Miro Istvanik
about
Born May 8th 1979 in Kosice, Slovakia.
Started my photography and video experience as an 8 year old. My Uncle owned a Video and Photography business he was doing part time on weekends. Business was booming and he was in need of an assistant. He asked me if I would like to make some extra cash on weekends. I jumped on the opportunity right away. He was a great mentor. I started as an equipment handler but soon I was doing lighting for him. After several events I saved my money and bought my first used camera. I randomly started taking pictures while on the special events and worked my way up to become my Uncles photographer, while he was focusing on video.
When I got accepted to college I had to move, therefore I left my Uncles business. During college I traveled a lot so my focus turned to travel and macro photography. I was also obsessed by nature.
When I moved to the United States I bought my first DSLR Camera. While still interested in nature and macro photography I turned my focus back to special events professionally.