And to add more to the above great suggestions...

When your snake is ready for handling (settled in his new enclosure and eating for you) and he is in his hide, just take the hide off of him. He will probably go into strike mode (neck in an s-coil and lifted slightly ready for a strike). This is okay, I mean, like Mechnut says - you look like Godzilla to him right now. Just open your palm flat - fingers together - like you're giving a boy scout oath - then pat his head down. If he strikes he won't get a good hold of your palm when it's flat out like that. If you're worried about a strike anyway, you can use something like a piece of cardboard or any flat item to pat his head down with. This should cause the snake to retract its head closer to his body. You can keep your palm/cardboard on his head while you pick up the heaviest part of its body. Lay the snake on your lap for a few minutes and put him back into his enclosure. After a while, you can increase the length of handling time until he gets more comfortable.

Okay, disclaimer - I very rarely pick up my snakes from their enclosure. I always let the kids/husband do it for me because I have snake phobia that I can't seem to get over. But, I have done it very few times and that trick that I just told you about worked for a snakephobic like me.

My husband and kids don't bother with that ritual. They just take out the hide, grab the snake in less than a second. I always think that the snake is too startled to strike when they do that. Then they wrap the snake into a ball and hand it to me.