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.
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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