Dan Santillo Photography http://www.dansantillo.com/blog The Life of a Freelance Photographer and Writer Thu, 06 Jun 2013 15:06:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 My First Visit to Fan Nedd http://www.dansantillo.com/blog/2013/06/06/my-first-visit-to-fan-nedd/ http://www.dansantillo.com/blog/2013/06/06/my-first-visit-to-fan-nedd/#comments Thu, 06 Jun 2013 15:04:13 +0000 Dan http://www.dansantillo.com/blog/?p=1173 It has been a very busy time recently with continuing sorting out my Uncle’s estate, an exhibition, fulfilling orders from my website and my sister’s wedding in France. It means that I haven’t been able to get out since April to take any new photos, but this week I have ......

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]]> http://www.dansantillo.com/blog/2013/06/06/my-first-visit-to-fan-nedd/feed/ 0 Llyn y Fan Fawr with Gemini, Auriga and Perseus http://www.dansantillo.com/blog/2013/04/07/llyn-y-fan-fawr-with-gemini-auriga-and-perseus/ http://www.dansantillo.com/blog/2013/04/07/llyn-y-fan-fawr-with-gemini-auriga-and-perseus/#comments Sun, 07 Apr 2013 15:31:48 +0000 Dan http://www.dansantillo.com/blog/?p=1164 Last week, I spent a few hours in very hostile conditions on the Carmarthen Fan – see this blog post. After I came down from the summit of Fan Brycheiniog, I spent 1.5 hours by the lake working on various compositions. By midnight, I was getting rather tired so decided ......

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]]> http://www.dansantillo.com/blog/2013/04/07/llyn-y-fan-fawr-with-gemini-auriga-and-perseus/feed/ 2 Fan Brycheiniog with the PANSTARRS Comet, Andromeda Galaxy, Cepheus, Cassiopeia and Vega http://www.dansantillo.com/blog/2013/04/03/fan-brycheiniog-with-the-panstarrs-comet-andromeda-galaxy-cepheus-cassiopeia-and-vega/ http://www.dansantillo.com/blog/2013/04/03/fan-brycheiniog-with-the-panstarrs-comet-andromeda-galaxy-cepheus-cassiopeia-and-vega/#comments Wed, 03 Apr 2013 16:29:58 +0000 Dan http://www.dansantillo.com/blog/?p=1154 The latter part of this winter has been brilliant (winter is my favourite season) and, whilst I was disappointed by the first snow in January when it was overcast and misty, the March snow has stuck around with a lovely high pressure meaning clear skies. Thanks to all this, I ......

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]]> http://www.dansantillo.com/blog/2013/04/03/fan-brycheiniog-with-the-panstarrs-comet-andromeda-galaxy-cepheus-cassiopeia-and-vega/feed/ 6 Three Cliffs Bay in Infrared http://www.dansantillo.com/blog/2013/03/28/three-cliffs-bay-in-infrared/ http://www.dansantillo.com/blog/2013/03/28/three-cliffs-bay-in-infrared/#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2013 10:08:07 +0000 Dan http://www.dansantillo.com/blog/?p=1144 Yesterday I had the delight of running a One to One half day Landscape Photography Workshop. Once again I was fortunate with the weather and, although cold, it didn’t rain. One of our stops was an amazing viewpoint overlooking Three Cliffs Bay. I spotted the patterns in the rock and ......

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]]> http://www.dansantillo.com/blog/2013/03/28/three-cliffs-bay-in-infrared/feed/ 0 Corn Du and Pen y Fan at Night, Snow and the Andromeda Galaxy http://www.dansantillo.com/blog/2013/03/18/corn-du-and-pen-y-fan-at-night-snow-and-the-andromeda-galaxy/ http://www.dansantillo.com/blog/2013/03/18/corn-du-and-pen-y-fan-at-night-snow-and-the-andromeda-galaxy/#comments Mon, 18 Mar 2013 20:45:01 +0000 Dan http://www.dansantillo.com/blog/?p=1126 For quite some time now I have been wanting to photograph the stars in the Brecon Beacons with snow on the ground. There are several factors involved for this to be successful – the moon must be new and below the horizon, there must be no cloud, there must be ......

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]]> http://www.dansantillo.com/blog/2013/03/18/corn-du-and-pen-y-fan-at-night-snow-and-the-andromeda-galaxy/feed/ 2 Caswell Bay and Langland Bay at night http://www.dansantillo.com/blog/2013/02/21/caswell-bay-and-langland-bay-at-night/ http://www.dansantillo.com/blog/2013/02/21/caswell-bay-and-langland-bay-at-night/#comments Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:55:15 +0000 Dan http://www.dansantillo.com/blog/?p=1117 Yesterday, the alarm went off at 4am. I dragged myself from the warm bed and drove out to Gower with the purpose of photographing Langland Bay and Caswell Bay at night. At Langland, I walked down to the beach and tried a photo looking back to the huts, but it ......

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]]> http://www.dansantillo.com/blog/2013/02/21/caswell-bay-and-langland-bay-at-night/feed/ 0 Orion Constellation, The Moon and Tor Bay http://www.dansantillo.com/blog/2013/02/19/orion-constellation-the-moon-and-tor-bay/ http://www.dansantillo.com/blog/2013/02/19/orion-constellation-the-moon-and-tor-bay/#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2013 20:01:25 +0000 Dan http://www.dansantillo.com/blog/?p=1108 This is a follow on from the previous blog post when I went out to shoot stars on Gower. I had left Emma and headed down to Penmaen Burrows on my own – I was pleased to see there weren’t any more cars in the car park, so it meant ......

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Trigger ......

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