Garnet Hill/ Fall Catalog

Photography: Seth Smoot, Prop Styling: Carin Scheve, Art Direction: Marcus Hay for SMH, Inc 

Photography: Seth Smoot, Prop Styling: Carin Scheve, Soft Styling by: Eduardo Vinueza, Art Direction: Marcus Hay for SMH, Inc

Photography: Seth Smoot, Prop Styling: Carin Scheve, Soft Styling by: Eduardo Vinueza, Art Direction: Marcus Hay for SMH, Inc

Photography: Seth Smoot, Prop Styling: Carin Scheve, Soft Styling by: Eduardo Vinueza, Art Direction: Marcus Hay for SMH, Inc

Photography: Seth Smoot, Prop Styling: Carin Scheve, Soft Styling by: Eduardo Vinueza, Art Direction: Marcus Hay for SMH, Inc

Photography: Seth Smoot, Prop Styling: Carin Scheve, Soft Styling by: Eduardo Vinueza, Art Direction: Marcus Hay for SMH, Inc

Photography: Seth Smoot, Prop Styling: Carin Scheve, Soft Styling by: Eduardo Vinueza, Art Direction: Marcus Hay for SMH, Inc

Photography: Seth Smoot, Prop Styling: Carin Scheve, Soft Styling by: Eduardo Vinueza, Art Direction: Marcus Hay for SMH, Inc

Photography: Seth Smoot, Prop Styling: Carin Scheve, Soft Styling by: Eduardo Vinueza, Art Direction: Marcus Hay for SMH, Inc

For Fall, 2017, Marcus was invited once again to be lead Art Director for Garnet Hill overseeing two amazing teams, which included Photographers Seth Smoot and Maura McEvoy.

It’s always a great experience to head north and work in Exeter / New Hampshire where Garnet Hill is based. Portsmouth, is the most local largest town and full of great places to eat, shop and take in the sights.

For the Fall Season, Marcus was asked to take into account the Fashion section of the Garnet Hill Catalog that was shot in Scotland, weaving in the faintest influence of this in the Home and Linen side of the company.  If you look closely you can see this influence especially through the windows of each of the sets.

Working with set builder extraordinaire Matt Carstens and his team, Marcus and the crew worked with beautiful sets that changed for every scheme. Amazing Prop Stylist Carin Scheve and Soft Stylist Eduardo Vinueza sealed the deal for an amazing team. 

Williams Sonoma / Fall Catalogs

Photography: Anson Smart, Prop Styling by Holly Smith, Art Direction: Marcus Hay for SMH, Inc

Left: Food Styling: Alison Attenborough, Right: Photography: Sharyn Cairns, Prop Styling: Marcus Hay for SMH, Inc

Photography: Anna Williams, Food Styling: George Delose, Prop Styling: Marcus Hay for SMH, Inc

Photography: Anna Williams, Food Styling: George Delose, Prop Styling: Marcus Hay for SMH, Inc

Photography: Sharyn Cairns, Food Styling: Nathan Carrabba, Prop Styling: Marcus Hay for SMH, Inc

Photography: Anna Williams, Food Styling: George Delose, Prop Styling: Marcus Hay for SMH, Inc

Photography: Anders Schonnemann, Prop Styling: Amy Wilson, Art Direction : Marcus Hay for SMH, Inc 

For Fall this year for Williams Sonoma, Marcus both Art Directed for some spreads and styled for others, crossing over from both Williams Sonoma Cooks to Williams Sonoma Home. Having the opportunity with working with regular and very talented Photographers Anders Schonnemann, Anna Williams, Sharyn Cairns and Anson Smart and with amazing Prop Stylist’s Amy Wilson and Holly Smith and ever wonderful Food Stylist's Nathan Carrabba, George Dolese and Alison Attenborough. Always such a pleasure to work with so many talented folks, many of whom we at SMH, Inc have had great working relationships with for many years. 

Fall is the time of year to embrace familiar themes such as Thanksgiving and the impending Holidays and thus these spreads reflect the season that is approaching, We hope you all have an amazing Fall and enjoy this special time of year. 

Williams Sonoma Cooks / Fall Catalog/ 2016

Photography: Erin Kunkel, Styling: Marcus Hay for SMH, Inc 

Photography: Sharyn Cairns, Styling: Marcus Hay for SMH, Inc

Photography: Sharyn Cairns, Styling: Marcus Hay for SMH, Inc

Photography: Erin Kunkel, Styling: Marcus Hay for SMH, Inc

We continue the Williams Sonoma Thanksgiving vibe by sharing with you some more of the evocative images that were created for this years Thanksgiving and Fall catalog. Marcus who styled these shots got to work with some amazing Photographers and Food Stylists once again for the iconic brand.

In his usual graphic style Marcus was able to make these sets of carving and steak knives jump off the page by using a series of wooden boards, stone bowls and slate. The rich and inciting world of Thanksgiving continues working with the amazing Food Stylist Alison Attenborough working on a buffet that would make any host proud. 

These images were shot by SF native Erin Kunkel and Australian Sharyn Cairns. 

Williams Sonoma Cooks/ Open Kitchen / Haven's Kitchen

Photography: John Kernick, Styling: Marcus Hay for SMH, Inc

Photography: John Kernick, Styling: Marcus Hay for SMH, Inc

Photography: John Kernick, Styling: Marcus Hay for SMH, Inc

Photography: John Kernick, Styling: Marcus Hay for SMH, Inc

Photography: John Kernick, Styling: Marcus Hay for SMH, Inc

Photography: John Kernick, Styling: Marcus Hay for SMH, Inc

Photography: John Kernick, Styling: Marcus Hay for SMH, Inc

Photography: John Kernick, Styling: Marcus Hay for SMH, Inc

Founder of Haven's Kitchen, Alison Kayne, Photography: John Kernick, Styling: Marcus Hay for SMH, Inc

A few months ago, Marcus and his team joined Williams Sonoma in New York for the opportunity to style the Fall Open Kitchen section of the catalog. Using just Open Kitchen product mixed in with a lot of pumpkins, gourds and vibrant pink mom’s, Marcus created a world of Friendsgiving in the complex’s café. Quite a large scale space, He needed to create very large floral arrangements and branches to enhance the festive feeling needed.  

Havens Kitchen is located in Chelsea/ NYC The Kitchen is a space dedicated to forming communities through the pleasure of cooking and eating. Alison Cayne founded Haven’s Kitchen in 2012 with the goal of advocating for sustainable agricultural systems by teaching people how to cook. Initially a cooking school, the business eventually expanded to include a café, serving fine and approachable food as well as on-site and off-site private event services.

We loved working again with the amazing Photographer John Kernick, Food by the ever so clever George Dolese 

Check out the Freindsgiving section on the website and in the catalog. 

Williams Sonoma/ September Catalog, 2016

Photographer: Sharyn Cairns, Styling: Marcus Hay for SMH, Inc

Photographer: Sharyn Cairns, Styling: Marcus Hay for SMH, Inc

Left: Photographer: Sharyn Cairns, Right: Erin Kunkel, Styling: Marcus Hay for SMH, Inc

Left: Photographer: Sharyn Cairns, Right: Romulo Yanes, Styling: Marcus Hay for SMH, Inc

Working on September Catalog's means embracing Fall, acknowledging that little snap of cold in the air, watching the leaves start to crinkle. Fall in America is a very beautiful season and while we shoot most Fall projects in the height of Summer, It's still nice to get your head around a season that is often associated with holidays like Thanksgiving.

SMH, Inc had a number of weeks in San Francisco belting out beautiful images for Williams Sonoma Cooks that can be seen here and will be featured in the following months as we head towards the holidays.

It was so nice to be able to work with some new working relationships, We loved working with Photographers Sharyn Cairns and Erin Kunkel as well as our fave Romulo Yanes.