Cinematic photography & video for the things you love most — boats, cars, athletes, and the moments that earn the frame.
A rotating selection of recent shoots. Click any frame for the full set, behind-the-scenes notes, and the gear that pulled it off.
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Four lanes. Open to more. If it deserves a real lens, we'll talk.
“For the vessel that deserves more than a phone snap.”
From sportfishers to sunset cruisers — cinematic stills and motion that move boats. Listing photography, brokerage marketing, owner portraits on the water, and the kind of golden-hour footage that turns followers into buyers.
Fill out the brief. Tell us what you're shooting and what it's for.
Within 24 hrs you get a fixed quote, scope, and shoot date options.
On location, on time, fully prepped. One take. Real moments.
Edited gallery + ready-to-post social cuts within 5 business days.
Based in St. Petersburg, Florida — where the boats live, the cars come out at sunset, and the gyms never sleep. Sam built Sams One Take around a single idea: every subject deserves one honest, beautifully composed frame more than it deserves a hundred lazy ones.
Shooting on a Canon R5 with the RF f/1.2 and f/1.4 prime lineup — the same kit used by editorial and commercial pros worldwide — every shoot is treated like the cover, not the contact sheet.
Whether it's your boat, your build, your body of work, or a one-off ad — let's get it on the calendar.