NOW'S NOT THE TIME TO BLEND IN

The business of acting has changed radically over the past 10 years, especially in Canada. More actors, more agents, and more competition over fewer roles has made the process of casting for film & television even tougher on the actor. Making an impression on casting, or even just getting in the room for the type of auditions you want, can be a daunting task.

The job of your headshot isn't to tell casting what you look like, it's to show them what you're going to be like when you walk in the room. It's to inspire them to invest their time and their clients' time in letting you audition.

The actor's headshot isn't just a portrait anymore. It's a brand statement; a marketing document. My creative, collaborative approach to photographing actors produces pictures casting people love because from the ground up it's designed to reveal the actor, not idealize them. My sessions are fun, low-pressure, and results- rather than goal-oriented. I'll never tell you to "smile" or "look happy." Instead of posing you, we collaborate on letting your instincts and skills create tons of powerful pictures.

ABOUT CHRIS FRAMPTON

Chris Frampton’s unmistakable pictures have been called intimate, real and fascinating.

An in-demand portrait and publicity photographer with editorial and commercial clients in entertainment, fashion and the arts, Chris’s approach is decidedly documentary and social. “In every one of my pictures you’ll see a relationship,” he says of his diverse portfolio. “Sometimes it’s real, sometimes it’s created, but that’s the common thread.”

In addition to hundreds of Toronto actors, Chris has shot publicity for Alliance/Atlantis's Life Network, the Toronto After Dark Film Festival, and has photographed personalities like Sook-Yin Lee, Jaymz Bee, and Kenny Hotz and Spencer Rice of Kenny vs. Spenny for publications such as Peace Magazine. His images of actors, musicians and comedians have been published in the Toronto Star, Sun and Globe & Mail, among other places. As a photographer Chris has been featured in the CBC documentary "Who wants to be a comic?" and the reality show UpRooted on Slice Network. In 2006 Chris completed a pilot with J.V. Productions (Big City Broker) which followed him for three days as he produced a series of pictures for Toronto fashion icon Wayne Clarke.

Chris has also enjoyed turns as an actor (Blue Murder, Sue Thomas FBI), stuntman (Assault on Precinct 13), and journalist (as a regular Special Contributor to The Toronto Star). He lives in Toronto.