Mike Villa Visuals

commercial shoot// biola university’s talbot program.

Mike Villa — Tue, 08 May 2012 04:33:28 +0000

If you’re still tracking with me, congrats! You’ve made it to day five of my five day blogging spree.

Here we have something a little different than the typical lovey-dovey that I’ve been posting. Biola University recently asked me to come in and shoot for a new campaign that their Talbot graduate program is promoting. They let me barge into one of their classes (which was moved to a nicely lit room for the shoot) and stick my camera in students’ faces. Then we took some of the faculty and students out around the campus and did some more lifestyle type shots.

Party.

san juan capistrano weeding at the villa// mariah & todd.

Mike Villa — Mon, 07 May 2012 09:13:28 +0000

Ok, ok. So post number four is a bit late, but after spending the whole day on a plane it was the soonest I could throw it up here. And I’m making it a point to post before I hit the sack, so that counts for something right?

Here we have Mariah and Todd from last week’s wedding that I shot with Steve Hoffmann. It always does me proud to see a great name attached to a great venue (hint: it’s The Villa), and it’s hard not to enjoy spending a gorgeous day in San Juan Capistrano.

Rollfest.

long beach engagement at el dorado park// elizabeth & dan.

Mike Villa — Sun, 06 May 2012 04:15:50 +0000

Hint to potential clients: Low key is the best key. Elizabeth and Dan are exactly that. Fun, chill, and just enough spunk and sarcasm to fight back when I start getting a bit too fresh with them. And how can you not love a couple that jumps from traditional Vietnamese Ao Dai to serenading all of El Dorado Park on a banjo?

Undecided on the ridiculous amount of flare here. Thoughts?

Peace out!

san juan capistrano engagement at casper wilderness park// kaley & travis.

Mike Villa — Sat, 05 May 2012 00:50:09 +0000

Alrighty… Day two of five here at Mike Villa Visuals’ blog extravaganza. And this will be a good one :)

This is all going to sound EXTREMELY cheesy and cliche, but I’m going to say it anyways: Sometimes you meet a person (or two) and you just click. Two (or in this case three) awesomes collide and create one giant bowl of awesome. And that’s how I feel about hanging out with Kaley and Travis. Not to mention they get bonus points for forever changing my life by introducing me to Haven Gastropub.

So that’s that. Unfortunately for you dear readers, you must rely on mere photos to try and soak in all the awesome.

Happy Weekend!

irvine wedding at mariners church// lyndsey & ryan.

Mike Villa — Fri, 04 May 2012 02:13:55 +0000

Ok. For reals this time. I’m back to blogging. We’re going one blog post per day for the next five days, so try and keep up!

One thing’s for sure, Lyndsey and Ryan know how to throw a wedding. If you missed out the first time around (the first time they appeared on the blog, NOT the first time they got married) be sure to check out their awesome Downtown LA engagement shoot. A big thanks to Joberooni for coming and helping out on this one.

Enjoy!

Yeah, Mariners puts on a good show:

Shot by Job.

Shots by Job.

Shot by Job.

Rollout.

gilbert wedding// melody and ben.

Mike Villa — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 07:38:41 +0000

Remember Melody and Ben from way back when? Welp, now they’re married. Ah. I’ve known these guys for a long time and it was so great to be able to shoot their wedding! Good times were had by all.

Recognize any of these faces from here?

All those fancy-fance decorations? All homemade and handmade. Such a crazy amount of work went into it!

Party on.

lifestyle// katie.

Mike Villa — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 22:19:38 +0000

Here it is! The end of the blogging drought! I’ve got some weddings, engagement shoots, and even a few promo videos coming down the pipeline, so you lovely readers (or those who are left anyways) can expect the typical MVV barrage of posts from here on out.

Let’s start with this one: This is Katie. She’s great. We went down to Tempe Center for the Arts by Tempe Town Lake to snap a few head shots at sunset and had a good time crashing the convention that was going on at the time.

Shot on a Fuji X100, processed with VSCOfilm.

personal// boulder bay, big bear.

Mike Villa — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:46:52 +0000

A conversation with my good photo-friend Job earlier this week: “Hey let’s go up to Big Bear and shoot sunrise at the lake.” “Sweet. I’m down.”

Note the distinct lack of planning in the above conversation. After leaving La Habra around 3 am, we arrived at the lake around 4:30 and discovered that things can get a bit nippy during that specific time of day (or rather, night). After three solid hours in 15 degree weather at Boulder Bay, we called it good and booked it to the nearest Denny’s.

Happy Saturday.

lifestyle// melissa & victoria.

Mike Villa — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 09:00:21 +0000

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Or rather, unValentine’s Day for those of us without dates! So why not have a little photoshoot in the Fullerton Forest (aka Hiltscher Park)? You might remember Victoria from this studio shoot, and Melissa is a fresh face on this blog. Enjoy, and give someone a hug!

Rollout.

2011.

Mike Villa — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 22:19:09 +0000

My New Year’s Resolution? Take more photos.

Thanks to all the clients, friends, family, and random peeps who made 2011 a rather lovely year.

Happy ’12 everyone.