SIC 72 - Twisted Hands & Red-Crowned Cranes with Martin Bailey

Find out how to broaden your photographic horizons and become a more productive photographer.

In this episode I interview nature and wildlife photographer Martin Bailey. He will share a really cool story about lace looms & twisted hands and how he ended up in Japan. He will also inspire us with an amazing image dancing red-crowned cranes in the snow in Japan. He will also teach us on pre-visualizing the final image as you shoot and how it will broaden your photographic horizons and you’ll become a more productive photographer.

Share - Lace looms & twisted hands.
Inspire - Dancing red-crowned cranes from Japan.
Create - Visualize the final image as you shoot will broaden your photographic horizons and become a more productive photographer.

Enjoy! Brent & Johny.

In this episode:

(01:31) - Lace looms & twisted hands
(03:04) - Trade called “a twist hands”
(04:21) - Why decide to move to Japan?
(07:51) - Dancing red-crowned cranes from Japan
(10:44) - Changing people lives with my tools
(12:04) - Bird photography
(13:55) - Visualizing the final image as you shoot
(14:38) - Samples of landscape images
(20:32) - In post-processing black and white
(21:15) - What would be a relatively boring photograph?

Episode Highlights:

Martin’s Photo Tours: http://www.martinbaileyphotography.com/workshops/
Martin’s Website: http://www.martinbaileyphotography.com/

Share - Lace looms & twisted hands.

• Moved to japan at the age of 24
• 4 years making lace looms
• 30 ft. long hundred year old lace looms
• Trade called “a twist hands”

Why decide to move to Japan?

• The job itself (factory job)
• Wanted to use my brains
• Something about the air and the feeling of Japan is that’s got me
• The culture is different
• People are relatively shy
• Good huge sense of history

Inspire - Dancing red-crowned cranes from Japan.

• A pair of red-crowned cranes dancing in the snow
• Shot in the Northern most part of Japan (Hokkaido)
• The texture and the pose of the birds is beautiful
• Changing people lives with my tools
• Bird photography
  • Mostly hoot at 500th of a second
  • Fast shutter speed to freeze the movement
  • Speed depends on the size of the bird

Create - Visualize the final image as you shoot will broaden your photographic horizons and become a more productive photographer.

Visualizing the final image as you shoot:

• Be open to whatever that comes along and shoot
• Visualize what you want to do with the image
• Keep the final possibilities in mind
• You can broaden your photographic horizons and become a more productive photographer

Samples of landscape images:

• Convert to black and white
  • Punch the contrast a little bit
  • Increase the structure
  • Bring out the detail that can’t be seen with a naked eye
• Increase your productivity and create beautiful images
  • Use indie filters
  • Use really long exposures
• Be aware of what the shutter speed does to the photograph
  • Visualizing the final image

In post-processing black and white:

• Silver effects pro
• Quick conversion
• Drop the control point to darken

What would be a relatively boring photograph?

• Drop a few control point with silver effects around the edges
• Using the color information of the image you can take the background and make it almost black