Long Exposure – The Waves at Castle Rock

It's Long Exposure Tuesday and we're going to stick with the fog theme. On Tuesday evening, I received my new camera to replace the 4-year-old dSLR I had been using. When I woke Wednesday and noted the fog, a huge grin crept upon my face. I quickly ducked out of the house with a few ideas in mind. Castle Rock was actually the last place I visited and I spent at least an hour there exploring the crashing waves and various angles to capture the beauty and power of the ocean. In this image, I extended the shutter speed to [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:16-05:00May 22nd, 2012|Categories: Long Exposure|Tags: Castle Rock, long exposure, ocean, rocks, waves|3 Comments

Intentional Camera Movement – The Ocean

On the same morning in which I chased an amazing dawn and came away with photos of a lone clammer, I decided to try my hand at a new (for me) technique - intentional camera movement. To do this, I adjusted the settings to get a slightly slow shutter speed and swept the camera across the ocean while 'dragging the shutter'. The result was a bunch of strange looking images and one really neat one. The ocean was very calm on this morning and with this attempt, I managed to capture the ripples in the water while instilling motion in [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:18-05:00April 11th, 2012|Categories: Beach|Tags: clouds, dawn, intentional camera movement, ocean, waves|1 Comment

Waves coming to shore at Devereux Beach

It felt like the first day of Summer yesterday and a picture of Devereux beach at sunset seemed the perfect choice for today. This was actually taken in early December when sunset's are earlier but tend to be made up for with longer light. The waves were coming to shore with those picture perfect white frothy crests and I timed it so that I caught an incoming wave at its peak. Enjoy and, if the weather holds up, head down to the beach today.

By Eyal Oren|2013-06-16T11:07:49-04:00March 19th, 2012|Categories: Beach|Tags: beach, Devereux Beach, ocean, sunset, waves|1 Comment

Feel the Waves at Devereux Beach

Nothing tells the story of this Winter better than this photo of waves coming to shore at Devereux Beach. It was early December and unusually mild on this Winter day. I had planned to shoot the lights at Old Town House but still had some daylight to kill so I headed down to the beach. I took a few images of the setting sun but couldn't resist turning the camera toward the ocean and photographing the coming waves. I got hit by a later wave and the cold brought me back to reality in a hurry but, for a minute, [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:20-05:00February 27th, 2012|Categories: Beach|Tags: beach, Devereux Beach, ocean, waves|1 Comment

The Rocks of Chandler Hovey Park

Another beautiful Winter sunset took place as I set up at Chandler Hovey park. Rather than shoot the lighthouse, I turned my attention to the rocks that make up the coastline. You can make out Childrens Island in the distance and watch as the approaching wave gets ready to crash onto the rocks below.

By Eyal Oren|2013-06-16T10:04:10-04:00February 6th, 2012|Categories: Chandler Hovey park|Tags: Chandler Hovey park, ocean, rocks, sunset, waves|1 Comment

Morning Comes to Castle Rock

The last of this week's three part series ends with an overlook shot from Castle Rock. After taking images at dawn and as the sun rose, I climbed back up the rocks and stairs for one final view of the beach. I don't know if there are any other spots in town that rival this for watching the sun rise. If you have a favorite that can compete with Castle Rock, let me know in the comments and I'll make sure to head over there one early morning.

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:20-05:00February 1st, 2012|Categories: Marblehead Neck|Tags: beach, Castle Rock, ocean, sunrise, waves|0 Comments

Dawn’s Warm Glow Bathes Castle Rock

Continuing from yesterday's post, this image was taken 10 minutes later and you can appreciate the warm glow that came with the rising sun. Again, the trick was timing this just right to get the wave with its white froth on the rocks and keep the sense of motion in the waves and ocean. If you have never sat on the beach at Castle Rock (or the comfortable bench overlooking it) drinking coffee and watching the sun rise, I highly recommend it. I don't know if there is a better way to start a day.[/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:20-05:00January 31st, 2012|Categories: Marblehead Neck, Sunrise|Tags: Castle Rock, ocean, rocks, sunrise, water, waves|1 Comment

Dawn Breaks over Castle Rock

Have I mentioned how much I love the light that comes with Winter? In late December, I woke up early with the goal of revisiting Castle Rock for a dawn photoshoot. I had last done this in the Summer of 2010 and felt it was long overdue. The tide was just about perfect and I set up with my tripod on the loose rocks that double as a beach. The hardest part about this was trying to balance the longish shutter speed to give some movement to the waves while maintaining a good depth of field. This is the first [...]

By Eyal Oren|2013-06-16T09:54:39-04:00January 30th, 2012|Categories: Marblehead Neck|Tags: Castle Rock, dawn, moon, ocean, sunrise, waves|0 Comments

A Fiery Sunset on Surf Street

Last night, I had the pleasure of attending the Warwick Theater Foundation's Auction night to raise money for a new movie theater in town. I had donated a print for the auction and planned to head over around 6. Looked out my window and saw some nice clouds and figured we just might get a nice sunset out of them. I quickly drove down to the corner of Surf Street and Spray Avenue and set up the camera just as the sky seemed to catch on fire. This was the peak of the beautiful sunset. I mentioned to one of [...]

By Eyal Oren|2013-06-16T08:51:03-04:00October 23rd, 2011|Categories: Sunset|Tags: houses, ocean, Spray Avenue, sunset, Surf Street, waves|2 Comments

The Rock at Midnight

This is my favorite image taken on a mid-August night shortly after midnight. After spending some time at Devereux beach, I headed across the causeway to Castle Rock. I tried to capture the waves below and the stars above and was very pleased with this result when I loaded it on the computer at home. This is a seven minute exposure and, in that time, you can see the effects on the waves turning the churning water to mist. Also, the movement of the Earth relative to the stars is shown by the curved star trails in the upper left [...]

By Eyal Oren|2016-11-06T12:06:27-05:00October 4th, 2011|Categories: Marblehead Neck|Tags: Castle Rock, long exposure, midnight, ocean, stars, waves|3 Comments