When shooting action shots such as runners, bikers, cars, or sports shots, a cool effect that you will see in a lot of professional photography where the person is nice and clear, but the background is blurred to give the intention of being in motion and having a lot of speed. A slow shutter speed is a part of it to capture the image while still showing motion in the photo. In this video you will get tips on how to create the panning effect that will create the desired effect.
Giveaway Tuesdays has officially ended! But don't sweat it, WonderHowTo has another World that's taken its place. Every Tuesday, Phone Snap! invites you to show off your cell phone photography skills.
Shotguns are great for obliterating things that are close to you. Single barrel pump-action shotguns are the one most readily available to most folks, and if you want to depict one in one of your films without buying one or risking injury to your actors, this video will help you. It will show you how to make a prop shotgun out of cardboard and some other tools that looks pretty realistic and will let you shoot with guns without risking shooting anyone.
Sometimes, taking a picture of your friend doing a crazy stunt just doesn't suffice. Getting the progression of the stunt in one image does!
In this Hobbies & Toys video tutorial you will learn how to modify an ERTL pump action toy shotgun. Unscrew the orange part of the barrel and cut it as shown in the video. Sand out the part that will be used, get a funnel piece and add electrical tape around the nozzle and glue on a half inch PVC cup. Now put electrical tape around one half of another tube that is of the same height as the funnel piece and glue it on to the funnel piece. You then put hot glue in to the open area. The next ste...
This is no paper gun like you've ever seen before. Seriously. Tacome1942's homemade paper shotgun is a life-sized, fully functional Remington 870 replica. It would be hard to tell it apart from the real deal, not to mention it practically sounds like an authentic shotgun, too. The shotgun is made of approximately 97% paper, the remaining 3% consisting of pins, wires, and springs. Check out all the videos below to see the finer details, including the trigger group, shell stop, and disassembly ...
Giveaway Tuesday contest for Action shot.
This isn't a huge action shot. I haven't mastered the art of the action shot yet, but I like how he looks like he's dancing instead of skateboarding.
I'm ineligible to win, but this is my current favorite action shot - surfers moving in different directions toward the mouth of a cave in Uluwatu, Bali.
backflip in austria on a beautiful day.
I shot one of my friends car cruising around while we look for locations to shoot at.
Wake Skating... or trying to. Its way easier with 4 wheels on a concrete!
managed to click this while i myself was walking on the road in Mattancherry, Distt. Fort Kochi, Kerala
My baby loves her Jumperoo, and she's gotten quite fast at jumping up and down in it.
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so I guess a video just comes out and says it. Dancing in front of a Flash firework on the 4th of July.
Giveaway Tuesdays has officially ended! But don't sweat it, WonderHowTo has another World that's taken its place. Every Tuesday, Phone Snap! invites you to show off your cell phone photography skills.
Giveaway Tuesdays has officially ended! But don't sweat it, WonderHowTo has another World that's taken its place. Every Tuesday, Phone Snap! invites you to show off your cell phone photography skills.
CGI and live action shots get together in almost every big-budget Hollywood movie these days, but combining them in one shot can be challenging for the uninitiated. This video will teach you all about using CGI in live action films, including the use of 3D Studio Max, Blender, and other software to do the animation, rendering, compositing, and other digital steps to making great CGI-live action integration happen.
Check out this instructional tennis video that demonstrates how to hit an angle shot. Angle shots are hard to hit in tennis. Learn how to hit angle shots in tennis with this video clip.
Check out this instructional hockey video that demonstrates how to take a wrist shot. Wrist shots in hockey are fundamental striking shots. Learn ice hockey skills and moves in this sports video on how to play hockey.
Watch to learn how to do stop shots and stun shots in pool by making the cue ball stop and stun at the right time.
Check out this instructional tennis video that demonstrates how to hit an overhead shot in tennis. The serve is one of the most important shots in the game of tennis. In this video lesson, learn how to hit an overhead smash.
Most DSLR's have shooting modes that enable you to optimize your shooting settings depending on your shooting environment. This simple tutorial demonstrates the practical uses and purposes of each so you can take appropriate action shots, portrait shots, and landscape shots.
In photography, good lighting can mean the difference between an amateur shot and a professional quality portrait. Whether you're taking photographs outdoors or in, using lighting to your advantage creates an artistic, flattering effect.
This is a Google Tech Talk from March, 26 2008. Timothee Cour - Research Scientist lectures. Movies and TV are a rich source of highly diverse and complex video of people, objects, actions and locales "in the wild". Harvesting automatically labeled sequences of actions from video would enable creation of large-scale and highly-varied datasets. To enable such collection, we focus on the task of recovering scene structure in movies and TV series for object/person tracking and action retrieval. ...
This achievement can be earned on the Outlaw to the End downloadable cooperative mission in Read Dead Redemption. To get the Dodge This achievement, start a private match with a friend on the Herd mission. Once the mission starts, select the bolt action rifle and the rolling black rifle. Use the bolt action as your primary weapon, and shoot the TNT crate next to the tent on the righthand side. Quickly switch over to your rolling black rifle. Have your teammate use one of the repeaters to weak...
Check out this instructional hockey video demonstrates how to take a backhand shot. A backhand shot in hockey is shooting or passing from the back edge of the blade. This is the deadliest shot in hockey because the goalie can't anticipate where you're shooting. Learn ice hockey skills and moves in this sports video on how to play hockey.
This video has three parts: two that will teach you how to do things and one that is just a badass montage. The two how-to parts of the video will teach you how to first simulate a steadycam / dolly shot with only a tripod and the other will teach you how to create fake crushed bullets to use in action or mystery scenes. The montage will show you some cool effects to strive for.
There are a lot of famous steadicam shots where the camera floats just ahead of the actors as they walk along having a conversation. (See just about any episode of "The West Wing" or "Battlestar Galactica.") Perhaps you imagined the cameraman walking backwards, carefully stepping over door frames or other obstacles in order to get this tricky shot. But as you'll see in this video, it's actually a much simpler matter of using a device called a Steadicam Merlin, so the operator can see where he...
This episode of Take Zer0 discusses the differences between the multi-camera format used in television, and the single-camera setup most often used in film production. Since it's likely that indie filmmakers have access to only one camera, we will explain and offer examples of how to efficiently shoot multiple takes with one camera to convey a single action.
So the game has gone into penalty shots and you're looking to add a flair to your shots? No worries, these shots are easier to do with players with a higher flair or penalty ratings (like Ronaldo), higher star players means better chances of getting the shot. In this video you will learn how to perform advanced penalty shots like the Chip shot and the Stutter shot.
In this video, we learn how to film skateboarding. First, get a camera that fits your price range and you will be ready to start filming. Next, use a long lens so you capture the best shots of people on their boards and in motion. Next, make sure you capture the lines that the skateboarder is skating on. Use different angles to get the best shot possible. You want to get close to the action, so you will need a fish eye lens. Use your skateboard to follow the skater around. Using these simple ...
Emeka Okafor teaches you how to block a shot with timing and body control. Bobcats star center, Emeka is a fantastic defender and generally leads the league with blocked shots. Check out exactly how you can practice and perfect the shot block.
The coolest way to do a shot? Drink it from a glass made of ice. Learn how to make a shot glass out of ice.
Add a little animation to your live action shots! This tutorial shows you a few alternative techniques, such as adding in backgrounds using a greenscreen or incorporating light painting into your film. Make sure you shoot at the highest megapixel setting possible.
Check out this instructional tennis video that demonstrates how to return a serve. Returning a tennis serve can be difficult. Learn how to return a serve in this video tennis lesson.
Check out this instructional tennis video that demonstrates how to hit a volley. A good game of tennis is all about volleying. Learn how to volley a tennis ball in this video tennis lesson.
Check out this instructional tennis video that demonstrates how to play tennis for beginners. You'll need a racquet, balls, a court, and someone to play with. Tennis is one of the most popular summer sports, and with this video lesson, learn tips for playing the game of tennis.
