Category: Journal

Sunday, December 7th at The Coffee Groundz cafe. Throughout the afternoon, you can expect live music, grilling, networking, socializing, drink specials and questionable OHs (overheard tweetable comments)

J.R. is an excellent host and has really introduced a lot of people to the Coffee Groundz who  otherwise might not visit. With the power of Twitter, good drinks (they serve alcohol too!) and free wifi, this place is always buzzin’.

With over a hundred attendees so far, this will get real exciting, real fast. The cafe even opens up to a spacious outdoor patio with plenty of space to mingle.

I’ll be making a brief appearance because that is my birthday and family will be in town. Tweet you there! You can also follow me on Twitter as @mojodenbow

Facebook event page is here

On Twitter: @coffeegroundz

This explains a lack of heavy reading here at website de la Mojo…

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Several people are always asking me “what kind of photo gear do you have?” which leads to this post. Here is a peek inside to the bodies and lenses that assist with my photo mojo…

Nikon D200– this is my primary camera and is quite the handful. With the metal body, longer, heavier lenses, battery pack and speed light it can literally be a pain in the neck! Quite fun to use and has really forced me to focus on details because there are no “idiot” modes like automatic settings.

Nikon D90- the 90 is one of Nikon’s latest releases that is packed with a lot of features. This is Wonderwife’s camera although I am allowed to use it on occasions!

Lens-

Tamron 70-300mm telephoto zoom/micro

Sigma 10-20mm wide angle, 24-70mm

Nikon 18-55mm, 50mm, 18-105mm, 18-200mm

Toy lens: Lensbaby, fisheye

Nikon Creative Lighting System: SB-800, SB-400

Show Off

Now that I have shown mine, it is time to show us yours! Anyone getting something nice in their stockings this holiday?

For a limited time only, Photo Mojo is waiving all sitting fees. Wow, you just saved yourself $100! Just visit the website to check the calendar and then fill in the blanks in the contact section. Couldn’t be easier, couldn’t be cheaper.

Why am I doing this? Well, just like the article title implies, I want to expand the portfolio with shiny, happy faces. Portraits, events, you name it and we’ll shoot it.

While I am thankful for the blessings I have in my life, I also enjoy giving back. I’m considering giving away an entire session and media disc for free.

Remember when I mentioned “limited time only” earlier? That means hurry!

Questions? chris@photomojo.info

Wonderwife and her mother wanted the chance to head to Reliant stadium for some arts & craps boutique thingy today. Well, Daphne and I made it up in our minds that we were not going to go and that was final. However, we ended up doing some Christmas shopping ourselves at the mall.

When we arrived at the mall we were in for a treat. Santa was there riding around on his shiny, red recumbent bike. His jolly smile and wave made Daphne giggle. Not too far behind Santa, we were greeted by a very tall man juggling bowling pins. On second glance, he must have been on stilts because only the Houston Rocket’s Yao Ming is that tall. After the man on stilts, there was a clown juggling the other 5 bowling pins on a unicycle wheeling around our stroller. No idea how he was able to throw candy while juggling but it was neat.

That’s not all! We were buzzed by mall security wearing Santa caps and riding Segways and even an 80-piece marching band playing Christmas favorites! Daphne loves music and was clapping excitedly and waving. The band missed a few notes because they were waving and smiling back. Disney Radio was representing there as well and of course Daphne was dancing with a few Disney reps and got a sticker for her troubles. Santa must have worked off his milk & cookies on that bicycle because we found him later on sitting on his throne and listening to good children’s wishes.

All of that shopping and dancing worked up an appetite in us so we grabbed some food across the parking lot. Daphne was proving that she was a big girl indeed by grabbing the fork out of my hand and dipping it into her fruit bowl to feed herself.

I intended to snap some images of little DVD today but it was way too blustery and chilled. Maybe tomorrow.

Thanks, Daphne!