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“You’re like my photo guardian angel.” -Mel

by Leah Fasten

posted April 29, 2012

category Client Work

Mel’s a personal trainer in Oakland. The day before our shoot she did 500 push ups.    

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An Easter Egg Hunt, Riding in a Radio Flyer, Sewing a Patch and A Lemon Tree at Sunrise.

by Leah Fasten

posted April 19, 2012

category Friends, Family and Home

               

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New Image Library for Boston Trinity Academy

by Leah Fasten

posted April 14, 2012

category Client Work, News

We created a library for Boston Trinity Academy to refresh the work we created two years ago. It was so cool to be back on this vibrant campus for a day. Images from our original library as well as some new ones can be seen on the gorgeous site designed by Alicia Pritt and the [...]

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A Playground, A Football, Two Friends and Amazing New Tee Shirts!

by Leah Fasten

posted April 9, 2012

category Client Work, News

KC, Amy and I ran around the park to photograph killer new limited edition shirts for Title Nine. Order your own here.              

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My new Canon S100 = awesome

by Leah Fasten

posted April 4, 2012

category Friends, Family and Home

We’re having so much fun playing with this tiny camera! Here are a few favorites from our first week together.  

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Instagrammin’

by Leah Fasten

posted March 14, 2012

category Friends, Family and Home

I love instagram so much! Find me there @leahfasten. I want to follow you too!                          

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Ted Goldstein, photographed for HHMI and VSA Partners

by Leah Fasten

posted March 12, 2012

category Client Work

We traveled down to UC Santa Cruz to spend some time with PhD student Ted Goldstein,  a former VP at Apple. Goldstein is using bioinformatics, the application of computer algorithms to dissect biological processes, to improve people’s health.We spent about an hour together and managed to check out a few different locations during our time [...]

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Running!

by Leah Fasten

posted February 26, 2012

category Client Work

I am so lucky to be involved with Title Nine. What an amazing group of people! It felt so good to be out in the sunshine today next to the bay photographing some shorts, tanks etc for an upcoming catalog. Oh yeah. I live in California now…

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Camp

by Leah Fasten

posted February 16, 2012

category Client Work, News

Three camps have checked in about photography in the last month…. so I put together an edit of some favorite camp and camp-ish photos. Shoot me an email if you’d like a .pdf portfolio. Here are a few favorites from the edit.      

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Happy Valentine’s Day!!!

by Leah Fasten

posted February 14, 2012

category Projects, Young Lovers

I’ve spent some time photographing young lovers in the park.  Here’s an edit so far. Happy Valentine’s Day!!                                  

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An Edit of Studio Soft Goods. (And a few accesories.)

by Leah Fasten

posted February 12, 2012

category Client Work, News

This week I’m finally working through all the work we’ve shot in the Title Nine studio. It’s been so amazing to watch a space come alive. Here are a few favorites so far.  Check out Suzanne Bryan and Shelly Iwamasa’s amazing styling on these images.              

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2011 by Leah Fasten. All images are registered with the US Copyright office. Please do not use with out permissions. Thanks!

UVA Print Campaign

by Leah Fasten

posted February 8, 2012

category Client Work

We spent two weeks on location in Virginia with Lewis Communications to tell the stories of 11 patients. It was so cool to get to know all the subjects and hear their stories. Photos of the production are here and here.    

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New Work: Smith Alumnae Quarterly | Winter 2012

by Leah Fasten

posted January 22, 2012

category Client Work

Client: Smith College | Art Direction: Ronn Campisi Design | Assistant: Nicole Rejwan Serial Entrepreneur Sramana Mitra created the 1M/1M initiative to help a million entrepreneurs reach a million dollars each in annual revenue and beyond by 2020. For the photo I wanted to find a location that conveyed the idea of nurturing and growth. [...]

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In The Studio…

by Leah Fasten

posted January 7, 2012

category The Crew and Production

…with Title Nine Spring 2012. Here’s Suzanne Bryan doing her thing.    

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Happy New Year!!!

by Leah Fasten

posted January 5, 2012

category Friends, Family and Home

Our Christmas Day was spent running up and down Muir Beach. Happy New Year!

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And The T9 Photo Sudio is Up and Running!

by Leah Fasten

posted October 12, 2011

category Client Work

We’ve been working so hard to launch the new photo studio at Title Nine. I’m so excited to be involved… and who know I’d love shooting product as much as I do! Here’s a shoot we did on Monday that was included in a WOW email today. Such great fun!!!

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We were at Cisco for a portrait shoot and this was the view from one of our locations.

by Leah Fasten

posted October 1, 2011

category The Crew and Production

  I’ve been shooting in California for over a year and I still get so giddy by the landscape here. We were scouting around Cisco for a CFO Magazine portrait. Off of one of the balconies we were on was this view.

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Oh yeah… I’m playing with Instagr.am. Let’s follow eachother.

by Leah Fasten

posted August 31, 2011

category News

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A Few Recent Flower Polaroids

by Leah Fasten

posted May 29, 2011

category Friends, Family and Home

ShakeItPhoto, the cute little app on my iphone is so awesome I can’t take it. Here are some more photos of flowers in Berkeley.

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Specialized Bike Testing Facility For Bicycling Magazine

by Leah Fasten

posted March 27, 2011

category Client Work

Ebbe Roe Yovino-Smith and I packed up a bunch of profoto 7b’s and headed down the Specialized Bike Testing Facility. We spent the morning of documenting the team there. This is the group that tests all the bikes and bike frames/ parts to make sure  the gear meeting Specialized’s standards. They were such a gracious [...]

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Another Round of Production Photos

by Leah Fasten

posted March 7, 2011

category The Crew and Production

Another round of production photos from our UVA shoot in Virginia with Lewis Communications. Our crew, the folks from Lewis and UVA spent 5 super booked and busy days together. We all worked and played and produced some incredible work.

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Flying Around Near the Bay

by Leah Fasten

posted February 28, 2011

category California + (A photo every day in February), Friends, Family and Home

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2011 by Leah Fasten. All images are registered with the US Copyright office. Please do not use with out permissions. Thanks!

Jumping, Flying and Lovely Light

by Leah Fasten

posted February 14, 2011

category California + (A photo every day in February), Friends, Family and Home

We’ve been continuing on this month. The emails have been super fun and I just love the challenge of making new great images every day. We spent the morning in the park at Alamo Square.        

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No Training Wheels!

by Leah Fasten

posted February 11, 2011

category California + (A photo every day in February), Friends, Family and Home

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Didn’t Really Leave The Neighborhood This Weekend…

by Leah Fasten

posted February 7, 2011

category California + (A photo every day in February), Friends, Family and Home

             

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Here and There, and Little Purple Vans

by Leah Fasten

posted February 4, 2011

category California + (A photo every day in February), Friends, Family and Home

           

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The Purple Flowers In My Neighborhood, Crazy Morning Fog and a Playdate

by Leah Fasten

posted February 2, 2011

category California + (A photo every day in February), Friends, Family and Home

           

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My Neighbor’s Lemon Tree

by Leah Fasten

posted February 1, 2011

category California + (A photo every day in February), Friends, Family and Home

The light at sunset off the back of our deck is remarkable. For a long time I’ve escaped the Massachusetts winter for a week or two in February by coming to California. And now, as snow pounds our old neighborhood, I can sit out on my deck in my new neighborhood knowing that this is [...]

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Thanks! (A few from Thanksgiving weekend)

by Leah Fasten

posted November 30, 2010

category Friends, Family and Home

         

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Jes and Andy got married. (and had a JUMBO party!)

by Leah Fasten

posted November 20, 2010

category Friends, Family and Home

When Jes was in grad school she was our babysitter. Then she graduated and worked with troubled teens and at risk families. She would still babysit once a week to “keep her head on straight”. Then we moved. Two years later Jes emailed a week after Andy proposed and asked if I’d shoot her wedding. [...]

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