About me

I’m Catalin Samoila, photographer and film director in Bucharest but I have also done projects in other cities of Romania and Europe.

I hope that the images in my portfolio give you a pleasant impression and we can put together your projects into practice.

The magic of photography is different from reality because it records only fractions of time. Even the film, which needs 24 frames per second, does not capture what human eye observes.

My passion for glamour photography began with my first film camera  in 7th grade at school under the guidance of my father, a photographer and amateur artist. But many years passed before my achievement as a beauty and glamour photographer.

Currently the second love and specialization is fashion photography and catwalk fashion shows.

The photography on analog film still represents a special retro atmosphere, often copied by modern media with more or less success. I still make projects on black and white or color film (35mm and medium format 120), some of them being presented here on the blog.

The seed for the moving images was also planted by my father through the 8mm films whose protagonists were from our family. Film/video is a challenge I accepted precisely through the complexity of integrating the elements starting from the script, cinematics, lights, sound, and editing for a final movie.

Over many years, I am successfully teaching others about photography and video by courses and workshops.

The experience I gained over time, I will make it available to you for the images you desire. You can easily send me all the details and wishes in the Contact section.