Williams Sonoma Home/ Fall, 2014

The Fall WS Home Cover, Not shot by our team. 

Photography: Eric Piaseki, Prop Styling: Helen Crowther, Art Direction: Studio Marcus Hay

Photography: Eric Piaseki, Prop Styling: Helen Crowther, Art Direction: Studio Marcus Hay

Photography: Eric Piaseki, Prop Styling: Helen Crowther, Art Direction: Studio Marcus Hay

Photography: Eric Piaseki, Prop Styling: Helen Crowther, Art Direction: Studio Marcus Hay

For the Fall Williams Sonoma Home Catalog Studio Marcus Hay was asked to Art Direct the team on a Beach Chic themed shoot. Working with the very talented Photographer Eric Piaseki and equally clever Prop Stylist HelenCrowther. This is the first time SMH was on board for WS Home and it was such a great experience.

What many may not be aware is that a shoot this scale takes weeks of planning,  flying back and forth from New York to San Francisco at last 3 times for meetings, scouting location and then again for the shoot itself. 

Finding exactly the right location is very important, With the intention of firstly shooting it somewhere on the West Coast of the US we honed in on a place just out of San Francisco.

With a color theme of chocolate brown and blue we came up with a scheme that felt upscale and on brand with William Sonoma’s aesthetic. Shooting partly in the studio and partly on location, We completed 5 days of shooting, we hope you like the results.

Williams Sonoma/ Easter, Part 2

Photography: Eric Piasecki

Photography: Anna Williams

Photography: Anna Williams

In the second series of Easter for Williams Sonoma, In the latest Catalog, we see further shots produced for WS on my trip to San Francisco in November last year. Shot one week with Anna Williams and another week with Eric Piasecki. It was again such a pleasure to work with them both. 

With Anna, I shot the Easter Candy and Cookies, We decided to take a very graphic approach, Let's just say I had the tweezers out to get all that small candy lined up in rows, Using stitch lines sewn by my assistant Heather, We treated the cookies and pops almost like musical notes.

With Eric, I shot this table scape of the Speckled Eggs range from an ariel view. Using hand dipped eggs and Peonies to help dress the table.

Easter is just around the corner, Hope you enjoy yours! 

Williams Sonoma/ January 2013

January Cover (Not styled by me)

Photography: Anna Williams

Photography: Anna Williams

Photography: Eric Piasecki

Photography: Eric Piasecki

Photography: Eric Piasecki

Photography: Eric Piasecki

Photography: Romulo Yanes

Photography: Romulo Yanes

Most of November last year I spent in San Francisco working for a new client Williams Sonoma. Many may know that Williams Sonoma the brand is actually the company that also own West Elm and Pottery Barn, Both of which I have worked many times before. 

The work in November was for Williams Sonoma, the store. According to Wikipedia: Williams-Sonoma was founded in 1956 by Charles E. (Chuck) Williams, selling professional and restaurant-quality kitchenwares for home use. Chuck Williams was one of the titans of the American food revolution. With over 620 stores in the U.S, The brand is enormous and one of the most successful high-end American consumer retail company that sells kitchenwares, furniture and linens, as well as other housewares and home furnishings, along with a variety of specialty foods, soaps and lotions.

I worked on these pages for the January Issue of their Catalog, Here you can see some Bridal, Salad and Coffee pages and sneak peaks from the Easter shots to follow in the next Catalog that already appear on their website. 

It is exciting times at Williams Sonoma with new Creative Direction, I enjoyed working once again with Photographers Romulo Yanes and Anna Williams and also for the first time with Eric Piasecki.