Finding a photographer/videographer for a wedding can be an extremely overwhelming task-I know that's how we felt. After several different consultations with photo companies, we were starting to feel defeated and/or that we would never find a photographer that would suit our needs/feel comfortable with....until we had our consultation with George. Immediately, we felt comfortable and at ease right when we walked in. George did not present us with his work right away. He asked us right away, "so what is your vision for your wedding revolving around the types of photos you would like." We explained what types of photo's we would like/the style. George listened attentively and then presented us with examples of his work conveying exactly what we described. One of the phrases George continuously said was "seeing is believing." He could "talk the talk" and even better, "walk the walk." Instead of talking a great deal about things we were not interested in, he stayed on task and attentive with what we were describing. At other consultations we had with other photo companies, the employees talked about things unrelated to photography and clearly were not listening to our ideas. They wasted a lot of our time with mundane conversation. Back to George, our consultation was never rushed with him. We used George for our engagement session, where he traveled to the spot we selected. He was on time and once again, never rushed through the session. We showed him several example poses we wanted. Every single photo example we showed him, he executed and did just as we asked. We were a bit nervous doing the photo shoot, as we are not models; however, George made us feel so comfortable and made us laugh a lot, which eased our nerves. He had a lot of ideas, other than the poses we asked for, but he did not recommend them until we were satisfied with all the poses we wanted. His suggestions were spot on with the style we envisioned for our photo's. He was able to show us the pictures he was taking if we requested to see them during the session, which I loved so that I knew I would be satisfied with the photo. After our photo session, he assigned us a username and password link on his website and loaded all of our pictures in an online photo album. He gave us a few days to look through them and select our favorites and edited the pictures for us. George recommended some photo's would look better in black and white and right he was! We loved how all the photo's turned out. We have booked him for our wedding in May. We are using his photo, video, lighting, and photo booth services. He is extremely reasonable with prices. We highly recommend ProArtPhotoVideo/George. read more

Words cannot describe how great the Pro Art team was at our wedding! We used them for photo and DJ services and they were phenomenal. Prior to the wedding we met with George and discussed our laundry list of wishes in terms of the music and all the angles we wanted our wedding to be captured from and his team delivered on them and more! When it comes to the DJ services.... I wish I could add here some testimonials from the wedding guests. The music is one of the most important elements of the wedding reception as it can make it one of the most memorable parties people attend. Here we are, almost a year after our wedding and our guests still talk about how great the music was and how everyone danced all night long! I was a bit concerned as I wasn't sure how the music will be integrated since we had a mix of Romanian, Irish and American guests but George mixed the music in such way that made so all guests are on the dance floor no matter was song was playing - he is a great entertainer. Another thing that I liked about Pro Art is that they offered us valuable insight in do's and dont's during the wedding and everything came out exceptionally perfect. I could not have asked for a better team to take care of our wedding photography and music. I recommend Pro Art whole heartedly as I know you will receive great advice, great service, a great product and great memories. read more

George and his associates photographed and filmed our wedding this past August. Working with him was great from the very beginning as he was always flexible and would answer any questions we had leading up to the day. I felt extremely comfortable before the wedding, since we had had a meeting on site to discuss all the locations where we wanted to take pictures and taking the time to go over the timeline. George has also been around countless weddings, so he always had advice when I was unsure about something. The day of the wedding, George and the associates he chose for that day were punctual, adhered to our timeline, and their level of energy and enthusiasm never faltered, even after 11-12 hours of shooting. George helped direct most of our posed pictures, but I loved his enthusiasm whenever we suggested something, whether it was a silly group picture or a new location. We were extremely happy with the finished product. Everything was extremely high-quality, and George collaborated with us quite a bit to get across to the editors exactly what we wanted in our wedding video. Plus, George has a fantastic network and has many more services available, like a DJ service and photobooth, and even brought in an associate who used a drone to film part of our wedding. I'm glad I put my trust in George's company for my wedding. read more

George from ProArt was great! I was so confused on finding a good videographer for a good price. A good trailer was very important to my husband and I. The quality was great for the reasonable price. He met with us before our wedding and listened intently to all our details. Honestly, I do wish I got George instead of his colleagues to come to my hotel in the morning. George went to my husband's house to take video of him getting ready. However, I think everything happens for a reason because my husband's family has a hard time getting out of the house and my husband said George played an integral part of getting everyone out in time. He was very easy to work with on the wedding day and we barely noticed the video crew even though they got great shots. He was so quick with getting our trailer back to us, we got it back in about 2 weeks and I liked the fact that he let me edit whatever I wanted in the trailer and he made all the changes I wanted him to. Our family was so impressed that we got the full wedding video back in about a month and a half! He also let me watch the full wedding video and see if there was anything he was missing. I would recommend this company to others becuase I think George really cares about the weddings that he works for. Thank you George and team! read more

One of the best decisions we made was to hire George, the owner of Pro Art Photo Video, to provide DJ and MC services, as well as up-lighting for our wedding. Besides the fact that George is extremely detail oriented, he is also very accommodating and extremely professional. Not only does George have top of the line equipment, but he also knows how to use it. For example, any company can put up an up-light, but unless you have George's artistic eye, that light will never achieve its full potential! The up-lighting and the light towers (those are a must for any wedding, they were amazing and we received so many compliments on them!!) completely transformed our room. With regard to the DJ and MC services provided, they were absolutely perfect. The music was so good that the dance floor was constantly full! The owners of the venue even remarked that they had never seen a wedding with so much dancing, and this is all compliments to the DJ! George has a very, very wide selection of music and most importantly, he knows the songs. He easily suggested some cool songs for cutting the cake, mother/son dance, etc. Very knowledgeable and very professional! It was a pleasure working with George and my husband and I would highly recommend him to anyone! read more

George and his team were excellent to work with! When getting married, there are so many vendors to review and so many options. George was flexible with us and allowed us to request what we wanted, by customizing the time frame and end results to meet our needs. I loved the 5 minute highlight reels I had seen from other services (that were wayyyyy more expensive) and they were able to give me exactly what I envisioned, with excellent quality, in a quick turn around time at 1/2 of the cost of those other videographers. They really focused on the details we had discussed together when shooting, so our video was exactly what we had envisioned at the end. They were SO easy going to work with and very responsive. When planning a wedding, I would strongly recommend their team- one of the best vendors we worked with! :) and our video is amazing as well. read more

2 weeks before our wedding, we made the decision to have a Photo Booth. Pro Art Photo was totally accommodating even with the short notice. They were totally professional, set up really quickly without causing a scene, and was fully operational without a hiccup all night. They were AWESOME!! There was a line for the photo booth throughout the entire reception. The Photo Booth is HUGE, much bigger than the ones I've been in at other weddings. The props were fun, and all the guests were given 3 copies of the pictures taken, while one of them is added to the scrapbook that was included in our package. A couple of weeks after the wedding, George sent us the DVD of all the high res pictures with a custom cover and label. Overall, this was probably one of the best investments we made for our wedding and TOTALLY recommend! read more

I am more than thrilled to have George and his team Film and take pictures of my wedding. His work speaks for itself. George knows what he is doing. He has so much experience and is very creative in every shot. Not only is he professional but he is very down to earth. He is very passionate about the effort he puts in every shot. I love the services he has to offer and I am thrilled he will be making my beautiful wedding into a beautiful memory we can replay for years and years to come. I am even more excited now to have my wedding just so he can take shots of it!!! His and his teams work is amazing!! I am thrilled he was able to create a wedding package for my vision and I couldn't feel happier about being in good hands !!!! Can't wait for August 2015!!! read more

My company hired George for an event of ours for his photo booth and since he did such an amazing job at our company outing, we hired him for our wedding just recently on 4/25/14. Everything from his services, pricing, quality, reliability, etc. is a 5 star rating! Every person at our wedding is still raving about the photo booth and how much fun they had. The best part for me and my husband is that George creates a book, so every single time someone takes a picture, he prints extras so he can place it in the book and then our guest can write a message for us. The book was fantastic! It holds so many memories for us :) Not only did we receive a book of the pictures, but a DVD also.. definitely recommend hiring him, he truly does an amazing job! read more

George is professional, punctual, detail-oriented, and very funny. We loved to work with him. First time when I met him, he showed me various pictures from different events, and in that moment, I knew that he is the person I want for my wedding. He is very dedicated for what he does, and we noticed that from our pictures and album. Also, before and after wedding, he kept in touch with me and informed me about every step he did regarding our pictures and album. The wedding is one of the most important event from each person's life. This is the reason for what we hired a professional, George, to immortalize the best moments from our wedding. We are very satisfied for the services provided by George! read more

I can't even begin to explain how happy I am with the job that George did for my engagement videography and photography. I have a very picky fiance who absolutely loves photography and video editing, so impressing her isn't easy. George was able to blow her away with the quality of the things he sent over and we are ecstatic we choose him. Beyond that, I had quite a few issues with scheduling and George couldn't have been more accommodating. He even loaned me a mic for the big moment (His idea) and was literally RUNNING to get to his spot as I nervously walked my bride-to-be to our location. Amazing guy and awesome service, recommend him to anyone who wants an amazing experience. read more

We hired George to take real estate pictures of our house because we needed high quality images for rental purposes. We needed bright and well-lighted images to show-case our new renovation and highlight the aspects of our home. George was quick to respond and easy to work with as well as very friendly. The images were of great quality and he provided us with 'web-based' versions as well, which we appreciated. We feel so much better about our rental advertisement using his images (rather than our horried smart phone pics) and have had good success with rentals ever since! We are so thankful for George's expertise. read more

I can only give this guys a positive rating. They performed a great job. Everybody were satisfied - groom and bride for outstanding photo/video result, guests for ton of cool pictures captured in the right moment under the right light. This team is very professional. From the first day we met I knew I will be happy with the results, George gave us a good and reasonable estimate, kept always in touch, his team came on time an was dressed very appropriate on the day of the wedding. His key is communication with customers. George always pays attention on customer's needs and preferences. Well done Pro Art! read more

George was lovely to work with! I am a wedding planner and I had not known George before working with him in August 2013 but I will definitely keep him in mind for future weddings. My client used him for his musical services. He really paid attention to what the clients wanted but also gave really good suggestions when asked. He worked wonderfully with me before and on the wedding day. He always returned my emails and on the wedding day we worked as partners running the reception. He's got an addictive personality and just makes the whole process fun. Its great to see a vendor with so much passion! read more

We had the pleasure to work with George and his wife Ana on two different occasions. Photo/video and DJ at baptism, and just photo for our twins 1st birthday. OMG! AMAZING! We are so happy with their work! Can't say enough about them. The moments they captured on camera, are priceless. At the baptism party our guests were happy and danced all night, the music was that good. We received many compliments and will definitely hire them for future events. Quality work, very punctual and well organized. Thank you ProArtPhotoVideo for making our celebrations so much more memorable. read more

George was recently the videographer at out wedding. Not only is he extremely talented, but he is so nice and easy to work with! The day of our wedding, George was very prepared and on top of things. He makes sure the video footage is one less thing you need to worry about on your big day. Any requests I had before or after the wedding, George was more than accommodating. I would definitely recommend George to others! Our video turned out beautifully! We were so happy George was able to capture the day as well as those special moments. Thank you, George!! read more

George was our engagement photographer and our wedding photo and video with his guy, they did such a great job for everything, I really recomande him, open mind and ready to hear your ideas, everything turn just amazing...good packet price and professional on what his doing...he know what to do at the right moment...just to mention my husband was fainting cause was so hot that day and he paid 20$ for a bottle of water which pick on a guy of the street just to make we are fine and everything it's going in the right way...so big YES for his job. read more

George, at Pro Art Photo-Video, was wonderful to work with before, during, and after my husband's 60th birthday party. He was professional, on time and prepared, returning our proofs within a week. His personality was so friendly the photo shoot itself is one of my favorite memories of our time together in Chicago. I particularly love the photos he took with Rush Street in the background. I highly recommend him for your special events. read more

George was our photographer and videographer at our wedding. Our pictures and wedding video turned out great! He's very artistic and takes the time to get the right shot. We also used his photo booth at our reception. It was great everyone got a photostrip and we got a book at the end with all the photo booth photos with messages from our guests. I highly recommend him for your wedding day or other meaningful moments. read more