What is an aperture? – Apertures Explained

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In this tutorial, I’m going to explain what is an aperture and its relationship with depth of field. We’ll be working in the aperture priority mode and I’ll set you a task to help you learn how to control apertures and depth of field. Apertures in photography is an essential part of image taking. More importantly, it’s about learning the relationship between the aperture and depth of field.

Knowing this will help you create portraits with a blurry background, this is called a shallow depth of field, or it will help you create landscapes with everything sharp from the foreground to the background, this is called a long depth of field. This is a great aperture tutorial for beginners and I hope it’s explained simply so you can get out there and have a go yourselves!

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18 Comments
  1. Olivier's World says

    excellenttt

  2. krishna muppalaneni says

    ya i got it thanks for link

  3. dolan duck says

    What camera is this

  4. Vanessa Speed says

    So easy to understand! Thank you!

  5. Obet Magno says

    Thanks for explaining it, I have a better understanding about Apertures and Depth of Field now 🙂

  6. H Warner says

    Do you have a video for ISO and shutter speed because I'm having a lot of difficulty with them, so please could you release one or at least tell me about them

    Thank you

  7. iantaylordrivingtuition says

    Thank you, I have just got my first DSLR and I have no idea, other than point and shoot. You have made a well presented with a great explination. I am now going to work my way through your videos. Many thanks.

  8. r. dvega says

    10/10 video thanks

  9. Angel Mitchell says

    Thank you! Thank you! I have been struggling for months on this and with your video I had a “ah ha!l moment!

  10. Ann Kilpatrick says

    Tried this out today on a nice sunny day in NZ, was very helpful. Much sharper photo. Thanks

  11. Ann Kilpatrick says

    Thanks again Marc, as for all your videos, nice and easy to follow. Cheers from NZ

  12. kranthi kanala says

    Beautifully explained. Thanks for sharing your knowledge

  13. Rajeev Kamalasanan says

    Awesome video.

  14. Elvin Shafiyev says

    Thanks a lot, very practical explanation!

  15. LugNuts says

    Thank you. Great explanation.

  16. Marissa D says

    Thank you for the explanation…makes it so much simpler

  17. Zinna Alam says

    wonderful video, this is really helpful… thank you so much

  18. Chris F says

    Thank you so much for this! I love your videos and they are helping me along at becoming a better photographer!take care way over there.

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