May 2012
B&H Photo Video Pro Audio: How To Take Good Care... →
istillshootfilm:
It suddenly occurred to me that I’ve never done a post on one of the most essential elements of film photography, which is: how to treat your film right. Imagine you’re dating your film, and you must therefore succumb to all of its whims and desires regardless of what you…
“It only takes one person to change your life: you.”
– Ruth Casey (via julie911)
April 2012
WatchI thought I would share this portion of my last film.
ENSCONCE
ensconce \en-SKONS, verb:
1. To settle securely or snugly. 2. To cover or shelter; hide securely.
Here, Ryan would ensconce himself in a hammock. — Zadie Smith, White Teeth
This did not trouble him, and he was quite content to ensconce himself in a cosy corner… — Georgette Heyer, Regency Buck
They ensconce themselves in their child, in adding and replacing furniture, in...
MENTOR
mentor
PRONUNCIATION:
(MEN-tohr, -tuhr)
MEANING:
noun: A wise and trusted adviser or teacher. verb tr., intr.: To serve as an adviser or teacher.
ETYMOLOGY:
After Mentor, the name of young Telemachus’s adviser in Homer’s Odyssey. Earliest documented use: 1750.
USAGE:
“Just as mentors come in different shapes and sizes, they fill different roles. Ms. Brooks said the...
APHOTIC
aphotic \ey-FOH-tik, adjective:
Lightless; dark.
I sat curled up on the sofa, trapped in the dream from which I had begun to awaken, but still lost in the reminiscence of our aphotic rendezvous. — Žakalin Nežić, Goodbye Serbia
The stars and moon outside the windows on the twenty- first floor of Fordum Towers shined in the distance, the sky otherwise ebony and aphotic. — Steven...
Planned Parenthood is on Tumblr!
barackobama:
plannedparenthood:
Planned Parenthood is excited to be launching our new Tumblr that’s all about sexual and reproductive health – bodies, birth control, relationship issues, “is it normal for this to do this?” type things. In the coming weeks and months we’ll be sharing what we know, answering questions, and just… tumblring.
We hope you like it! And we hope it helps.
Welcome to...
LITTORAL
littoral \LIT-er-uhl, adjective:
1. Pertaining to the shore of a lake, sea, or ocean. 2. (On ocean shores) of or pertaining to the biogeographic region between the sublittoral zone and the high-water line and sometimes including the supralittoral zone above the high-water line. 3. Of or pertaining to the region of freshwater lake beds from the sublittoral zone up to and including damp areas...
RIPOSTE
riposte or ripost
PRONUNCIATION:
(ri-POST)
MEANING:
noun: 1. A quick, clever reply. 2. In fencing, a quick return thrust. verb tr.: To make a quick, clever reply. verb intr.: In fencing, to make a quick return thrust.
ETYMOLOGY:
From obsolete French risposte (response), from Italian risposta (response), from Latin respondere (to respond), from re- (back) + spondere (to pledge). Ultimately...
ADENOIDAL
adenoidal \ad-n-OID-l, adjective:
1. Being characteristically pinched and nasal in tone quality. 2. Of or pertaining to the adenoids; adenoid. 3. Having the adenoids enlarged, especially to a degree that interferes with normal breathing.
“Quite the good, old-fashioned type of servant,” as Miss Marple explained afterward, and with the proper, inaudible, respectful voice, so...
“My suggestion is that whenever you have to choose, always choose the unknown,...”
– Osho (via lashla)
“The world moves, and ideas that were once good are not always good.”
– Dwight D. Eisenhower (via styleandsubstance)
I am the woman I am today because of the woman I...
Watchpopculturebrain:
Preview Community’s Law & Order and Their Take on the Theme Song
Once Community is said and done, there better be an epic mega-cut of the theme in its many styles.
(via TVLine)
BARNBURNER
barnburner \BAHRN-bur-ner, noun:
1. Something that is highly exciting or impressive. 2. Chiefly Pennsylvania. A wooden friction match. 3. (Initial capital letter) A member of the progressive faction in the Democratic party in New York State 1845–52.
“So, ready for the elder’s meeting tonight?” Olan said, pouring himself some coffee. “Should be a barnburner from what I hear.” —...
ELAN
elan
PRONUNCIATION:
(ay-LAHN*)
*this syllable is nasal in French
MEANING:
noun: A combination of energy, enthusiasm, and style.
ETYMOLOGY:
From French élan (enthusiasm), from élancer (to dart), from lancer (to throw), from Latin lancea (lance). Earliest documented use: 1880.
USAGE:
“‘Margaret Whitlam was seldom afraid to speak her mind and she spoke it with elan and...
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: A morning-glory at my window...
FORTE
forte
PRONUNCIATION:
(fort, FOHR-tay)
MEANING:
noun: 1. A strong point: something in which a person excels. 2. The stronger, lower part of a sword blade. Used in music direction (FOHR-tay) adjective: 3. Loud. adverb: 4. In a forceful manner.
ETYMOLOGY:
For 1, 2: From French forte (strong), from Latin fortis (strong). Earliest documented use: before 1648. Also see foible. For 3, 4: From...
FARD
fard \fahrd, verb:
1. To apply cosmetics.
noun: 1. Facial cosmetics.
She’s farded inch-thick with affectation. She’s perfumed to suffocation with the musk of pretence. The colour on her cheek is part paint, part mock-modesty. — Mary Cowden Clarke, The Girlhood of Shakespeare’s Heroines
Holding a candle dramatically high, wrapped in a very shabby old housegown, with...
