Sweet!

Yes, I said it- it’s fun! SWEET! That’s the name of the dessert shoppe we spent a little bit of time photographing cakes at, they are on Shrewsbury Street in Worcester. And man o man-  Talk about a busy place! There were a lot of folks involved with making these extraordinary cakes. And there are [...]

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Photographing Things That Glow

Morbid Enterprises has fun new products for their 2011 line up. We got to photograph a bunch of them recently and if you are looking forward to Halloween – you may enjoy adding one of these to your parties… It was a really cool challenge to photograph these labels that glow in the dark.

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Imbibe Magazine ~ Liquid Culture: Blog Post with an Erb Image

We were very excited to hear from Kevin over at The Citizen that their fabulous bartender Dave Delaney won the Imbibe Cover Cocktail Contest! They sent us the link to the blog post with the announcement and it was very exciting to get the sneak peek. We will be looking for the magazine and the [...]

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Answering an email from New Zealand

We had fun taking on a referral from another photographer to do a photo shoot for a University in New Zealand called Massey. Everything was done through email. Price negotiations. Answering questions. Setting up the dates, place, time location. Doing work for clients you’ve never meet is really interesting. I was emailed the final version [...]

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Inside Worcester Cover Photo

I heard from two different sources that one of my images was going to be on the cover of Inside Worcester Magazine. Which if you have not heard of Inside Worcester you should take a peek at them. (http://www.insideworc.com) I finally got to see it the other day and thought I’d share. Inside Worcester is [...]

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Knowhow: Artful Images Key ingredients to make sure your promotional photos shine

By Scott Erb Special to the Worcester Business Journal Published Today in the Worcester Business Journal Your image matters and there are some strategic things you can do to make sure you succeed in conveying your brand through photographs. The key is knowing that using powerful images can easily convey what you are advertising, maximizing [...]

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Women and Fitness

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The Thrill of Launching a New Website

With the help, patience, and numerous talents of Cold Spring Design, www.coldspringdesign.com, we have launched the new Erb Photography Website. We invite you to please take a look and share your feedback:http://www.erbphoto.com/ We know the format is very different for other web sites. But we wanted to stand out and –  well – be different. You’ll [...]

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The Players (via Things We Project)

This awesome photo was taken by our good friend and excellent photographer, Steve Iadarola, at the Things We Project one night only show. It shows all 6 photographers in front of the 9×12 screen where their images were project all night long. This show was a stunning showc … Read More via Things We Project

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Willy’s Steak House has a Sweet Spot

When we arrived to photography at Willy’s SteakHouse in Shrewsbury MA, we felt that old heartstring tugging. Willy’s was one of the first places in the area that my wife and I visited on a date night. In fact, it may have been our very first date night after being married. The menu then was [...]

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Designers and Photographers- a Match Made in Heaven

I love working with good designers. I have been collecting all the brochures, magazines, cards, hand outs and catalogs our photos have been used in over the last year or so. I decided to look back and see just where how and where these photos were being used. I get to see them on web [...]

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Best of Worcester Living- The Votes are In and Erb Photography Won Again!

Thank you to all the folks who voted for us! We really appreciate your votes and send good wishes your way!- Scott and Donna Best of Worcester Living By Laura Porter Photography by Tom Rettig On the pages that follow, check out The Best — more than 70 winners in our third annual Best of [...]

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Monster Machines

A clean room is an environment, typically used in manufacturing or scientific research, that has a low level of environmental pollutants such as dust and chemical vapors. This place was pretty spotless. There were a few other rooms I had to don the cap and tyvek suit for. In these cases, I couldn’t bring a whole lot of equipment in [...]

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Lighting Lighting Lighting

What’s the difference between a professional photograph and an amateur photograph? The biggest difference is the lighting. And lighting can be expensive. Which is why there are so many poor quality photos floating out in cyber space. But if you have a great product, service or space. Hiring a pro can show it off. When [...]

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Skateboarding and Skaters

Skateboarding-  a misunderstood artform/sport where there are no uniforms, rules, times etc. to clearly define the activity. It is a skillful, creative and extreme sport and can only be compared to a select few other sports such as surfing, snowboarding, even BMX.        I spent several hours following these guys around, photographing their stunts. [...]

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This Just In- Erb Photography Voted “Best Of”- In Worcester

The phone call came a few weeks ago. A very nice woman from Worcester Living Magazine asked me if I was the owner of Erb Photography? And I said “Yes – Yes I am…” And she proceeded to give me the news that my photo business was voted the Best Photo Studio in Worcester by [...]

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Sometimes It’s Not About You…

Sometimes it’s about your amazing, talented and completely brilliant clients… That’s what our client, Millbury Savings Bank, hired us to show off for them. Yes – they hired us to show off one of their artistic – and very friendly – clients. In this case a gifted painter by the name of Michael Graves.       [...]

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100′s Taken But Only 1 Chosen

  We spent the whole day at the Ecotarium! …and we took a lot of photos- hundreds of photos. The kids were everywhere. And they were having a great time. One exhibit was especially popular this day – and that was a seasonal exhibition about Bubbles. Kids (and you) can create magnificent mega bubbles! In fact, you [...]

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How Can a Billboard Ad Increase Your Product Sales?

While traveling through Worcester along 290 toward 190- please take a look out your window toward the left and check out the latest billboard for Niche Hospitality. Billboard advertising is a high-impact way of getting your advertising message across. Based on the fact that thousands of people per day may be exposed to your message, billboards [...]

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Capturing Personality – A Look at Local Chefs

Many of you know that our favorite thing to photograph is food. Yes, It’s true, working with local – and not so local- restaurants is our passion. We love every aspect of this kind of work. We will often come into a place and photograph the food right there on location. It’s perfect for the chefs, they have all their [...]

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