Good Housekeeping/ Farm-Fresh Suppers

Photography: Con Poulos, Styling: Studio Marcus Hay

Photography: Con Poulos, Styling: Studio Marcus Hay

Photography: Con Poulos, Styling: Studio Marcus Hay

Photography: Con Poulos, Styling: Studio Marcus Hay

Photography: Con Poulos, Styling: Studio Marcus Hay

For the latest issue September issue of Good Housekeeping Magazine, Studio Marcus Hay was asked to contribute once again with the team at Good Housekeeping and wonderful Photographer Con Poulos. The Food was styled by the very talented Christine Albano. 

This story is made up of entirely of vegetarian meals, The palette for the story was initially  to be just yellow and gray but as the story progressed, we felt it needed a pop of blue to help lift it and reinforce a Summer vibe. Making a dash to S.M.H prop cupboard helped solve that issue, We never have too less a blue prop at Studio Marcus Hay : )

The first 4 spreads shown here are the story plus two extra shots shown on the last spread that show 2 other pages in the magazine we shot including a beautiful Caramel Apple Skillet pie on a aqua colored platter by my friends at Dinosaur Designs 

Hope you enjoy the last of the Summer vibe as Summer slowly turns to Fall.

Good Housekeeping/ Easy as Pie

Photography: Con Poulos, Prop Styling: Studio Marcus Hay

Photography: Con Poulos, Prop Styling: Studio Marcus Hay

Photography: Con Poulos, Prop Styling: Studio Marcus Hay

Photography: Con Poulos, Prop Styling: Studio Marcus Hay

Who doesn't love a pie?! At Studio Marcus Hay we sure do, in fact we all had to have a sample a little of all of these beauties baked and styled by the amazing Christine Albano. I have to say the plum was a personal favorite! 

It was great to be involved in this pie making story for Good Housekeeping Magazine. What was first a smaller story that we had originally shot at the end of another larger story became it's own feature due to the fact that back at The GH office, our pie shots were so well received they wanted us to shoot more shots to extend the story including a new opener and ice-cream companions. 

When producing this story we had a struggle finding 4 identical vintage pie dishes, It was our mission, It is kind of ironic that you can't really see them due to the angle we took but believe you me they are there, Thanks for Christine's patience as we hunted and gathered these. 

Photographer Con Poulos did an wonderful job shooting this feature which can be found in the August issue of Good Housekeeping. 

Happy July 4th!/ 2014

Photography: Con Poulos, Styling by Studio Marcus Hay

Happy July 4th from all at Studio Marcus Hay, let the Fireworks begin! In New York we are looking forward to the fireworks on the East River this year, Hope they will be spectacular! 

This image was shot by Con Poulos for Williams Sonoma and can be seen currently on their website featuring cookie ideas, Styled by Studio Marcus Hay, It features the work of one of our regulars Craft Stylist Andrea Greco who  handmade these very cute pinwheels and custom made bunting. 

Have an amazing July 4th. 

Williams Sonoma/ Summer 2014

Right: Cover Left: Photography: Con Poulos, Styling: Studio Marcus Hay

Photography: Con Poulos, Styling: Studio Marcus Hay

Photography: Con Poulos, Styling: Studio Marcus Hay

Photography: Con Poulos, Styling: Studio Marcus Hay

Photography: Con Poulos, Styling: Studio Marcus Hay

Photography: Con Poulos, Styling: Studio Marcus Hay

Photography: Con Poulos, Styling: Studio Marcus Hay

Photography: Christine Schidhofer, Styling: Studio Marcus Hay

This month's Williams Sonoma Catalog out for Summer features work Studio Marcus Hay shot over a couple of months in San Francisco and The Bay Area. It was great to get into a Summer vibe ahead of time and being on the West Coast certainly helped that! 

This time I got to work with the dream team once again Photographer Con Poulos and Food Stylist Alison Attenbourough. We had a wonderful time working both in the Wiliams Sonoma Studio and also on location in Bolinas, One of my favorite parts of the world where we got to shoot with the most amazing ocean/ beach view behind us.  

This Summer at Williams Sonoma is all about spicing it up, We got to work with chili's and also lots of margaritas, you can't go wrong with that combo. Using lot's of zinc surfaces and zinc props, we created an outdoor bar scene perched right on the cliff. 

Also included here is an extra knife shot, shot by the wonderful Christine Schidhofer and Food Styled by the very talented Mr George Dolese. This on Studio Marcus Hay styled with the team earlier on but just came out. 

Good Housekeeping/ Brunch

Photography: Con Poulos, Styling: Studio Marcus Hay

Photography: Con Poulos, Styling: Studio Marcus Hay

For the U.S edition of Good Housekeeping for the same issue, Studio Marcus Hay also was asked to contribute on a Brunch Story, each type of serving suggestion had 4 different options, Hash Browns, Salad, Scones and Quiche. The approach was to be simple and graphic using slate predominantly as a background, Neutrals with a tiny hit of green. 

This story was photographed once again by Con Poulos and the Food Styling was by Anne Distrude.  

Good Housekeeping/ Sweet Charity bake sale

Photography: Con Poulos, Styling by Studio Marcus Hay

Photography: Con Poulos, Styling by Studio Marcus Hay

Photography: Con Poulos, Styling by Studio Marcus Hay

For U.S edition of Good Housekeeping this month, Studio Marcus Hay worked on a food feature called Sweet Charity, Inspired by your neighborhood bake sales that occur all over America, These are suggested recipes the reader can create to help out a charity. I have to say after sampling some of these, they are well worth trying out.

Food stylist Anna Disrude did an amazing job of baking all these items for the shoot, the team at Studio Marcus Hay including Sally Morris and Brooke Reid did a great job of crafting up muffin boxes (Sorry to say they did not make the cut) ribbons, tags and stacks of cookies tied with string. 

It was a really cute shoot to work on and we enjoyed the simplicity and sweetness the shoot delivers, thanks to the wonderful Photography of Con Poulos. 

Williams Sonoma/ Spring May Catalog

Photography: Con Poulos, Styling by Studio Marcus Hay

Photography: Christine Schidhofer, Styling by Studio Marcus Hay

Outakes: Studio Marcus Hay's Instagram pics of George Dolese's Food for the shoot

Photography: Christine Schidhofer, Styling by Studio Marcus Hay

Photography: Christine Schidhofer, Styling by Studio Marcus Hay

For the latest Williams Sonoma Catalog, Studio Marcus Hay flew once again West to work on the May Catalog focusing largely on Mother's Day. Working largely on the knives section, S.M.H decided to take a graphic approach. The season is Spring so Food Stylists George Dolese and Alison Attenborough worked in some beautiful Spring produce, In the mix we also got to shoot a lovely Spring Soup and other kitchen utensils.  

Photography is by the wonderful Christine Schmidhofer and Con Poulos 

Williams Sonoma/ Grilling 2014

Photography: Con Poulos, Styling: Studio Marcus Hay.  

Photography: Con Poulos, Styling: Studio Marcus Hay

Photography: Con Poulos, Styling: Studio Marcus Hay

Left: The view from the property, Right: One of the pavilions on the property, Bolinas, CA
Photography: Studio Marcus Hay

Left: An oil painting portrait on the property, Right: Marcus on the way back on Highway 1
Photography: Left: Studio Marcus Hay, Right: Alison Attenborough 

Right: A beautiful Porsche 356 in the garage at the property, Left: Dried giant sunflowers on the property
Photography: Studio Marcus Hay

In my latest batch of images for Williams Sonoma, We shot a Grilling section for the up and coming Spring/ Summer months. While shooting some images in the studio (These are yet to be seen in a later book) we shot a bulk of what you see here on location in Bolinas, north of San Francisco along the high way 1, The community in Bolinas is known for it's reclusive residents who tear down the road signs so people deliberately can't find their way around (Thanks goodness for GPS! ; ) It's about and hours drive from the city with no traffic and I have to tell you it's one of the most beautiful parts of the world. The coastal road to get there has so many turns that it's not for the weak of stomach.

When we got to this location Studio Marcus Hay could not believe the view from the location, as you can see from our Instagram shots, It was breathtaking. It sure beats working in an office. 

Quick to work though and Marcus who has long gotten used to playing body part and hand model while also styling and directing, Like a true Australian donned on the fierce looking grilling gloves and got to work bbq'ing chicken on the very impressive looking grills for the pictures.     

It was great to work with the team again, Con Poulos who photographs grills like no one else, and Alison Attenborough who whipped those chickens into shape quick smart.  

Williams Sonoma/ Winter Catalog, Jan/ 2014

Photography: Con Poulos, Styling by Studio Marcus Hay

Photography: Con Poulos, Styling by Studio Marcus Hay

Photography: Con Poulos, Styling by Studio Marcus Hay

Photography: Con Poulos, Styling by Studio Marcus Hay

Photography: Con Poulos, Styling by Studio Marcus Hay

Photography: Con Poulos, Styling by Studio Marcus Hay

Photography: Con Poulos, Styling by Studio Marcus Hay

It's great to see that the Williams Sonoma Catalog that has just come out features the Juicing Program we styled for the New Year, 2014. What a perfect way to start a cleansing start fresh into this year. 

We shot this on location and had a great time with models and a full production over just one day.

The styling of the juices themselves was done by the ever talented Alison Attenborough  and it was shot by the wonderful Con Poulos. 

Sneak Peek/ Williams Sonoma Cover/ Jan Cover, 2014

Photography: Con Poulos, Food Styling: Alison Attenborough, Prop Styling: Studio Marcus Hay 

It's always a nice surprise when you check in with your client's website and hey presto there is your image used as a cover, If you look closely, you can also see my writing on the tag that say's Clean Green. 

The shoot is all a part of Williams Sonoma's Juice Revolution Feature that will be in the up and coming catalog, Check in later, I will post the complete story.

The image was shot by the amazing Con Poulos and the Juices/ Food by the ever talented Alison Attenborough, It was incredible to see Alison produce so many varieties of juice and to extract the beautiful colors of fresh fruit and vegetables.  

It was a great feature to work on, It made us at Studio Marcus Hay be inspired to get healthy!

Good Housekeeping/ Slow Cooker Suppers, 2013

Photography: Con Poulos, Styling by Studio Marcus Hay

Photography: Con Poulos, Styling by Studio Marcus Hay

Photography: Con Poulos, Styling by Studio Marcus Hay

Cover Photography: Con Poulos, Styling by Studio Marcus Hay

Slow Cooker Suppers seems so appropriate right now in the U.S where it has been freezing this time of year. Warming Meals, Comfort Food, Call it what you will, There's nothing better than a hearty meal. For this feature for Good Housekeeping Magazine shot with Photographer Con Poulos we focused on meals you can prepare ahead of time with Slow Cooking. 

Using Zinc and Warm Wood Tones I created a world that feels warm and inviting for the season, I wanted to reinforce a more rustic feel by including French Linens and Fabrics with Texture. The palette was rich reds, olive green with a splash of warm yellow. 

Williams Sonoma/ Summer, 13

Photography: Romulo Yanes

Photography: Romulo Yanes

Photography: Romulo Yanes

Photography: Romulo Yanes

Photography: Con Poulos

Photography: Con Poulos 

Summer is almost here, At least it feels that way in NYC! A few months ago in San Francisco, I worked on this batch of images for Williams Sonoma for their Summer issues of their Cooks Catalog. 

With the amazing Romulo Yanes we spent a week photographing Ice Cream, Milkshakes and Popsicles, As well as some exciting images for the Australian market (not shown here) for their new store in Sydney, Australia. Food Stylist Merilee Bordin did an extraordinary job of Food Styling, Ice Cream and things that melt quickly are never easy to work with. 

For this section of the Catalog I wanted to use Icy pastel palettes that complimented the product that felt slightly nostalgic harping back to an era like the 1950's when Milkshake Bars existed. We found some great vintage Enamel and old 1950's laminate tables that where used throughout. It was a lot of fun. 

The other 2 images here are of a cover I styled and some rubs/ sauces with Photographer Con Poulos and Food Stylist Alison Attenborough This was from an earlier trip but have just been featured, exciting to see my first Williams Sonoma cover!