Carlos Taylhardat headshot photographer and founder for Art of Headshots Vancouver in 2009, he is passionate towards seizing human experiences and to capture the essence of an individual’s portrait. Inspired by his Father and travelling around the World as a Child taught him to understand people and intricate differences his approach to portrait photography has helped countless of business and individuals succeed by having a branding headshot and in some cases actor’s have been found shortly after switching the previous headshot to Carlos’s image an Art of Headshots.

Throughout his 20 plus years as a photographer, Carlos has helped actor’s chasing the star’s be discovered through. Honed his skills at a young age, studying photography at the Claude Watson School for the Arts, and never looked back. His clients include Microsoft, 3M, Lions Gate Studios, the Vancouver Art Gallery and actors who have been featured in The X-Files and various Walt Disney films.

1 – Vancouver wasn’t called Vancouver until 1886, it used to be called Gastown from 1867 to 1886 and Granville prior to Gastown.

2 – The year that Vancouver was incorporated with its current name it had a great fire that destroyed all the major buildings for the exception of two ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Vancouver_Fire ).

3 – Stanley Park awarded for the most beautiful park in any major city, wasn’t always an oasis. A darker history was an area to separate Squamish and Musqueam people who were victims of smallpox. Now called Dead Men Island.

4 – Art of Headshot own Electra Building in 970 Burrard Street was the tallest building in the Commonwealth, built by John Lain and Son’s in 1957.

5 – Downtown Vancouver is more than 65% residential, some of the corporate building have been transformed into residential housing to fulfill demand.

Here are five great movies filmed in Vancouver that your actor headshots might have landed a career.

1. Dead Pool
Starring Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin and TJ Miller. 2016

2. Jumanji
Starring Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black and Kevin Hart

3. Juno
Starring Ellen Page, Michael Cera and Jennifer Garner

4. Rise for the Planet of Apes
Starring James Franco, Freida Pinto and John Lithgow

5. Cabin in the Woods
Starring Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth and Anna Hutchinson