Why have a Professional Business Portrait/Corporate Headshot created? What's the benefit of having a Professional Business Portrait?

Having the Best Professional Business Portrait/Corporate Headshot is definitely vital to the success of your company, and should not be taken lightly. It can be used for your website, bio cards, business cards, and in every medium of your marketing materials. Great professional-quality business portrait skillfully crafted by a portrait artist is priceless, as it projects to your clients and prospects a powerful positive impression which would increase the perceived value of your company. It helps reinforce your commitment to superior quality and professionalism; establish and represent your company brand identity, competence, and credibility. It develops a connection with the people you do business with. As we know, doing business is all about building relationship. The more people see your face, the more they feel like they already know you. "People do business with people they know, like, and trust."

What would your image say about you and your company if it's a crummy photo (mug shot) of you taken with a point-and-shoot camera in front of a wall inside a building with a cold harsh flash casting an unsightly shadow, or some distracting background with objects growing out of your head? Or a photo of you with an unappealing facial expression looking dull, worn out, and tired with dark circles and bags under the eyes, facial lines, oily skin and blemishes due to the unforgiving sharpness of the camera lens magnifying your every pore, and stray hairs all over? Even the supermodel with the perfect gene needs to be airbrushed for the camera and retouched in post-production for the magazine covers! Also, not everybody is comfortable having their portraits taken in front of the camera. These people often hate taking pictures. They lament that they don't take good pictures, or they're not photogenic. If you happen to be one of these people, then this is another good reason where you need to enlist the help of the 'professional portrait photographer'.

Minh Ha Photography's specialty is creating custom professional portraits which help you look your very best; capturing the natural flattering expression of your individual character and personality, fresh and vibrant! We take the time to make you feel relax and comfortable, and enjoy the whole experience of having your photograph created. Our desire is to make you look upbeat and sophisticated, personable and friendly, caring and approachable! We photograph on-location with top-notch, innovative professional studio lighting and backdrop. Minh Ha Photography's aesthetic sensibility and technical expertise in retouching and enhancement are another reason that the portraits are so beautiful and exceptional; the personal caring touch and attention to detail that separate portraits of Minh Ha Photography from those created by any other portrait photographers around.

We will coordinate and collaborate with you or your marketing department/agency to develop the perfect image in a timely, cost-effective manner with results of the highest quality. We absolutely guarantee that you will be thrilled with your business portraits, or we will do whatever it takes to make sure that you will, or we will give you your money back. A photo can make or break your professional image. If you're serious about connecting with clients, promoting yourself and your business with the deepest respect, you need to invest in a professional business portrait. It will be the best business investment you've ever made!

Make the time and effort to have your professional business portraits done today. Contact Minh Ha Photography at (925) 785-1054.

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San Ramon Wedding Photography

Check out the photo slideshow I just created from a wedding I recently photographed. The bride is a graduate from the renown San Francisco Academy of Art University. I must say having a graduate student from one of the top art schools in the world choosing me to photograph her wedding is quite a privilege. The pressure is on! :)

Click on the link or the image below to view the photo slideshow on Youtube. Make sure to turn your speakers on for the full effects:
Michele & Howard Wedding Photo Slideshow

Lovely couple! They even asked to have a photo taken with me. They made me blush! :)

"The photos are beautiful! We really enjoyed looking at them together. We appreciate what you did for us and are happy that you were our photographer" Michele & Howard, San Ramon, CA

Linkedin Recommendation:

"Minh Ha was our wedding photographer. He did an amazing job and was such a pleasure to work with! Our photos are artistic, creative, unique and beautiful thanks to the special talents of Minh. I'd recommend him to anyone looking for a wedding photographer!"

Service Category: Photographer
Year first hired: 2009
Top Qualities: Great Results, Expert, Creative

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Daddy & Me Portrait - Baby Photography

I received a surprised phone call from a man all the way in Virginia, CA introducing himself as the grandfather of the baby girl that I photographed with her father who is his son. He said that he saw the portraits on my website and he and his wife were so impressed with the beautiful images that I had captured of their son and granddaughter together. Below are some of the images...


"Minh, we absolutely love the pictures you took of Jeremy & Lilianna
together! They're hanging in our library, family room, and great
grandparents' homes...superb!" Joe Boltersdorf - Virginia, CA

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Got Talent?

I put together this photo montage to show a series of portraits I created of Jalasha for her model/talent portfolio. She's a hip-hop and jazz dancer. Jalasha exudes so much character and energy. She really knows how to make powerful eye contact with the camera. Star quality in action!


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"Aw..!", "Aw...!" - Children Photography

This cute baby girl (Jordan) was so much fun to work with! She's was so happy and upbeat the entire time, which made it really easy for me. During the preview presentation, every time an image of Jordan came up on the screen, her mom's heart seemed to have melted. She couldn't help swooning with affection "Aw...!", "Aw...!"...




"Minh was so warm and friendly. He had great patience with our daughter which was nice, and made the photo session fun for her. We then went back to see the proofs a week later and couldn't believe our eyes. The photos of her were just breathtaking! I highly recommend Minh Ha Photography." Audrey W., San Pablo, CA

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Big Bro-To-Be - Maternity Portraits Photography

Nolan, a shimmering bronze, curly hair baby boy is soon to be a big brother. He has just started learning how to walk. I was at his home mainly to do a maternity portrait of his mom (Amber) with her family. Nolan is really interesting in the way that he could turn off his smile amazingly fast! I was clowning around and did all kind of tricks to make him laugh. His face would light up, beaming with delight, and his eyes would sparkle. But the minute I pulled away to photograph him, his joyful expression immediately and completely vanished. Hmm... Interesting! :)

"Wow, these are incredible! You are very talented and captured our family so well. The colors & lighting look amazing! So tough to choose! Thanks again!! I would like to do some newborn pictures of the new guy shortly after he arrives! I will also make sure to refer you to my friends who are looking for a good photographer :) " Amber Moore - Sunnyvale, CA

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"Chic" Experience - How It All Started

I used to own and operate a full service high volume 1 hour portrait studio business with a friend in San Jose, CA back in 1998. We rented a retail space, close to 1000 sq. ft., and built everything from scratch. Our business mainly targeted the teenage students and seniors from middle schools and high schools. We were situated in a great location with amazing traffic exposure. Our studio was within walking distance from most of the major schools there. We started having customers immediately after our grand opening. Business was going really well! We had customers flocking to our door almost regularly throughout the year. There were days where we were shooting all day nonstop with back-to-back sessions, without even a break for lunch- especially proms season. It's crazy!

We became quite popular within such a short period of time. We were passionate and highly motivated in creating edgy fashion magazine-style images that flaunt our subjects' attitudes and exude their characters. We experimented with limitless variation of funky poses, lightings (soft, harsh, dappled, bounced, reflected, filtered...), film types, extreme wide camera angle lenses, painted backgrounds, props, printing colors (black & white, sepia, cross-process (color boost), chemical developing and printing tricks, printing paper brands and textures... anything to pack a lot of punch, creativity and impact to our images. Our customers were head over heels over the special effects of our custom portrait packages! They purchased tons of portraits and passed them out to their friends and relatives everywhere. It didn’t take long before everybody started raving about us all over town.

It was the best experience I’ve ever had! I had the opportunity to hone my photographic skills, photograph all kinds of people (multi-ethnic backgrounds, from infants to elderly and everything in between) day in and day out; stretch my imagination, produce flattering results consistently every time regardless of my subjects, even with a limited amount of poses consisted in the smallest package...

I have since moved on from the days of high volume, slam-bam, in & out type of photography business. It was a stepping stone for me. Today I operate my portrait photography business under my own name, Minh Ha Photography. Since the company bears my name, I'm obligated to do my very best. I want to keep my clients service personable and highly customized. I do fewer sessions so I can devote more time and create something really artistic, meaningful and unique for you, rather than rushing you through like a factory. I spend time with you and help you plan and coordinate everything, so your portraits will have a lot of emotional impact and sentimental value, and every one of your portraits will be beautifully enhanced for perfection.

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