler Hovey Park as soon as I could. The clouds held promise and the sun was descending over a cloudless patch of sky but, as I drove, I realized the angles were all wrong for shooting from the Neck. As luck would have it, I had the drone with me and [...]

By Eyal Oren|2017-09-11T06:40:31-04:00September 10th, 2017|Categories: Aerial|Tags: aerial, buoys, Chandler Hovey park, Marblehead Harbor, Phantom 4 Pro, sunset|3 Comments

Harbor Tour at Sunset

In mid-July of 2013, a friend invited me onto his boat for a loop around Marblehead and a harbor tour as the sun set. We lucked out with great light and perfect conditions for a leisurely exploration of Marblehead from the water and I came away with some of my favorite images from this one day. In fact, there were so many opportunities for shooting that I'm still finding new images to share even four years later. Today's image comes from the last loop through Marblehead Harbor. The sun was just setting and I found myself aiming the camera at [...]

By Eyal Oren|2017-08-29T06:41:27-04:00August 29th, 2017|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: Abbot Hall, boats, from the water, Marblehead Harbor, sunset|1 Comment

Keep Sailing Until the Lights are Out

In mid-June, I had gone out in hopes of capturing a nice sunset and lucked out with the view you see here. I took countless shots from above Marblehead Harbor but hadn't yet shared this one of a lone sailboat that seems happy to keep sailing until the lights are out. With the angle of the sun and clouds reflecting the colors of sunset, Marblehead harbor's waters took on a pink hue and it appears as though the sailboat is heading right to the peak of those colors. As the days start to shorten, I really need to capture a [...]

By Eyal Oren|2017-08-22T21:15:42-04:00August 23rd, 2017|Categories: Aerial|Tags: aerial, Marblehead Harbor, Phantom 4 Pro, sailboat, sunset|2 Comments

Last Light on Abbot Hall

On August 6th, I had gone out with a particular photo in mind and was thrilled when I was able to realize it from my vantage point over Crocker Park. As the last light faded over the harbor, I turned to walk back to the car and had actually made it all the way inside before I saw pink clouds erupt overhead. I quickly jumped back out of the car, swapped batteries on the Phantom 4 Pro and took off again. This time, I stayed close to my car parked along Washington Street and found that Abbot Hall was perfectly [...]

By Eyal Oren|2017-08-16T21:58:08-04:00August 17th, 2017|Categories: Aerial|Tags: Abbot Hall, aerial, Phantom 4 Pro, sunset|4 Comments

Cloud Filled Sunset

What better way to start a new year of Wednesdays in Marblehead then with this cloud filled sunset over a harbor filled with boats. Today's image was actually taken on a Tuesday evening (June 27th) as clouds filled the sky but left just enough space at the horizon for the setting sunlight to shine through and create a beautiful pink glow behind Abbot Hall. You can also make out Grace Community Church and St. Michael's Steeple towering over the familiar skyline. The benefit of these late sunsets is that I have plenty of time to come home after work, eat [...]

By Eyal Oren|2017-08-15T22:22:09-04:00August 16th, 2017|Categories: Sunset|Tags: Abbot Hall, boats, Marblehead Harbor, sunset|5 Comments

On Golden Harbor

Last September, I was fortunate to witness and capture views of Marblehead harbor as fog rolled in at sunset. The result was a rapidly changing and incredibly beautiful scene that I took advantage of by shooting for almost an hour. I've shared several images from the explosive sunset that followed but, as the sun remained above the horizon, it served to turn our familiar waters into a golden harbor. The view of these boats sitting moored in their spots on still waters made for a picture perfect scene. I thought a bit of light might help push the gray morning [...]

By Eyal Oren|2017-08-08T06:31:28-04:00August 8th, 2017|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: boats, fog, Marblehead Harbor, sunset|3 Comments

Framed by a Tree at Parker Lane

I was working on my 2018 calendar yesterday and think I have it almost finalized. As I went through images from the past year to use for each month, I stumbled upon this photo in my 'to be published' folder. I had gone out to a familiar spot at the end of the public way on Parker Lane in early September for what turned out to be a very nice sunset. Rather than running to the stairs and shooting the unobstructed view, I decided to stop and compose an image framed by a tree. The full canopy of leaves worked [...]

By Eyal Oren|2017-08-02T21:17:37-04:00August 3rd, 2017|Categories: Sunset|Tags: Parker Lane, sunset, tree|8 Comments

Coming Home

Recently, I was at Chandler Hovey Park having chased some clouds and crossed my fingers for a decent sunset when I lucked out with this view of four sailboats coming home to Marblehead Harbor. I arrived at the park just as the sun was about to dip below the horizon and jumped out of the car to find a good composition. As luck would have it, these four lasers were coming into harbor and I moved onto the edge of the rocks to capture this image. I'm almost never without my tripod to make sure my images are level and [...]

By Eyal Oren|2017-08-02T07:03:45-04:00August 2nd, 2017|Categories: Sunset|Tags: Chandler Hovey park, lighthouse, sailboat, sunset|6 Comments

Reflections at Chandler Hovey Park

From the same night as yesterdays post (literally taken 34 seconds before), comes this image of Marblehead Light captured in a reflection from a recent storm. As I mentioned yesterday, I chased clouds between storms out to Chandler Hovey Park and spent a few minutes shooting the lighthouse with boats coming into the harbor. I then spotted a puddle created from the rain that had just ended and captured this shot of the lighthouse reflected in the mirror-like surface. As luck would have it, another person was photographing the sunset and their pose at the base of the lighthouse almost [...]

By Eyal Oren|2017-07-25T22:09:45-04:00July 26th, 2017|Categories: Chandler Hovey park|Tags: Chandler Hovey park, lighthouse, reflection, sunset|5 Comments