In a fast-paced modern environment, a little verbal shorthand is a good thing.  Suffixes like “ish,” “esque” and “wise” are used to describe what could take a whole paragraph otherwise.  And consider the double-click generation, with their OMGs and LOLs making text messaging and IMing much easier on weary fingers.  Then there’s that word “head,” which, attached after a lot of other words, does the trick in an honest head-on way, every pun intended.  For the most part, the connotations are positive.  The word implies that you are out in front, ahead of the game, or that you might be an expert at something, or at least an enthusiast.  We’re thinking here of words like techno-head, or in the case of the fans of those Grateful fellas, Deadhead.

Then there are the ‘head monikers that require less effort.  Bedhead, for instance, does not connote one end of a queen-size, but instantly brings to mind that fashion-forward look of having just arisen from a very deep slumber.  And while airhead is a military term for a designated area in a hostile territory, it’s more often used these days to describe a person who might have been in an age long past described as “a few bricks light of a load.”

In the grand tradition of name-calling, the “head” add-on can also be used to convey the idea that there is something out of whack with a particular noggin’.   Dunderhead, blockhead, bonehead, jughead, meathead and knucklehead are a few examples.  Conversely, if you want to say that a person is almost too smart for his own good, egghead does quite nicely.

For well or ill, attaching the word to an adjective or a noun is a fairly good way to say that who we really are is lodged in that space between our ears.  So, if you hadn’t already guessed, each of us at FootageBank HD consider ourselves to be a footagehead, with all the associations it implies - that we ourselves are preoccupied with what we do.  And we’re guessing you might be a footagehead too.  That’s why we’re introducing a beachhead in the business of royalty-free footage.

Meet footagehead.  It’s a brand new, no-frills, easy-to-use online footage shop, chock-full of affordable, royalty free 16x9 images captured with the latest tapeless HD cameras.  With 20,000 clips (and growing daily!), footagehead is open and ready for business 24/7.  Preview, purchase and download now at www.footagehead.com.  Of course, we’re still here at FootageBank HD when you need us, but we think you’ll also enjoy heading over to the newest member of our footage family.