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.

We received most of our photography education here. We successfully completed several photography classes at our local university and made a great leap in our career after joining the Professional Photographers of America Association.

Also, several professional photographers have helped us to shape our photography skills. We would like to mention three of them. Slava received comprehensive training in child photography from the acclaimed children and family photographer in Augusta, GA, Michael O'Byrne. We both received great help regarding studio portraits and operating the studio from the photography business veteran Roger Berg. Since May 2006, we have been intensively cooperating and receiving tremendous and invaluable help from premium Atlanta wedding photographer Craig Willes.

Fun Facts About Sara and Slava


Sara Slava
Your job at Slava Slavik Photography Photography, all post-processing and prints, client communications Photography, some client communications
What kind of work do you like most Creative work Any kind of creative work, building something new
Favorite leisure time activity Sports! Mountains... Trails... Photography, running, cycling, reading
Favorite food Sushi Sushi!
Favorite drink Black tea, red wine Green tea and water.
Non-alcoholic beer.
I don't drink alcohol.
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 Primarily non-fiction, biography, business, wedding photography books
My motto ... 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 Many. Some of my neighbors here, co-owner of my previous company, David Gruber and my wife Sara.
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 Eroooo, a parrot; Kibbles and Jibbles, two betta fish
Odd fact Be ready for our funny accent :)