This video demonstrates how to construct a sling shot out of a soccer ball. You will need an old soccer ball or tire tube, a "Y" shaped stick, and a pair of scissors. Slice the soccer ball open to remove the rubber lining. Next, cut two thin strips of the rubber lining. Cut out one hexagon shaped piece of leather from the deflated soccer ball. You can use this for the sling shot pouch. These visual guidelines depict how to use these materials to construct a sturdy slingshot in a matter of min...
Watch this instructional ceramics video to learn how to throw a wide bowl with Simon Leach. As a preliminary step, one should throw a flat piece of clay onto the pad to assure easy lifting off of the bat. Centering is quite difficult with a larger piece of clay. Leach's visual guide allows one to view the delicate steps required to throw a wide ceramic bowl without letting it collapse.
A chip shot is used when the golf ball lies next to the green, and your goal is to get it into the hole in one or two strokes. Learn how to execute a chip shot using the ideal stance, grip, and golf swing.
The hook is a common shot missed in golf. If you understand the factors that cause a hook and make a few adjustments to your golf swing, it can be easily corrected. See how it's done.
Special effects is swell, especially when it utilizes the wonderful ubiquity of wax and bubble gum to make wounds look unbelievably believable. Ewww gun shot wounds.
Have an error in your video? Fix it with Cut Away shots! Israel Hyman, an Arizona-based videographer, will show you how.
Bartenderweekly.com presents a tribute to fire and alcohol! Learn how to mix flaming shots - a Flaming Jesus and a Flaming Dr. Pepper.
Tennis pro Brad Gilbert discusses and illustrates the basic forehand shot and the grips that can be used. The types of grips are the continental grip, and the semi western. The types of stances used are the closed, open and the unit turn. This video is easy to understand and follow.
The pinch shot is a backhand kill shot in racquetball that is popular among skilled players. Canadian National Racquetball Champion Kris Odegard and Junior National Racquetball Champion James Slamko demonstrate its proper use at the beginner, intermediate and advanced levels.
Who better to demonstrate bar tricks than a cute girl bartender? Sexy Francesca demonstrates a bar trick using 6 shot glasses and a bottle o booze. Brush up on your bar tricks so you can impress the ladies (or con your fellow barflies out of a dollar or two). Break presents bar tricks by Francesca. Learn how to do the six shot bar trick.
Build a train of shots that get progressively stronger. All this mixing and speed is sure to get you drunk fast. You will need Bacardi 151 rum, vodka, amaretto liqueur, wine, beer, and orange juice. Watch this video specialty drink-making tutorial and learn how to make a shot train of alcohol.
Here are some aiming tips when hitting a pool cut shot. This video tutorial will make you the best billiards hustler around, so pay attention. Pool sharks practice, they aren't born that way. Learn how to aim for a cut trick shot in a game of pool.
Learn a couple tricks, and you may get three times the shots with ample resolution. Watch this photography tutorial video to learn how to triple the shots on your Canon A550 and keep the quality.
Having a cocktail party and not quite sure what drinks to serve up? Then watch this how to video to learn how to make a Mountain Dew drop shot. The Mountain Dew shot requires: vodka, green midori, and seven up.
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.
Learn how to explode from half court to the three point line and practice your three point shots in this 3 point shot off the fast break basketball drill.
Learn how to shoot the ball with backspin, improving your chances of making the shot on the basketball court. This drill is known as the short shot principle.
This video is all about creating dolly shots. If you have ever wondered about how to use and control this type of shot, then let Israel Hyman show you. This is a great alternative to zooming in and out which is unnatural for our eyes.
Take the element of risk out of the shot with the bump and run. The technique for this simple greenside golf shot is simple and you can use it to play any golf club in your bag, from your wedge right through to a fairway wood. Remember, the longer the club, the further your ball will run out.
This tutorial shows you how to set up a very stylized shot that's ideal for shooting music videos. Choose and set up the right kinds of lighting setups, and then make sure you get just the right camera angle for your project.
Decided after you filmed it that your footage shot in 60p would actually look better as a slow motion shot? Fortunately, you don't have to shoot anything over again - you can just use Adobe After Effects to slow it all down.
This is a video of a lecture, and shows any photographer the best way to set up night shots, starting with equipment (lighting is especially important, for obvious reasons) and then moving on to tips and strategies for framing good night shots.
Party magic might be the most fun kind of magic of all, especially when alcohol is involved. This video will teach you a cheap party magic trick called Russian Roulette with vodka, where you pretend to guess the vodka shot from among a bunch of water shots.
Want to be the best spear fighter you can be? This tutorial show you two basic shots you can make when wielding a foam spear on the fields of battle at your next boffer larp. You're also shown how you can thwart a javelin shot with a spear.
In this tutorial, we learn how to simulate teleportation w/ film effects & camera tricks. First, take a shot of your actors moving and doing something active. Then, take a shot of the frame without the actors. After this, go frame by frame masking the actors out of each of the frames. Use radio blur to make them leave the shot, then add in evaporation. From here, you can play the clips of the background on the scene so it looks like the have been sent somewhere else. Smooth out the background...
In this tutorial, we learn how to make strawberry lemonade Jell-O shots. First, you will need to take a couple cups of boiling hot water, then mix it with a large packet of strawberry lemonade Jell-O. Mix this together until all of the powder is completely dissolved. After this, pour 1.5 c of citrus vodka (cold) into the bowl of Jell-O. Then, take a fresh lemon and squeeze the juice of it into the bowl, making sure to remove any seeds. Mix up the rest of the mixture after this, then pour into...
In this brief tutorial, you'll learn how to hit a fairway bunker shot when playing a game of golf. For more information, including a complete demonstration of the proper technique and detailed, step-by-step instructions, watch this free video golfing lesson.
The Incredible Hulk, the result of Bruce Banner being exposed to an intense amount of Gamma Rays. Gets stronger the more you hurt him, and can break tanks in half no sweat. Wouldn't you like to be able to draw the green giant? In this video you will learn how to draw The Incredible Hulk from a side view, watch him start from the outline all the way down to the coloring of the finished picture.
Learn how to use rectilinear and curvilinear wide-angle lenses on your Canon EOS 7D, 5D, 550D or Rebel T2i DSLR camera. This brief video tutorial from the folks at Butterscotch will teach you everything you need to know. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to get started using wide-angle lenses on your Canon DSLR yourself, take a look.
Want to know the best way to take close-up, highly-detailed pictures of small objects? This brief video tutorial from the folks at Butterscotch will teach you everything you need to know. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to get started taking macro shots on your own Canon 550D, Rebel T2i, 5D or 7D DSLR, take a look.
In this video, we learn how to understand the basic golf swing. If your contact with the ball is good, your shot will be played out correctly. In a full shot, you would make your back swing, then shift your weight onto your left foot along with your belt buckle. Using your body in a swift swing is the key to having a good swing and making the ball fly where you want it to. Give yourself enough time to practice, because it takes your body a few tries to get used to this stance. When you are do...
In this video, we learn how to make Mario Party Jell-O shots. You will need raspberry Jell-O, lime Jell-O, and tequila to make this. First, pour the Raspberry Jell-O packet into a bowl and combine it with hot water, then add in raspberry vodka in equal parts to the water. Stir this well until all the Jell-O is dissolved, and pour into paper shot glass cups. When finished, do the same process for the lime Jell-O, except add in tequila instead of raspberry vodka. Let these set up in the fridge ...
At Daily Mugshots, you will be able to save your own mug shot. The first thing that you will have to do is sign up for an account. You will need a Flash Player in order to use this site. After you have your account set up, you can take a picture from your computer. You can also upload pictures that you have taken elsewhere. When you save your picture, you will have to wait until it is finished processing. When the blue bar is filled, then it will be stored in your mug show.
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.
Golf is a difficult sport that takes time and patience to not only play, but to learn as well. In order to hit the perfect shot, a player needs composure, mental toughness, and the right set of mind to hit the ball where it needs to be. Since golf courses can vary from course to course, golfers must be prepared for the worst. In this tutorial you'll find out how to play the long greenside bunker shot while plying golf. To some this is easy, and for others it's a bit more difficult. So pay att...
In this video, we learn how to shoot a soccer ball the proper way. First, set the ball up to your dominant foot. Then, place the non-kicking foot around 6 inches to the right or left of the ball. Now you will aim to make solid contact with the laces of the shoe. Next, try and make solid contact with the laces of your shoe. Doing this will make sure the shot is powerful and not spinning. Also, aim to keep your foot as vertical as possible when making contact, which will send the shot low and a...
Does your long shot need a little bit of work? With golf, as with all things, it often pays to seek the advice of an expert. Happily, with the Internet, it's easy thing to do. In this free video golfing lesson, PGA Golf pro Brad Hauer teaches you how to to hit longer shots with fairway wood golf clubs. For a complete breakdown of the process, watch this free golfing how-to.
In this video, the instructor shows us how to take a screen shot off of Windows XP. First, you will want to pull up the screen that you want to take a screen shot of. After you have this up, you will hit the "Alt" and "Prnt Scrn" button at the same time. Nothing will show up on your computer, but it will have saved the image. Next, open up the program "Paint" and click "edit" on the top toolbar, then click "paste". The image will then show up on your screen. To save, click "File -> Save As", ...
Nick from Greyscale Gorilla explains how he did a certain timelapse technique in conjunction with certin in-camera effects for the "Every Photo Shot for the Conan O'Brien Title Sequence" video.
This Sports video tutorial will show you how to correct shoulder tilted golf push shots. This video is from Golf Link. One of the common problems is that people tend to push the shots too much to the right. This is because when they set up, they are tilted too much to the right. So, you need to raise your right shoulder so that the spine is more or less vertical. A good drill to correct this is to follow the tripod drill. Stand up with both legs at the same angle. Then take the club right in ...
