Who is Christopher?
In the beginning, I had recently moved backed from living in England where I was finishing up my training to become a professional actor. Soon after that, I was fortunate enough to book a tiny role in an M. Night Shyamalan movie. It helped to put a few bucks in my pocket, and I decided to upgrade my headshots because British headshots are quite different than American headshots. I shot with a guy in Philly and it was disappointing on many levels. I then shot with somebody in New York, they were better, but way more expensive, and I still didn’t feel satisfied. A few years passed, and I had agents representing me in Philadelphia, New York, and LA. I was booking bigger roles and consistently updating my headshots, but never being able to do so successfully in Philadelphia, which I thought was ridiculous. I started shooting people a few weeks after I realized that getting a great headshot in Philadelphia was impossible. It didn’t seem like a large request, and I couldn’t figure out why this was at the time, but I eventually did figure it out.
You see, most headshot photographers are just photographers, and unfortunately know nothing about the entertainment business. I had been taking advice on my headshots from people who knew nothing about being an actor, nothing about professional auditions, and nothing about being represented by an agency. In my mind, it was a perfect marriage to offer the best headshots in Philadelphia, while offering sound advice to people who were truly interested in giving the industry a legitimate shot.
Fast forward five years and my team and I are running on all cylinders. We have a very established brand as one of the most acknowledged photography studios in Philadelphia. At this point our clients range in the thousands. I have shot magazine covers domestically and for international use. My specialty is headshots, however I now get booked for all types of editorial, commercial, and fashion work. I feel confident in saying that at this point we believe that we are producing some of the best headshots in the entire country. As of 2014 we are very excited to announce that we will be expanding our business to Miami as well.
In conclusion, building my business as a headshot photographer in Philadelphia has been very rewarding, and opened many new doors to all different types of photography which I’m presently hired to do. Hopefully I will get the opportunity to work with you in the future, and provide you with the best photos you could ever ask for.
Education
Aside from countless years studying photography, Christopher Descano is a graduate of the Westtown School, a Quaker boarding school located in Chester County, PA. He also holds a bachelor’s degree from the College of Visual and Performing Arts, Kutztown University. He is also a graduate of the Institute for Central American Development Studies in San Jose, Costa Rica. Finally, he holds a Master’s Degree from the Birmingham School of Acting, at the University of Central England located in Birmingham, England. In his spare time, he donates to the Nature Conservancy by adopting acres of Costa Rican rainforest, and for enjoyment he trains his German Shepherd “Benson”, to hunt down bad guys.