Hi & welcome!

I have been a freelance commercial photographer & stylist based in Cape Town, since 2012, specialising in remote food and lifestyle content creation.
I’m fortunate that my work allows me to combine my passion for food with my background in graphic design, hospitality and photography to create delicious videos and stills for your brand and product.

I am organised and able to envision my work’s final purpose, shoot to specification and follow a seamless creative process.

Tech Specs

I shoot with a Sony A7iii & Sigma ART 24-70mm. I edit in Capture One Pro and Photoshop CC. I use both available, natural light as well as LED, Profoto HMI & Profoto Flash when needed.

Video & Motion

I film video & shoot stop frame animation content, which is my new obsession! Head to my motion page to see what it is all about!

I'd love to work with you to create beautiful images & videos, special and specific to your brand! Let's meet for a coffee or have a chat and see how I can help you.

x Mich

PS: The Backstory

People often ask me about how I got into food photography, well here you go!

My grandfathers polaroid camera sparked my obsession with photography from early childhood. As a 5 year old, seeing the image develop right before my very eyes was the best magic trick EVER! I was entranced and obsessed.

Since then a lot has happened, I studied graphic design at CPUT and was fortunate enough to spend endless hours in the dark room processing and developing film - still in wonderment about the magic that photography holds.

Moving over to digital, years later, brought its own special something - I’m able to share my vision with my clients almost immediately (just like my polaroid moment from childhood!!)

Somehow, I managed to combine this obsession with my other true love - cooking & food.

Spending time in the kitchen is cathartic & meditative for me, I can right almost any wrongs there. Fix any bad mood. Comfort any sadness and make brilliant memories with friends and family. I love to cook fresh, fun, generous, comforting food with bold punchy flavours.

I love to exploring new cuisine and flavours and (literally) trust my gut and intuition to lead my cooking.

I believe in a greater purpose for my passion and detest food waste, so you will always see take away containers and care bags on set with me - what we don’t distribute between the crew gets passed on to next in line - there is always a mouth to feed somewhere!

Right, let’s get cooking! xx

CLIENTS

I've been lucky enough to work with various fantastic clients, since 2008. These include:

Getaway, Cosmopolitan, Equinox, Weg/Go!, Good Housekeeping & Women's Weekly, 99c, King James, Finch & Grey, All Brand/No Flakes, Atmosphere, Decimal JHB, Matriarch, Hatch Communications, Liquorice, Juice Films, Atomik, Bonfire Media, Ilundi, Mia Melange, Pesto Princess, Nitros Ice Cream, Oishi, Omniblend, ARK, Life Bake, Candy Jay's, Unbaked, The Curry Club, The Creamery, Roos Designs, YBM & Secbands, Superlatte, Falk Culinair, Foodies of SA, Denny’s Mushrooms, Marcels, Woodys Bacon, Lamb and Mutton SA, Walkers crisps UK, Vineyard Hotel Group, Aramex, Harbour House Group, The Westin, Engage Video Group, Health Connection whole foods, Greenleaf Olive Oil, Spier, Olmeca, Altos Tequila, Warwick Wines, Rickety Bridge, UNSHEEP, Rugani, Rajah, Wild Africa Cream(KWV), The Velvet Cake Company, Bags of Bites, Chapmans Seafood and many more!