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Launching the Wandertogs
Scott and Donna Hit The Road- Finally… No filter needed. When I looked at Scotty and said, “let’s sell everything and just go.” I knew there would be challenges. But I’ve always wanted to be on the road. For as long at I can remember. I’d made plans so many times to do just this.…
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Rainy day on Cape Cod
We are off on assignment to Brewster – yep – Cape Cod! I was pretty excited about this Foodies Magazine assignment. July – on the Cape, it’s going to be awesome! We’ll get up early, head to the town beach in Brewster, hang out until our meeting with Chef Toby Hill at the Brewster Fish…
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Chickpeas in The Boston Globe
We have a wonderful client who has created a yummy new snack food. Chickpeas. That’s right, and they come in several yummy flavors. Check out this article that appeared in the Boston Globe recently. Want to read the whole article? http://articles.boston.com/2012-07-17/food-dining/32696013_1_chickpeas-crunch-test-south-boston We loved that one of our photos got to accompany the article. We made…
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Art and Ideas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bbXVxwZPvo&list=UUowemdmHPQsJ2o054cYbH7w&index=1&feature=plcp&continue_action=DuBEC7qNStAcmvA8Y-85ucGN3MddT-voNfJX_S4AYjbA3NU0a_IWTt2SSngvJTyX2ZmoRKXi6Pol8FX3zKuM4fOCo1u5fn8UTT1bEJzdYe0= Lou and Sue Swinand produce great interesting videos to show off local artists. This one is about Erb Photo.
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Making Brochures for Staying Healthy
We spent the afternoon over at Nstar with some very willing models who demonstrated some important stretches workers need to do before they do their jobs. Working at Nstar can be a pretty physical job. These brochures are going to be passed around to the workers so they can stay fit and be reminded to…
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Working with the New England Dairy Council
NEDC We loved being out on the farm with the Ziemba family who own the Broadlawn farm in Adam’s MA. We where helping the New England Dairy Council make some cool photos for the ” Must be the Milk” campaign. Hopefully we’ll be seeing some of these photos on billboards a long the Mass Pike and…
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When Scott Craves a Burger…
He thinks about this one from Evo in Worcester, MA. They are juicy and thick. But don’t take our word for it. Take a peek and see what you think. For Donna – she likes the pizza’s. Which would you choose?
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150 Single Malt Scotches
Ryan Maloney has over 20 years of experience in the “spirits” industry. He’s been on covers of international whiskey trade publications. He is the founder of the Loch & Key Society. And he is right in our back yard at Julio Liquors in Westborough, MA. Do you like whiskey? Take a trek over to Julio’s…
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Is Eating Pot Roast Common?
It is when you are dining at The Common Man and the food looks like this… But I loved the signage that reminded us just how important dessert is…I agree with each of these statements. We love ourselves some desserts…
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Who Loves Mac and Cheese?
We do! And we got to try some really spicy sausey gooey goodness over at the Cedar Street Grille in Sturbridge MA… Check out this dish… Or maybe you like less cheese and a little tasty burger(s)?
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Homemade Bison Chili
We love our friends who love to cook. So when Rick invited us over for some of their homemade Bison Chili. We were all in… We had not had a whole lot of Bison before, so this is was going to be fun! Want to make some? Check out the Creamery Brook Bison Farm.
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Beacon Grille- All Yum and a Little Green
Photographing at the Beacon Grille was a truly fun experience. The crew there is very organized and talented. The best part about our time there was learning all about the ways the restaurant runs very green. Energy star appliances, LED lights, rain water collections, and solar panels on the roof. But – oh… it is…
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Bread Pudding at Sweet on Shrewsbury Street
Need a little comfort food? Why not try a yummy bread pudding with a little homemade whip cream? Better yet, pair that with a Dogfish Head beer and really take your mouth on a tasty journey…. We did! We went to Sweet on Shrewsbury Street in Worcester to find this one…
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Worcester’s Best Chef Competition
Worcester’s Best Chef Competition is one big event that gets a chef’s creative juices flowing freely and actively. The kinds of dishes – and the amazing creativity of the chef’s – get to really shine this night. But the best part is – we all get to come along for the ride… Yippee! We won’t…
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Domestic by Design – Reinventing a Room
When our friend Elaine told us about her latest room reinvention we just had to see it for ourselves. She’s the kind of woman that can walk into a room that maybe a little drab and little boring and make it into something stunningly beautiful. The best part of it is she looks at what…
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75 Years is a Long Time….
The Student Prince restaurant in Springfield MA, has been around for 75 years and it is still going strong. It’s a place rich with history, rich in decor, and they serve very rich foods… rich German food. If you are ever in the Springfield area, you should eat here and enjoy the good service, the…
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A Christmas Carol at the Hanover Theater
Once again this year, we got the chance to photograph the extraordinary show of A Christmas Carol – my all time favorite holiday story. It was quite the elaborate production- flying Marley’s and all… If you have not seen this show, I highly recommend you make this a new holiday tradition. We went to the show…
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Using Custom Photography in Your Marketing Emails
I got an email from a friend of ours who is an amazing designer. In his email he asked us if the photography in these “Foodies News” email newsletters is work we have done for this client of ours. (By the way, These newsletters are fun and informative – every time I read one, I…
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Krave 2011 and Erb Photography- It’s all about the Food Photos
This post is from the Worcester Magazine Issue of Krave from 9.28.11 Behind the lens of Erb Photography Scott Erb and Donna Dufault are not restaurant owners. They don’t work in a local kitchen, create stunning menus or put on chef’s whites – yet they have been instrumental in bringing the Worcester dining scene into…
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LHQ Dance Force: Bringing You the Spirit of Dance
We love working with the Folks over at LHQ Dance Force. They are very high energy dance teachers and spend a great deal of time building their students self esteem as well as challenging them to do the best they can. This year we photographed all the teachers from both locations. We did do several…
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Photographing In the Lab
We have seen a real up swing in folks requesting to be photographed in their work spaces. I personally like these kinds of environmental portraits and think that where people work tells a lot about them. In this case it was a working lab. Lots of work was getting done all around us and we…
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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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SignTalent.com Interviews Erb Photography
Sign Talent is a start up website for creative professionals (www.signtalent.com). Julie, one of their resident bloggers, said they wanted to interview Erb Photography for their blog. They pitched the interview to us saying they would be asking questions about us, what our backgrounds were, our work/inspiration and any advice we’d have for budding photographers…
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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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The Panera Men
We recently did a photo shot for a PR firm who needed to show case two of the owners of Panera Bread in Natick and Framingham MA. We tried several locations in and around the store, but they all agreed and settled on loving this shot taken inside the store. The beautiful thing about this…
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Wise Mom Magazine: Holistic Mom’s Network
Just got news from a client of our that she submitted some photos we did of her practice to a magazine and they ran them! I really enjoy seeing the places the work we do for folks end up. I was thrilled she sent along a like to the magazine so I could check out…
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Food Catalog Work is Challenging
Each image needs it’s own special look and feel. Each image must show the food as yummy and delicious.
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Hanover Theater Organ
We had the opportunity to walk through the catwalks and crawl spaces to see all the inner workings of the Hanover Theater organ. We took a lot of images the Hanover is currently using for marketing and for recognizing the men who helped get the organ to the theater and spent many, many, many, hours…
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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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Two Portraits of the City Manager, Michael O’Brien
Sometimes you need an updated portrait. Then you get to make all kinds of fun decisions about how you want to do it. These guys didn’t like the first one we did which was done standard style old school. Back drop set up with portrait lighting… so we went into the office and made this…
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Super Hero Magnets
Nothing is more fun then adding a new line of products to an already successful line. And with Super Heros you really can’t go wrong. Pop Fun Merchandising has a entertaining line of Toon Tumblers – glasses with all your favorite super heros on them. We got to see and photograph their new line of…
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The People’s Kitchen and 4 hours with the Chef’s
When Mike said, “We want you to spend several hours photographing in the kitchen with the chefs preparing the foods.” I knew it was a dream job. After the initial chat about want kind of images he was looking for, we got to work. And let me tell you these guys work hard in the…
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar at the Hanover Theater In Worcester MA
Kareem standing on stage at the Hanover Theater. Yes once again a unique opportunity to see and hear someone talk about something I never would have come into contact with unless I was a professional photographer. Loving this job more and more everyday. So what was Kareem the famous basketball player talking about up there…
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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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Photographing Opening Night of Ceres
Opening night at a restaurant is all about making a strong first impression. The atmosphere at Ceres was buzzing the night of the opening. The staff was right on, the food looked and tasted wonderful, and the place was decked out in a wonderful simplicity. And we were right smack in the middle of it…
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Magazine Cover Photo
Restaurant Week is almost over here in Worcester, but at least this year it did not pass with out us getting involved a little bit! We got one of our photos published on the cover of Pulse Magazine – a magazine that is know as the “Lifestyle and Entertainment Magazine for Central Massachusetts.”
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Scott Erb is One of the Photographers Taking Over a Worcester Gallery for a One-Night Show
Photographers Take Over Worcester Gallery For A One-Night Show Photographers can be real control freaks. From behind the camera, they crop the composition, manipulate the lighting and adjust the focus. But that’s just the beginning. Now they’re taking control of a Worcester gallery for a one-night show. “I have my own ideas about what I…
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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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Organic Egg Farming in MA
We were hired to photograph at The Country Hen in Hubbardston MA. One of the very first organic egg farms and wow I have to tell you – we were really impressed. The eggs come in many different sizes and the chickens were very – very friendly. We had a blast photographing that day at…
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Armsby Abbey Restaurant
When the wait staff at the Abbey asks us if have ever been there before – I almost feel guilty about saying that we haven’t- but what comes after the answer is so great- I like hearing it over and over again. So we lie every time and say- “…nope never been here before.” Then…
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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…