Dan Bailey Photo

04/30/2026

I had a great time teaching at Action Camera last weekend for their 42nd Anniversary event! Best part was getting to practice at the local bike park! Thanks to the AC crew and Fujifilm X Series US for making this happen!! Here's a post by one of the class participants!

Action Camera, one of our local camera stores, just celebrated its 42 anniversary, and the Rocklin store’s celebration included a full weekend of free photography classes.

12/03/2025

I'm excited to launch my brand new online course, "The Photographer's Guide to Using Lenses." Whether you're a beginning photographer or a longtime shooter, this course will help you achieve better creative mastery with your lenses!

Lenses are your camera’s eyes to the world and they determine the overall look of your imagery more than any other piece of equipment in your camera bag.

10/09/2025

This past winter, during that particularly hellacious storm on Jan 12, my beloved little Cessna 120 sustained serious damage to her right wing. After unsuccessfully trying to find a replacement, I made the difficult decision to let her go. In this video below, I celebrate the 14 incredible years and all of the awesome adventures I had with her and share some of my favorite aerial and landscape photos I shot with her.

Earlier this year, my little yellow Cessna 120 Alaska bush plane was damaged in a severe wind storm, and after trying unsuccessfully to find her a replacemen...

11/21/2024

Here's my first look review and thoughts about the brand new Fujifilm X Series US X-M5!! It's a tiny little creative powerhouse with high performance photography and video features, packed into the smallest and lightest X Series camera in the line!

➡️ Order the new X-M5 Here: https://bhpho.to/4fms9MlThe new FUJIFILM X-M5 packs the high performance features of the 5th Gen. X Series processor into the sma...

11/18/2024

After a long hiatus from the blog, here's my first post in over a year! "Photographing Niagra Falls with the Fujifilm X-T50." https://danbaileyphoto.com/blog/photographing-niagra-falls-with-the-fujifilm-x-t50/ Fujifilm X Series US

11/07/2024

I shot so many photos with the Fujifilm X Series US X-T50 at Niagara Falls during our recent vacation. Here are a couple to preview. Which one is your fav? ACROS (top) or Classic Neg (bottom).

07/17/2024

Velvia on top, Reala Ace on the bottom. Which one is your favorite? Fujifilm X Series US

07/10/2024

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06/16/2024

Here’s a little movie I made about my dad! Shot with the Fujifilm X-T4 with a Smallrig cage/handle and Atomos Ninja V recording monitor.

Happy Father's Day to my dad, who treated me to a display of his woodworking talents. Over the course of two afternoons last year, I filmed him in his worksh...

06/06/2024

Watch My Interview with Ritchie Roesch from FUJI X WEEKLY, Who Makes All Those Custom Film Sim Recipes!

In this full-length interview, we totally geek out on Fujifilm, cameras, film sims, recipes, and we even delve a bit into music and the parallels that exist ...