meet mikaela

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Hey there, I'm Mikaela, a film and travel enthusiast, born in Adelaide.

My passion goes a long way back. It's actually my childhood photo albums and at home videos that played a massive part in my love for film and Super8. Ever since I was little I had been into the creative arts, particularly photography and film. Through my younger years, my sister and I did Irish dancing, I played piano and my favourite subject was art. I grew up travelling around the world due to my parents working overseas, moving from Saudi Arabia, Singapore and Phuket. I've always been on the move and I wouldn't have had it any other way. The experiences and cultures I got to experience were beyond incredible. I was 13 when we moved to Singapore, and while it was a transition, I remained confident and started to get more interested in photography. I studied Photography and Digital Media at school and loved it so much that I even stepped behind the camera and began modelling. Not only this, but I had always wanted to act ever since I was young, taking drama up as a subject and studying courses. I studied Business Entrepreneurship at University. I moved to Melbourne in COVID (rookie mistake), and took up a degree in creative arts drama. While doing so, I began to do a couple of extra/stand-in gigs on a few TV shows, and then landed a full time crew job on an American TV show shot in Melbourne. I started to become so much more interested in being behind the lens and seeing the amount of effort that goes into curating a production. 

The passion for film became more evident. From there, I picked my Canon DSLR camera up and started having a play around again. I bought my first Pentax film camera and Elmo Super8, filmed my friend's wedding, and here we are.

Mik x