Michelle Liao of MICHL Jewellery is a Cape Town based maker, currently focused on creating beautiful, sophisticated pieces of Jewellery. I recently had the privilege of shooting some of her most recent pieces that will be going up in her online store and thought it would be good to catch up and hear a little more […]

Pop pop, shot some head shots. Photographer: Graham Wiles. Model/s: Lavanya Naidoo & Franky. Equipment: Canon 7Dmkii, 50mm f1.8 & Elinchrom D-Lite RX4 with square softbox.

As the type of people who play hermit in their spare time, neither of us seemed terribly enthused by the idea of organising and hosting a big social event. We did some scenario planning, changed our minds daily, and quickly realised that all we wanted to do was get married. So, that’s what we did. Small and intimate, it […]

Surfers Village were kind enough to ask me a few questions and share some of my images with their +-15k followers. We talked about things like getting started, shooting in Cape Town, and career defining moments. Check the full feature here: Cape Town Backdrops Fire Graham Wiles Imagery Join them online here: Surfers Village Facebook Surfers […]

I met up with Reza De Nicker and Michael February last week. Here goes:

We had arranged to meet in the parking lot, just km’s from my house. The sun was about to set, and I would bring my camera so that we would never forget these moments together. Hopefully, there would be nobody else around. You know how it goes. The setting sun would cast it’s last light […]

The Wavescape Festival has been running over the past few weeks with a number of events including the Film Festival, Artboard Charity Auction and the Fish Fry. The Fish Fry was centred around a celebrity fish braai, but included food trucks, Jack Black Beer (Being the host venue) and a photo contest. So, I had entered a few photos […]

Van was up for the trip; committed. Our friend Deepa’s fiancé, Dhiren, was organising a 4 day trip to Zanzibar for her 30th birthday. He’d do all the planning and book for the 8 of us, all we had to do was commit, pay, and rock up for the flight. Having a few things on my mind at […]

Sometimes adulting takes over and before you realise it you’re faced with the last waking hours of a Sunday with nothing but cleaning/ laundry/ DIY ticked off your to-do list. No fun, bruh. So, we went swimming:

On the eve of our 8 year anniversary, as the sun was setting over Kommetjie, I got down on one knee and asked my best friend to marry me. After some heavy negotiation, she said, “Yessir!” One love.