Dan Bailey is an adventurer, who launches into the Alaskan skies in his Cessna, hunting for beautiful light and searching for the moment where it hits the snow-topped mountains perfectly. It’s a good thing he is also a professional photographer who can capture that moment flawlessly and present it to those of us not fortunate enough to be able to witness such sights on our own. I chatted with Bailey recently, to discuss his photography, get his advice for aspiring photographers, and, of course, find out about the gear he uses to capture these stunning photographs.
Dan Bailey: I’ve been a photographer since 1990, and a professional since 1996. I fell into it. As a teenager my plan was to be a rock-and-roll guitar player. I even ended up going to Berklee College of Music, in Boston. When I was there I decided, on a whim, to get myself a nice camera and start taking some pictures. I walked around the city, looking in all these camera shops, and eventually settled on a Nikon FM2. That was February of 1990, and I fell in love with it very quickly.
During my second year experimenting with city and outdoor photography, someone sent me an article about Galen Rowell, and that influenced me in a huge way. He is the quintessential outdoor photographer and took his camera everywhere, on all his adventures, and I thought that would be awesome.
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