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Aperture
What is Aperture?

Every time you take a

photograph, the lens of your
camera opens to let in light.
The APERTURE setting
determines how much or how
little your lens opens when you
take a photograph.
The bigger the aperture (f/22)the less light
The smaller the aperture the more light(f/2.8)
Why Aperture Really Matters
When your lens is open very wide, the background is
typically out of focus. This is called shallow depth of
field.

Wide-open aperture is good for portrait

photographs, when you don't want the
background to interfere with your subject.
When your lens is only open a small amount,
everything from the foreground to the background is
in focus. This is called great depth of field.

Slightly-open aperture is used for

landscape photographs, so that all of the scenery
in the photo is in focus.
Depth of field and Aperture
Aperturehasabigimpactondepthoffield.
Largeapertures(smallerf/stops)willdecreasethedepthof
field:makingthebackgroundoutoffocus
Smallapertures(higherapertures)willincreaseyourdepthof
field:makingthesubjectandthebackgroundbeincrispfocus.

F22 F2.8
F5.6

F5.
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f/22 f/2.8

Let me illustrate
 ShallowDepthofField
PossibleAperturesettingsf1.4,f2,f2.8,f3.5
 GreatDepthofField
PossibleAperturesettingsf16,f22,f32
What is Aperture priority?

Many digital cameras can be set to QuickTime and a

aperture priority mode. A

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In this mode, you set the aperture and

the camera automatically selects the
shutterspeed so that the photograph
has the right exposure.