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Back To Basics: What Is Aperture?

Want to take pictures with an actual camera and not just your phone? You can! But it’ll be a learning process; before you can start taking the photos you want, you’ll need to learn a about light and how it affects your shot. We take you back to the basics and discuss aperture. What is aperture? How will aperture affect my photos? Is it important to know? Follow along our video to get the answers to these questions.

Key Points

Affects shutter speed
Controls depth of field
One of three primary component for proper exposure

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Nathaniel Chu

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Marc Mediapro says:

August 29, 2014 at 2:38 am

all that to say its the size of the lens a.d the rest r adv . ! yes i know its important for that i clicked to watch the video ! sorry not a good explaning vid
AF0093 says:

August 28, 2014 at 3:03 pm

Great video! Please bring more explaining the rest in the triangle.
Silber Studios says:

August 28, 2014 at 2:13 pm

Back to the basics: What is aperture?