Thanks for stopping by to learn a little about us (me). It’s always good to put a face in front of the work.

Brief bio:

I’ve been into photography most of my life. Having resided in California most of life I spent more than 15 years in the beautiful state of Alaska, 6 of which was in the Air Force. I owned and operated a successful photography business in Alaska for 5 years (1994-1999) called Northern Exposure Photography of Alaska. We traveled quit extensively throughout the state providing portraiture services to outlying and very remote towns, villages and Eskimo communities. From Dutch Harbor in the Aleutian Islands to Fairbanks, Ketchikan in the south to Barrow in the north we hit all points in between.  We also did schools photo’s for all 14 schools in the Lower Kuskokwim School district.  In our 5 years as Northern Exposure Photography we had shot over 250,000 sittings all of which was with medium format cameras. That’s was nearly 1/4 the entire population of the state at the time. Even today many of the Eskimo families still remember us. But all good things must come to an end. We lost the schools (75% of our income) to a very large nationally run corporation. Alaska is also where I learned to fly, getting my privates pilots lic in 1994.

So I packed up and moved to warmer climates back in California and finally settling in Arizona (not before spending a few months in Australia) . Bought a home, married a beautiful young lady from the land down under and doing my best to keep under control our other family members - 3 dogs and a guinea pig. We recently lost Ashley a one of a kind blue heeler that I had since she was a puppy in Alaska - rest in peace baby.

I wanted to venture back into the photography business and was lured to the fascinating world of panoramas. And this is what this website is all about - creating and building 360 degree panoramic images. From showcasing homes through the use of Virtual Tours to showing off personal images from holidays, weekend getaways and camping trips. At least that was the plan.

As any person venturing into panoramic photography I had to search out and purchase a panoramic tripod head. After careful research and study I ended up buying the Nodal Ninja direct from Nick Fan the developer and manufacturer. After a few back and forth e-mails we learned we each shared the same entrepreneurial passions and ended forming a business relationship that has grown Fanotec to where it is today.

Nodal Ninja is also a company name, used by permission of Fanotec, that operates under the umbrella of Bill Bailey, LLC - a Limited Liability Company. We are responsible for many aspects of Nodal Ninja to include marketing and distribution, website, e-commerce store and support. Because most of my time is now working with the operational responsibilities of Nodal Ninja doing work under CircularWorlds.com is more for pleasure than pay - not that I couldn’t use the added work. I was also recently featured in a very generous spread in the #1 selling photo magazine in the UK called Digital Photography. I truly enjoy what I do and the passion will never fade.

In the meantime enjoy my Gallery and the experiences immersive photography brings. And be sure to check back as I add more panos.

Cheers
Bill

direct email: bill [at] circularworlds [dot] com 
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All panoramas created using state of art Nodal Ninja Pano Heads

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