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Georgia Visual Professionals is a wedding videography company located in Kennesaw, GA. Owner and chief cinematographer Rachel McElwain is passionate about capturing couples’ love stories on camera in a timeless, natural fashion. She strives to provide to-be-weds with accessible videography solutions suitable for any budget and wedding size.
During her time at Harvard University, Rachel discovered her love for all-things visual media. She honed her skills as a videographer and photographer before embarking on her own business venture. Together with a talented and creative team, she is on board to document your wedding journey from start to finish.
Georgia Visual Professionals offers a range of services to prospective newlyweds. Rachel’s videography packages include a highlight trailer, so you can look back at the magical moments of your big day. Other services and products available include engagement sessions and videos, a second videographer or photographer, 10-minute wedding films, edited photos, flash drives of raw footage, and more.
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Business Attributes
- Woman-owned Business
Destination Weddings
- Destination Wedding Packages
Photo & Video
- Digital Files
- Drone
- Online Proofing
- Photo
- Same-Day Edits
- Second Shooter Available
Photo & Video Styles
- Artistic
- Classic
- Documentary
- Dramatic
- Lifestyle
- Modern
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Rehearsals & Parties
- After Party
- Wedding
- After Party
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Georgia Visual Professionals (GVP) received glowing reviews for their wedding photography and videography services. Reviewers highlighted the team's professionalism, warmth, and ability to capture natural moments seamlessly. Rachel and Jesse, part of the GVP team, were commended for their exceptional communication, customer service, and quick turnaround time in delivering high-quality photos and videos. Clients appreciated the team's attentiveness and skill in producing beautiful memories of their special day. Overall, the reviews highly recommended GVP for wedding photography and videography services.Review photos
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I recently hired Rachel and Jesse for my wedding back in October. My husband and I couldn't be happier with the results we received! From start to finish they were communicative, friendly, professional, comforting, and incredible to work with.
Rachel and Jesse have an eye for capturing the perfect moments while also staying out of the way of other guests. In some moments we forgot they were even there! They captured the most important day of our lives and we couldn't be happier. Each photograph and the entire highlight video still triggers all the feels in my body!
What truly sets them apart is not only the quality and price, but their warmth and teamwork. They made us smile without feeling like it was forced - we were genuinely laughing and having a great time with them all while they caught those smiles on camera in the most natural way. They worked together and checked in together to make sure they were both capturing specific moments they needed without getting in the way of one another.
Beyond that, I am just overall impressed with their customer-service. They arrived early, helped set up when the florist arrived late, listened to my ideas, and Rachel also let me vent to her all throughout it. Apparently our wedding day was normal but it felt like everything was delayed or going wrong... Without Rachel and Jesse I don't know if I would have felt as comforted as I did. They truly made the day more relaxing and enjoyable. I hugged both of them when we were leaving at the end of the night. I am so beyond thankful for everything they did and the work they produced in such a short time frame!
Thank you!! Our video is perfect and our family has rewatched it a thousand times. BTW, so sorry for spilling wine on you, Rach
I am the mother of the bride from the wedding this past weekend. I had to give a review of Rachel and Jesse because they were both magnificent! My daughter sent me the photography sneak peek photos and WOW! The photos are stunning and I cannot wait to see the final results with the rest of the photos and the video. I am grateful to see their hard work put a smile on my daughters face. Money well spent!!
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I felt like I was watching my own Hallmark love story movie. It was sooooo good!!!!
Georgia Visual handled everything with class! We had our highlight video back within a week of our wedding! Thank you!!
Writing this quickly, but I wanted to express sincere gratitude for GVP. The video is so beautiful and I got all the raw footage! I had so much stress the day of the wedding because it's a day that you've been planning for so long and I wanted everything to go and according to plan. GVP was not only filming my wedding, but one of the videographers was helping out my coordinator behind the scenes to make sure we started on time. My husband and I cried when we got to our honeymoon and looked back on how helpful everyone was from our wedding, but especially how helpful GVP was!
Speechless!! Hire them!!
I can't say enough good things about Rachel and her team. She provided two videographers and two photographers for our wedding. Everything flowed seamlessly. Rachel had us all laughing, even my fiancé who rarely cracks a smile. I feel so uncomfortable in front of the camera but Rachel made me feel confident and even showed us some photos from her camera every once in a while when she would get excited. If I had to redo my wedding day I would choose Rachel and her team all over again because of the professionalism, price, and personalities of everyone on her team.
Thank you for all your help! We appreciate everything you did and love the video!
We loved working with Rachel and Jesse. We hired GVP for both photo and video! The day was so smooth, even when my coordinator went missing!! They kept the day on track. THANK YOU!!
Rachel filmed my sisters wedding 6 years ago and she filmed my wedding this year. She traveled a few hours and still had energy all day and kept up with us! She had new ideas and even helped the coordinator throughout the day! I am so happy I chose Rachel to film my wedding and I highly recommend everyone choose her
Professional and outstanding work. I had Georgia Visual film and photograph my wedding and I am well pleased.
Rachel and her team were the absolute best!! They captured our day beautifully and I am absolutely obsessed with our photos and videos! I cannot thank them enough for their work and for getting everything back to us within a month!! I knew Rachel was going to be amazing after our engagement photos but she blew my mind with our wedding photos! So many of my guests and wedding party told me how great she was and how fun she was to have! She was so communicative and fun to work with! Rachel thank you again for everything!!!
Professional. Kind. Really easy to get along with and communicate with. She helped my granny up when she fell down and I was floored with her kindness in the moment. Thank you, Rachel for being so sweet
We could not be happier! Rachel was super responsive throughout the planning process. She always got back to me so quickly with any questions I had and was available for phone calls to review details and timelines. She got our videos to us in two weeks which was so fast! The videos are phenomenal and we couldn't recommend her enough!
Awesome. My fiancé left the planning up to me and I scheduled a phone call with Rachel before booking. She explained her techniques and even told us about some things to watch out for with other vendors if we didn't go with her. There was no salesman pressure, which was nice, she just genuinely cared about the outcome of our wedding video and photos. After speaking with other companies and listening to their sales pitch tactics, which were the exact things Rachel told us to watch out for, we decided to book with Rachel. We are thankful we did! We got our wedding video back within two weeks, which is unheard of from the other companies we spoke with. Rachel was professional, well versed in the industry, and clear on communication. You cannot go wrong with booking with this company and Rachel. It also doesn't hurt that her price point is PHENOMENAL
We were on the fence about videography for our wedding due to cost. Rachel was able to work out a great deal that I just could not refuse! However, this did mean that her assistant/secondary videographer filmed our wedding. Overall he did a good job but the camera kept flipping forward during the raw footage which was very distracting. Yes, the highlight video follows the exact same sequence as all of their videos but we knew that it would going into it. Very quick turnaround for the highlight video (within a week of our wedding!) and all raw footage mailed to us shortly after on a USB drive.
We booked Georgia Visual Professionals for our wedding. Our experience with them was phenomenal. They were organized, professional, courteous, and creative. They followed our request with great detail.
Rachel is the real deal! She had our highlight video back to us in a few days and our USB just came in the mail. We received everything she filmed from the whole day on all her cameras.
Rachel did a great job handling the videography for our wedding! We are extremely please with the footage captured and the final work product! We enjoyed Rachel’s professionalism, personality, and vibe throughout out wedding day as well! I would highly recommend!
I guess grooms don't usually make reviews, but I was a very active planner along with my now wife. We hired Rachel and Jesse for both photo and video for our wedding. We recommend 100 times over. Even I cried while watching the video Rachel sent over to us. 10/10. Rachel, raise your prices - you are literally letting people rob you and your artistic work for too little.
I am the mother of the groom from Thomas and Grace's wedding and I just wanted to say how impressed I was by you. Thank you for capturing my sons wedding
GVP has remained professional in every interaction we have had. We requested our video and photos be kept private and off the internet for various reasons. Rachel sent all documents via google drive and a gallery for our photos that no one has access to. We felt overly demanding at times due to privacy and Rachel went above and beyond to make us feel heard, seen, and respected.
I hired Georgia Visual Professionals to capture my engagement with photos. I was impressed. We were over an hour behind schedule and extremely late. Rachel waited in the 30 degree winter weather that entire time, keeping updated with texts and information. The area I proposed in was busy and I didn't know if Rachel would see us. She was able to capture the photos without my fiancé noticing until the end. I didn't know what to look for in a photographer to capture this, but Georgia Visual spoke with me about all the steps to go through and even gave a few tips on how to handle popping the question. I am grateful Rachel was affordable and reliable and my fiancé is well pleased!
Hi, my name is Grace. I am an older bride and I heard about Rachel through my venue. I was very nervous to hire a photographer and videographer since I was worried maybe my vendors wouldn't show up and would miss moments I wanted captured. Rachel and Jesse were early and captured every moment I could have asked for. I look back at the photos and videos and I just feel like I am in a dream still. My partner and I plan on having Rachel take our one year anniversary photos as well. I am thankful for Rachel and Jesse.
So I booked with them in March of 2021 and my wedding wasn’t until October 2022. I kept asking my videographer Rachel McElwain, what does she need from me to understand my vision and some shots I really want captured. She kept telling me to wait until it gets closer so she doesn’t forget (which is understandable planning something far in advanced). I’m a planner type person and wanted to be organized as I can for all of my vendors so it will run smoothly for them on my big day. Summer of 2022 I ask again about ashen can we plan a time to talk AND what helps her try to see my vision. Whether that be a pinterest board or some videos to save, just so it would be easy for my videographer to understand what I’m looking for. The month of comes and I hear NOTHING. The WEEK of my wedding we plan for a phone call… I wait for the time and day we planned and I never got a call. It isn’t until TWO DAYS before my wedding that I hear from her and didn’t understand what I mean by “my vision.” What I was really concerned was, she never asked me “are there any shots you specifically want? Are you doing a surprise of some kind? Is there someone’s reaction you want me to capture during a certain point?” Absolutely NOTHING. I was contacted about my final payment but NOT about any details. The day of, I was asked so many questions which was a little frustrating, given the fact these exact questions could have been asked prior. I was told my package included all 8 hours of originally raw footage but when i got my USB in the mail, it was about 1 hour the most in total of footage. There was a part of the reception party that I was so excited to look back on, and that was the one thing that wasn’t on the footage given back to me. Overall I’m just really disappointed in the communication and professionalism. I planned my wedding in 2020, 2 YEARS in advanced and I just expected more especially being a really organized bride and having all information ready for all of my vendors. The feedback I would give is definitely to ASK questions before the big day so you don’t miss anything that the couple wants captured. Terrible communication.. the only great thing was camera quality and the price.
Response from the Vendor on 01/14/2023
Angelina, I am sorry to hear that you feel our communication was not up to par with what you were expecting, but I do want to address your review. I fail to see how there was a lack of communication from our 70+ emails back and forth about your...
wedding. I did ask for you to clarify what you mean by “your vision” because if you have looked at my previous work with weddings I have done before then you would see how my artistic taste and editing is for my business. All my videos are similar to one another because I believe that every bride and groom should be excited to receive a video with my style because they like the style I can provide from previous videos. But, even so, we DID discuss your vision. We specifically discussed your dad having your first look with you while you’re walking down the aisle, which I did capture. We discussed how that would be his first look and you wanted that first look captured clearly before getting the groom's reaction to you walking down the aisle, which I did capture. You also let me know that you wanted your dad's reaction to the song that you were surprising him with during your father/daughter dance, which, again, I did capture. You also let me know that you were to have an outfit change and that you wanted me to capture that. We did communicate clearly and efficiently between 70+ emails for your wedding. YOU then asked how to send the final payment, I did not send an email asking for that and only that. On another comment you made regarding the reception, I was gone because we had already gone over your 8 hour time limit at that point. I stayed late at your wedding, well past the 8 hour time limit, so that you would get some footage of your reception, because I knew that was important to you. To clarify, I stayed LATE so you could have memories that you communicated (and I heard clearly) were important to you. Not only did I stay late past your 8 hour time limit, I did NOT charge you a single dime extra to do so. In conclusion, I fail to see the validity of your points in your review. Have a happy and blessed marriage!
Best,
Rachel
Our wedding was 3 years ago and we are just now reviewing because we still watch our video. Jesse and Rachel crushed it!
Rachel is amazing! I booked her for my wedding a year in advance and then recommended her to my friend that got married in April of this year. So I got to meet her before my actual wedding! I loved working with her (twice) and recommend her to anyone that might be on the fence about videography!
Received everything I was looking for in a timely manner and received all the raw footage. I got to watch my whole day from beginning to end. Awesome!
I am obsessed with my video! I literally cried when I received it. Thank you so much Rachel
Absolutely the best! Rachel was so personable, professional, and accommodating. She showed us some pictures throughout our wedding day and my husband and I were amazed. Every single one was beautiful and those are the UNEDITED versions. After our wedding was over, Rachel took the time to send us some of the best pics of the wedding as a sneak peak AT 1 AM. Talk about superstar customer service. Choose Georgia Visual Professionals for photography and videography! It’ll be one of the best choices you can make for your wedding!
Rachel was so wonderful! She worked well with my photographer, something that was very important to me. Her highlight video of the day came out beautifully; I got so many compliments! It took a few weeks for the video to come back, but this is the busiest time of year so I had no qualms about waiting. I'm so excited to see all of the raw footage from the day that's on its way to my mailbox. I highly recommend Rachel - she was on time, kind and funny, and professional. 5/5!
Rachel was amazing!! She made us feel comfortable, she made us laugh and the end result was better than we could have hoped for. We would highly recommend her!
Rachel was so fantastic to work with! She was on time, captured so many great moments and was fun to work with! She made everything feel so easy and natural! She returned my highlight video just a few days after my wedding too! Reliving my wedding day with her videography made it even more special, would definitely recommend Ga Visual Professionals for any wedding!
Rachel and her team were simply AMAZING. She communicated with me and set all of my nerves at ease. She answered all of my questions even if they were asked late at night. She worked her magic all day for us. She had us laughing and so comfortable taking pictures. She made sure I got the shots I wanted. It truly felt like she was a friend for years with how well she meshed with everyone. My Husband hates getting his picture taken, and he has said multiple times that he wouldn’t mind getting his taken by Rachel a hundred more times. She is a professional and her passion and talent for photography and videography showed! If you can use her, DO IT! You will NOT regret it and will have the BEST pictures and video footage to treasure forever.
I came across Rachel on the knot and read previous reviews and watched her videos and viewed her photos and felt confident in booking her. She was absolutely amazing! She makes you feel at ease. She blended so well at the wedding. My wedding party all had positive things to say about her. Awesome personality. She really loves what she does. Not only that, but I received my highlight video less than 2 weeks from the wedding and have watched it a million times I'm so obsessed with it. The photos are stunning as well. Booking her for both photography and videography was the best decision. HIGHLY recommend her!!!
Rachel is just an angel. We booked her to film our 11/28/2020 wedding and couldn’t be happier with this decision. She was so kind and attentive and is so good at her job. Our wedding party and guests loved her too! Look no further for your wedding videographer than Rachel!!
After searching through many videographers and being extremely picky, I am so so glad I found Georgia Visual Professionals and highly recommend them! They were extremely professional throughout the day and helped make us all feel super comfortable with all of the cameras around us. We received our highlight video and have watched it over and over again. The video is absolutely AMAZING, and we are so glad we will have these memories to look back on through the years.
Rachel just did my wedding in October 2020! She captured videos of the whole day. In addition, provided a 5 min highlight that was great to share with friends and family! She was easy to work with and friendly! Highly recommend!
Crying while watching our highlight video a thousand times everyday! Hire Rachel and her team! Just do it! I feel like I am watching a Hallmark movie staring the two of us. She got us our highlight video back in less than 2 weeks and that is unheard of! My friends waited 6 months for their highlight video and we got ours back in 2 weeks? And, if I dare say this, mine was WAY better! This girl is the real deal. Even with the craziness that corona did to my wedding, Rachel showed out. Thank you a million times again Rachel, you really are the best! P.S. Lets get drinks sometime!!!!
I found Rachel through The Knot, and it was the best decision I made! Her services were very affordable, and though I didn't meet her until the day of my wedding, she was wonderful! She got along very well with my other vendors, and she helped relieve some of the stress and pressure on us as the bride and groom. As we took pictures and videos, she helped us feel calm, cut loose, and just have fun being newlyweds. I love that she provides raw footage as well as the edited clips, and I'm so excited to see the video she makes of our wedding day! It was the best day of my life and I'm so happy we hired Rachel to capture the beauty.
I'm a covid bride. Due to that, I had so many people back out of the wedding. I was so upset, as were they. I decided to go with a videographer last minute to help record the day. Rachel had some of the best reviews and a very fair price. She had great communication and was so easy to work with! She arrived timely and was able to film a lot of awesome stuff that I (luckily) didn't have to ask for. Her and Jessie knew exactly what to do. They were super fun and easy to work with. My bridesmaids and I all felt comfortable around them. I am so grateful to have found her and to have her join us in making my special day as amazing as it could have been!
RACHEL WAS AMAZING! I found her from a coworker and she was nothing short of PERFECT! My wedding was postponed because of COVID. We were supposed to get married In midtown Atlanta, but when we were told we couldn’t, we relocated to a beautiful house in Ball Ground GA. Rachel was perfectly okay with traveling a little further to help us with our day. When the day came, I had her for 10 hours! She caught so much, let me crazy family be their crazy selves, and totally captured my day. It took her one week to turn around my video, and I’m only saying a week because my husband and I had to re-record our vows for her and we did it when we got back from our honeymoon. The same day I sent those to her, she sent us the video. It’s PERFECT! I’ve already watched it 20 million times and have cried each time! Not only do we get the video, but also a USB with all the other footage. I was beyond happy with Rachel. She’s the real deal for a GREAT price!
My husband and I absolutely loved working with Rachel! She was extremely professional and easy going, and worked so well with our photographers. She was easy to talk to, and was so invested in her work and intentional interactions with our guests, especially the little ones who were dancing the night away! We could not be more appreciative of all that she did for us on our wedding day, including lighting our candles and assisting with set up. She met and exceeded every expectation and we would choose her over and over again.
Rachel did such an amazing job on our wedding video and delivered it before we even got back from our honeymoon! She made us feel so comfortable, and she kept us laughing the whole day. We also got all of the raw footage back which is something many other videographers told us they don’t normally do. We love watching our wedding video all the time, but there is something so special about watching all of the small details and people’s reactions that we missed throughout the day. We are so thankful that Rachel was able to capture everything!
Rachel took photos and video at my daughters wedding. The price was amazing and the quality was amazing. I could not have been more impressed.
Rachel is amazing! She is so sweet and makes you feel comfortable behind the camera. Felt like part of the family. We LOVED having her at our wedding.
I would book Rachel again in a second. She dropped whatever she was doing to help me out the entire day. She went above and beyond any other vendor there. She should raise her prices, seriously, this girl is a steal!
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I am only writing reviews for two of my vendors, GVP being one of them. I am just.... WOW.... still at a loss for words over my video. I received the best 8 minute video along with my full ceremony, all dances, all speeches, and everything GVP filmed that day. I have 5 hours worth of footage to watch from my wedding day. I looked and looked and looked for a videographer that would provide all the footage and it was slim pickins! I ultimately chose GVP and I am so glad I did. I can relive my whole wedding day and I will have this for forever. GVP, I cannot say thank you enough, you MADE my wedding joy last even longer!
On time, professionally dressed, video was finished in 2 weeks, and my guests all thought she handled herself extremely well.
Thank God for the flexibility of GVP. We had an emergency the day of our wedding, so scary! Rachel was there for us in a heartbeat and did everything and more that we asked for.
When I booked a videographer, I considered the importance the same as my photographer. I did not take the decision lightly. That being said, I HIGHLY recommend GVP. Everything was captured and I received all the footage Rachel filmed that day. I'm actually amazed watching everything Rachel sent me. Hours of footage, completely for my husband and I forever. What more could I ask for? I can rewatch all the important moments from my wedding day for the rest of my life. I couldn't be more grateful.
Rachel and Jesse were the most professional vendors I had at my wedding. My hubby and I cried about a dozen times watching our video. I am so thankful we had them there to catch our special day. AND SHE STAYED IN OUR TIGHT BUDGET WHEN NO ONE ELSE WOULD.
On time, friendly, thoughtful, and went above and beyond for us on our day. Even helped put my veil in when no one else could do it. Amazing!!!
My favorite vendor! She had everyone up, laughing, and dancing. Couldn't have asked for a better video and she delivered it in a week!
My video was back to me in 4 days and it was the best wedding video I've ever seen.
Easy to talk too, got along well with everybody!!
The music, the artistic integrity, and her eye for wedding videos makes her amazing. I can’t say enough about her!!!
Rachel was the best
Rachel sent out her assistant to my wedding and the video came out perfect! They’re all so professional. Rachel responds to emails quickly and Jesse knew exactly what to capture for the video. I’m obsessed! Book them, they’re my favorite vendor from the day!
We were going back and forth between having a videographer or not and I am so happy we did!!! Rachel was amazing! She was so easy to communicate with and answered all of my questions. She was extremely nice and helpful the day of as well. Rachel captured every moment we asked her to and more. We received our amazing highlight video back in a week too! I cannot say enough wonderful things about her!
Rachel and her staff are truly one of a kind. I really loved my wedding video. And they did a fantastic job of truly portraying the love and happiness of true wedding day. They captured all the emotions and joy of the wedding. They are amazing to work with. Rachel is super easy to communicate with. And if you’re like me and have a million and one questions. She will take the time to answer them all.
She was on time, funny, sweet, and there are so many other things I could say! We got our wedding video back in less than two weeks!!!! I've never seen someone work so diligently as she did! Those who were unable to make it really appreciated the video being finished within a short amount of time. Thank you Rachel
We had two GVP videographers on our wedding day and we can't be more ecstatic with how it went. 100% Recommend!
OMG, I’m over the moon for our highlight video. I cried watching it and haven’t stopped watching it since. Rachel is the best! We got everything back so quickly. She interacted with our guests, made us feel comfortable, kept us laughing, and made us look so good for our video. Don’t hesitate to book her, just do it!!!
Rachel and her team filmed our wedding and I was blown away!!!!!! They finished our video in less than a week and way before our photographers had even begun editing the photos! She interacted with our guests and always had positive things to say! Hire Rachel immediately, you won’t regret it!!!!!
Rachel is AMAZING! She was so friendly and happy on the day of our wedding. She went out of her way to make sure everything was taken care of! She didn’t miss a single thing all day/night. I seriously felt like she was everywhere I looked all night, it was awesome! All of our guests mentioned Rachel. They all told us how sweet she was and told us how hard she was working all day! She’s definitely a hard worker but she loves what she does! She was smiling, laughing and looked like she was genuinely enjoying herself the whole time!
As for the final product... it was incredible. My husband and I both cried watching it. Rachel captured so many perfect moments and it was like we were reliving our wedding night. The music fit perfectly and the voiceovers were absolutely perfect. I love our wedding video and I can’t wait for all of our guests to see it!
Rachel did an awesome job on our wedding day from beginning to end. She was so professional and sweet. We 100% recommend hiring her!
I couldn't be happier with my wedding video! Rachel captured the day perfectly and made my extended family (who were unable to come) feel like a part of the day! So worth every penny.
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Rachel McElwain
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Hi there! Thank you for checking out my profile for my company. While studying at Harvard University, I grew a passion for videography and photography. When my husband and I got married in 2016 we hired a videographer and we were really disappointed with how the services turned out. Our videographer took an entire year to get us our video back in our hands. We were heartbroken. At that moment I knew I wanted to change how videographers do work. I turned to open my own videography business and make sure that my clients received their final highlight video quickly.
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