Sara and Slava Slavik
Slava Slavik Photography is a family portrait and wedding photography studio run by Slava and Sara Slavik. We both were born in the Czech Republic and came to the United States in May 2004, and our photography studio was opened several months later. However, our photography careers started a long time ago. Slava co-founded and managed for ten years the biggest graphics and digital photography software company in Central Europe, and Sara worked as a freelance graphics designer. Besides our former jobs, we started making portraits for our friends and photographed weddings just for fun and realized that one day we would like to run a professional photography studio together. Our dreams came true right after we moved to the USA.
Several professional photographers have helped us to shape our photography skills and adapt to the US market. We would like to mention three of them. Slava received free comprehensive training in child photography from the acclaimed family and children photographer in Augusta, GA, Michael O'Byrne. We both received great help regarding studio portraits and operating the studio from the photography business guru Roger Berg. In 2006 and 2007 we cooperated with and receivied tremendous help from premium Atlanta wedding photographer Craig Willes, who is also author of our portrait on this page.
Fun Facts About Sara and Slava
| Sara | Slava | |
|---|---|---|
| Your job at Slava Slavik Photography | Photography, all post-processing and prints, client communications | Photography, marketing, some client communications |
| What kind of work do you like most | Creative work | Building things that will last for long time |
| Favorite leisure time activity | Photography, sports, mountains... trails... | Photography, running, cycling, reading |
| Favorite food | Sushi. We are one of those "crazy" families who pay extra for organic food. |
Sushi! |
| Favorite drink | Black tea, red wine | Green tea and orange juice |
| Favorite desert | Tiramisu | Tiramisu and do you know what 'vetrnik' is? |
| Favorite movie | Titanic. All movies by Milos Forman | Forest Gump, Dancing with Wolves |
| Favorite book | John Irving: A Prayer for Owen Meany and all photography books | Primarily non-fiction, biography, business, wedding photography books |
| My motto | Albert Einstein: "In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity." | Anything is possible! |
| Music | Classic Rock, Folk and Bluegrass | Bluegrass (Alison Kraus), Folk (John Denver, Johnny Horton). I used to play upright bass with two college folk and country bands. |
| Personal Collections | Ceramic elephants and everything related to elephants | Books. In the past I collected old tea caddies, but I left my collection in Europe. |
| People who helped most in my life | My husband and kids | Craig Willes, co-owner of my previous company, some of our first clients here. |
| Who would you like to have a dinner with? | Elliot Erwitt, famous photographer | Anybody I can learn something new from |
| Another facts | I love drawing and graphic design | I wish a day had 40 hours :) |
| We have been together since | November 1992 |
| Married since | July 20, 1996 |
| Our kids | Katie (1997), John (1999) |
| Our pets | Koko, Ero and June - parrots |
| Odd fact | Be ready for our funny accent :) |
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