Long Exposure – Sun Rays over Marblehead Harbor

Today's long exposure image was taken back in April 2012. The Spring is a great time to photograph the harbor as clouds are not an uncommon site and the waters remain free of boats allowing for longer exposures. With a full harbor, the odds of keeping boats sharp with exposures stretching to seconds and minutes become very small. On this day, I only needed to contend with one boat and tried to time this 5 second exposure when the winds calmed and the harbor was relatively still. The sun rays were the clear focal point of the image and I [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:01-05:00February 26th, 2013|Categories: Sunset|Tags: Abbot Hall, Marblehead Harbor, sun rays, sunset|0 Comments

Blowing Snow and the Boston Skyline

What an incredible weekend! The Blizzard of 2013 rolled through and dumped snow continuously from Friday afternoon through most of Saturday. I had decided to try my hand at a timelapse and set up my camera looking out our window at the street. Using an intervalometer set to shoot at 5 minute intervals, I ended up with 228 images that combined to a 10 second synopsis of the storm. I posted the result on my Facebook page and on this site over the weekend and the response was incredible. I've never had anything truly 'go viral' before but this video [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:02-05:00February 11th, 2013|Categories: Snow|Tags: ocean, snow, sunset|0 Comments

Sunset After the Blizzard

If there's one thing you can count on with a good storm, it's that a solid sunset/sunrise will usually follow. So as the Blizzard of 2013 (Nemo to some) finished dumping 20+ inches of snow and as the driving ban finally expired at 4pm, I took off to shoot the after effects. I started off in Old Town and spent some time up and down Washington Street and walking out to Crocker Park, back through State Street... It was quite a trek. As I made my way back from State Street, I noted the light starting to take shape. I [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:02-05:00February 9th, 2013|Categories: Snow|Tags: ocean, snow, sunset|0 Comments

Frozen Marblehead Harbor under Sunset’s Light

Throughout this past week, I have been going out at sunrise in search of sea smoke. I ended up with only a few shots that captured the wispy fog coming off the relatively warm water. On each trip out, however, I would note that parts of the Marblehead harbor had started to freeze and reminded myself to set out and capture this phenomenon in better light. On Saturday, I headed out with plans to shoot the full worm moon rise over the harbor and found myself set up 40 minutes early. As the clouds began to form overhead, I started [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:03-05:00January 28th, 2013|Categories: Snow|Tags: Abbot Hall, Marblehead Harbor, sunset|0 Comments

Summer Sunset over Goldthwait Reservation

How about a warm image on this bitterly cold day? One of the nice things about having an archive of images is being able to grab one from Summer to share on a cold Winter day. This image of Goldthwait Reservation was taken at sunset in early June 2011. I had walked out to this point on a number of occasions but either found the grass not green or the water level not high enough for a decent reflection. On this day, it seemed all the elements came together (not to mention hundreds of mosquitos who feasted on me during [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:05-05:00January 23rd, 2013|Categories: Sunset|Tags: Goldthwait, sunset|0 Comments

Long Exposure – Smoking Tendrils on Devereux Beach

Tuesday means it's time for a Long Exposure image and this time we turn to Devereux beach. I shared an image in color and of much shorter duration taken during the sunset on December 23rd. I had noted these great tendrils that formed as the surf pushed through at certain points. The previous image showed the reflections of sunset [see it by clicking here]. This image was created as a 30 second exposure. The longer duration turned the ocean into mist and I processed this to accentuate the water below and clouds above. I'm curious which you like more - [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:05-05:00January 8th, 2013|Categories: Long Exposure|Tags: beach, black and white, Devereux Beach, fine art, long exposure, ocean, sunset|0 Comments

Fiery Tendrils Reach Out at Devereux Beach

I mentioned in yesterday's post that I had gone out on Sunday to shoot the sunset before capturing the image of the lighthouse dressed up for the season. I had driven to Devereux beach in the hopes that the clouds would break just enough for a nice sunset. As I arrived and evaluated the beach, I noticed the ocean kept coming in tendril-like motions at certain points. I decided to set up the tripod at one of them and waited for the sun to dip below the horizon. As it did so, a red light emanated and was reflected in [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:06-05:00December 26th, 2012|Categories: Beach|Tags: beach, Devereux Beach, ocean, sunset|0 Comments

Abbot Hall Standing Over an Empty Harbor

On Wednesday, December 19th, I noted the clouds had started to gather as the sun set and decided to drive out to Parker Lane in hopes of a decent Winter sunset. I got there just as the sun dipped below the horizon and captured a few different compositions. As I was getting ready to pack up, some light pink color washed over the clouds directly over Abbot Hall. I had all of two minutes of this great light and tried to make the most of it with this zoomed in view. You might have noticed that in most of my [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:06-05:00December 24th, 2012|Categories: Sunset|Tags: Abbot Hall, clouds, Marblehead Harbor, sunset|0 Comments

The Menorah at Marblehead Savings Bank

I had been on the lookout for an outdoor menorah to photograph in town but a drive by Temple Emanu-El, the JCC, Sinai and Hillel came up empty. I turned to the All Marblehead page and received the hint about Marblehead Savings Bank from Lisa Indelicato (another photographer in town). So on the eighth night of Hanukkah, I headed out to photograph it fully lit. I arrived at the bank a bit early but watched as the sun started its decent toward the horizon. I realized that it might dip at just the right angle for a sun star and [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:06-05:00December 20th, 2012|Categories: Keep it Local|Tags: bank, business, Hannukah, HDR, holiday, keep it local, Marblehead Savings Bank, menorah, sunset|0 Comments

Summer Sunset over Marblehead Harbor

I miss Summer sunsets. There is something about the light that time of year that causes near explosions of color to take over the sky. This is an image from June 2011 that has been waiting in the queue and was recently reprocessed to bring out more of the details in the boats and Abbot Hall in the distance. The colors on this night just kept building the the point at which both the sky and water seemed to be on fire with deep oranges. Hopefully the warmth of that night comes across the screen on this cold December [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:06-05:00December 19th, 2012|Categories: Marblehead Harbor|Tags: boats, Marblehead Harbor, Summer, sunset|0 Comments