Sammy Talk

Bellwether Fall/Winter 2012 Catalog

Samson — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:20:00 +0000

At the end of the year had a fun day shooting the Bellwether Clothing up in the Santa Monica Mountains. Was looking for more gloomy weather since the forecast was mostly cloudy with chances of rain, perfect! Well, in typical California fashion is was perfectly sunny with not a cloud in the sky. Had to work with what we had, and luckily it was cold enough so the models didn’t over heat in the winter gear. Only one flat and many outfit changes later we finished. Got some solid shots and the catalog came out great. Here are a few tears from it

Nov/Dec recent rolls on two wheels

Samson — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:53:42 +0000

Spent a good amount of time riding and racing and the rolls of film sat on my desk for to long, so I got them processed. Always fun to go through a month or two of shots. Also shot a fall catalog for a cycling apparel company, waiting on the OK to release them. More photos in a gallery if you click a pic

ROAD Jan/Feb 2012

Samson — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 02:04:30 +0000

I have a few shots in the latest issue of ROAD magazine. As alwyas, looks much better in print, but you can check out the digital issue here

Boca Raton, Florida

Samson — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 02:24:58 +0000

Had a job that flew me out to Florida for three days of non stop shooting of watches. Never been to this part of Florida so was somewhat looking forward to looking around. Took the red eye out and landed at 5:30am and had to meet at the work space at 10:00am. Didn’t really sleep so I checked in early at the hotel and took a nap until shoot time. Luckily, there was a Dunkin Donuts right next to the jewelers so I stopped there(every morning…). Never got the chance to leave the shooting station, for the next 2 days as well. It got dark by the time I left and I just went back to the room and worked on the photos. Worked as fast as possible on the last day with just enough time to drive back to the airport and fly home. Well, so much for seeing the area…I guess I can leave that for next time. Here is basically all that I saw while I was there

Ben Berden for ROAD Magazine

Samson — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 02:05:14 +0000

Cyclocross is becoming bigger and bigger in the states now. There are more and more races happening and bigger names from all over are coming out. A few weekends ago a race was held in Historic Downtown Los Angeles park and big names from around the country came to race. Ben Berden came over from Belgium to get his race legs ready for the season over in Europe. ROAD was doing an article on him and I was asked to go photograph doing what he does best(racing). Nice guy, very talented racer. Here are a few selects from the day.

Europe 2011 35mm

Samson — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 08:36:13 +0000

Got around to the 35mm shots from my recent trip to Europe. It was only a little over a month ago but it feels like it was so far away. Take a peak at the gallery for a quick run through of the adventure. I want to go back…

non-domestic photo book

Samson — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 05:38:37 +0000

Put together a book from some selected images from some my travels outside the united states. Made it through blurb to test out there services and it has been a good experience. Easy to purchase from there site as well! Perfect time for a holiday gift. Here is a preview of the book and a link to the store

non-domestic by samson k hatae |

Paris, France

Samson — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 18:53:30 +0000

Took the Eurostar from England to Paris. What a speedy trip that was. It was really easy to get on the train without the hassle of checking bags in like on a plane. Didn’t even notice going under the English Channel into France at all. We got a cozy little hotel right on Rue de Rivoli which was a great location to get where we wanted. Did a lot of walking along the Seine river. Knew where a few things were from last time I came, but also saw some new sights as well. The few days we had went fast but I will never complain about any time spend in Paris.

England: Broadstairs, Kent.

Samson — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 05:52:41 +0000

Our first leg of our trip was to where Darcy’s nannie lives in England which is on the coast east of London. It is a nice little town called Broadstairs in Kent. This is where Charles Dickens wrote some of his novels. All the little streets and houses reminded me of being in Japan somewhat. The beach was in a little cove with these awesome blue and yellow doors that are storage for peoples items for when they come in the summer time. Would love to go to the beach in the summer and see all the action. It was nice to see the coast and see a different part of England and not just see London. Here are some images from my Hasselblad which I got some of my favorite images from the trip on. More coming soon!

A few from Europe

Samson — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 05:02:33 +0000

Here are a few snaps from the phone from my recent trip to the United Kingdom and Paris with Darcy, just got back in last night(and hoping I beat the jet lag…) We were there for 10 days and it was a fast one, definitely wish it was longer. Here are 10 photos. Still need to get the film processed, and then scanned!