I’m A Monster | The Fu Music & YouTube

Two years ago, we spent a week in Fiji for our honeymoon and ended up becoming close to a few other honeymooning couples.  One of the couples happened to be childhood friends with FreddieW, and since Jacob and his brother had been dabbling in Youtube, they wanted to introduce us.  This was pretty much a turning point for The Fu.  FreddieW was really encouraging and gave a lot of insight into the world of YouTube.

As their channel has been growing, it’s been an interesting transition of learning more video work and exploring YouTube as a career opportunity.  As you may have noticed through our blog, we have been doing far fewer weddings and engagement shoots this year.  We’re not exactly sure what will come of all this, but it’s been an exciting year of change and new opportunities.  You can check out thefumusic channel here.

This past month, we’ve been working on a commissioned project for YomYomF called “I’m a Monster” (See it here). Meanwhile, here’s some behind the scenes of what’s to come ~ it’s obviously Halloween themed :)

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The amazing work of Meghan Hodges

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Behind the scenes of I’m a Monster by thefumusic

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Cinque Terre | Travel Photography

Sorry for the long hiatus in blogging. Even when I make it a goal to blog at least once every other week, it’s been incredibly difficult to keep up while we’re on the road.  Earlier this month we were in Peru hiking up to Machu Picchu. We had a week break in Atlanta, then we were back on the road exploring Rome, Cinque Terre, Pisa, Lake Como, Lucerne, Zurich, and London. We just got back last week, and I’m still recovering.

I probably should blog chronologically, but I just loooove coastal cities and towns, so it isn’t a surprise that Cinque Terre (translated “five hills”) was my favorite place we visited and the first photos to be edited. If you would like to see more details of individual villages, tips, and more travel photography, you can go to our travel blog.

Here are all five villages of Cinque Terre from north to south:

Monterosso al Mare (it’s a little blurry since I took it from the ferry):

Monterosso al Mare Cinque Terre | Travel Photographer

Vernazza (tried some bracketing & HDR for the first time):

Vernazza Cinque Terre | Travel Photographer

Corniglia:

Corniglia Cinque Terre | Travel Photographer

Manarola:

Manarola Cinque Terre | Travel Photography

Riomaggiore:

Riomaggiore Cinque Terre | Travel Photographer

Esther JuLee - October 10, 2012 - 2:15 am

Thank you!

Heeju Kim - October 8, 2012 - 6:24 pm

Oh man, these are so pretty… (:

Cheyenne Mojica Photography - September 8, 2012 - 3:44 pm

Never been, but I feel like it now :)

Esther JuLee - September 7, 2012 - 2:09 am

Thank you Cheyenne! :) You’ve been before?

Cheyenne Mojica Photography - September 6, 2012 - 2:40 pm

These photos are beautiful, you really make this place come alive!

Stella | Local Atlanta Music

Meet Stella. She is a worship leader at Four Pointes Church. Will post details of her upcoming CD soon!

Stella | CD cover | Atlanta music photographer

Stella | CD cover | Atlanta music photographer

Stella | CD cover | Atlanta music photographer

Stella | CD cover | Atlanta music photographer

Esther JuLee - July 31, 2012 - 2:53 am

Thanks @Kimberly! That’s awesome! I am not sure if I would know how to shoot a rapper, since I’m way more used to more girly & cutesy photos. But I’m excited to see how they turn out! :)

Kimberly Murray - July 30, 2012 - 8:29 pm

I love all of these photos! Stella is going to have so many options to choose from for her cover and insert(s). It doesn’t hurt that she’s super cute! Can’t wait to hear the CD. It’s funny…In August, I’m going to do a shoot with my brother-in-law who is a Christian rapper.