Mission Visual

Mike, of Mission Visual, and his assistant filmed our November 7, 2015 wedding and reception. We don’t have our film back yet, so my review at this point is based solely on what it was like to deal with and work with Mike. Mike was an absolute pleasure to work with from start to finish! He returned emails and phone calls in a timely manner, and showed up to our in-​person appointment on time. He and his assistant were both at the wedding at exactly the time they said they would be, they stayed an extra few minutes over what we hired them for so that they could get our cake cutting on film! During the entire wedding and reception you didn’t even notice they were there. I can’t say enough about what a good experience working with Mike and Mission Visual have been so far. Once we get our film back, I’ll review that as well. I’m sure it will be everything we hoped for and more!

Mike did a fantastic job on our wedding video. I love his style.

Any review under 5 stars for Mission Visual is an absolute travesty. Mike McCaleb was a complete professional the entire process and made sure we knew what we were responsible for, and the rest of the time you forget that you’ve got two-​to-​four cameras on your every breath and step. Mike worked hand in hand with our photographer, Alex Neumann, and the two of the them more than surpassed my expectations, and I have only seen the 4 minute trailer for «The Santa Barbara Wedding,» which would be me. I honestly can’t imagine somehow who captures the artistic must haves with the unique and improvised pictures as the lighting or anything else for that matter changed! Truly the best out there, and he has done three weddings in my family! Thank you Mike and Mission Visual for documenting the most memorable night of my/​our lives. I would have no second thoughts if asked to refer Mission Visual to anyone who is inquiring!
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and all you need to see is a trailer to know that no details are passed over and their overall approach to documenting the wedding was really seamless.

Our wedding video was not quite what we expected. We expected more of the behind the scenes footage of our friends and family. We hired them for 5 hours but the end result was a pretty short video.

We got married on electra cruises in newport beach and decided to use Mike. I could go on and on but will just say this… Awesome! Excellent work. Excellent service! You won’t be disappointed.

Being in the same industry as Mike (wedding), I have worked with him at several events. Each time has been a very positive experience. Since I am a photographer, I work closely all day with the videographer. Mike is extremely professional, courteous and genuine. His equipment is current (very important) and his final product is contemporary. Highly recommend.

We LOVE Mission Visual! I had pretty much had my heart set on booking Mission Visual. Once my husband met Mike for our meet and greet, he understood why I was so determined to book him. Mike is genuinely passionate about his work and is incredibly talented! On the day of the event he and his assistant (Solomon) instantly made both families and close friends feel comfortable with their presence. For the most part we barely noticed them, which was nice, because some of the weddings I have attended it was like the paparazzi were following the wedding party and getting in the way of the guests. Selecting a videographer is an important decision and our experience during the wedding was great, however, anyone can film an event the editing is where Mission Visual really shined for us. He was able to capture our love story and create a video that we will share with many generations to come.

As a wedding vendor, I know the importance of working with quality professionals and understand the differences their roles make. So, beyond the quality of wedding cinema that Mike and the Mission Visual team provides (which, goes without saying, is friggin FABULOUS), he is an OUTSTANDING professional and goes above and beyond whenever he can.
EXAMPLE: I shot a wedding with him a few months ago and the slideshow (the couple had made) for the reception wasn’t working. Mike had his second shooter cover the dancing/​events while he worked like crazy to miraculously fix the slideshow and make it play-​able. It was really important to the couple because it was a tribute to the bride’s father who had passed, and Mike saved the day by getting it to play later at the reception. There were tears all around and lots of hugs for the awesome videographer who went above and beyond for his clients.
Hire Mission Visual. Not only is their wedding videography beautiful, they’re solid professionals who go above and beyond and real people who care.

I was a wedding planner in my former life, but left the industry because working every weekend got to be such a total bummer!
Anyway, in the 5 years I was working the Orange County wedding circuit, I got to know many wedding vendors — some which were totally awesome, and some, not so awesome.
Mission Visual definitely falls into the AWESOME category! I worked with Mike and his team a number of times and they were always top notch.
Now from a planner’s point of view, things like being on time and paying attention to cues of important events on the timeline are paramount to the success of a wedding — Mission Visual was always where they needed to be, on time, dressed appropriately (I say this because I seriously had a vendor show up in torn jeans and a wrinkled shirt thinking it was perfectly fine — OMG!) and ready to rock it!
For you brides that are reading this and thinking all the above info doesn’t really matter in your decision, please know that it so does! It’s really the difference between hiring a part timer and hiring a professional.
Honestly, if you trust a professional company like Mission Visual to capture the most important day of your life, you will not regret it my friends!
No go forth, be awesome, and book Mission Visual!

Mike and I met through the BNI Liaisons Chapter in Anaheim, CA this past year and I’ve had the pleasure of working with him on some projects and events relating to the Elastik Marketing Group, a collective of creative businesses serving small businesses.
Despite working on some of these other events, I’d not used him directly for my business yet and found that opportunity recently with my client, Escalate Live 2010, a two-​day live broadcast conference in Newport Beach at the historic Lido Theater for photographers. I brought him on board as our videographer and live feed expert. It resulted in 36,000 views on our inaugural event!
This event was no small feat and my team and I deemed him a strong player in such a large production that we’d not had previous experience launching. Mike was an integral part to making this production a success and it’s reflected very positively for SmallWerks as a result.
I’m grateful that Mike has been such a strong service provider and hope to work with him again on many more successful projects. He truly was a trustworthy, positive and amazing professional and will continue to recommend him to my clients.