Everything You Need to Know About Aperture

There is always more to learn in photography, but one of the most fundamental and crucial concepts every photographer should master as soon as possible is aperture and how to use it. If you are new to photography or just looking to brush up, this excellent video tutorial will show you everything you need to know about aperture, both from a creative and technical standpoint. 

Coming to you from Beyond Photography, this awesome video tutorial will show you the ins and outs of aperture and how to use it to create images with better technical quality and to take more creative control over your photos. In tandem with shutter speed and ISO, aperture is one of the three exposure parameters about which you must make decisions for every photo you take. It helps control the literal exposure of the image, but it is arguably the exposure parameter that has the greatest creative impact, as it helps determine the depth of field (how much of the image is sharply in focus), which allows you to keep everything from front to back sharp or keep only your subject in focus to easily isolate them and draw the viewer's eye. Check out the video above for the full rundown. 

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Alex Cooke is a Cleveland-based portrait, events, and landscape photographer. He holds an M.S. in Applied Mathematics and a doctorate in Music Composition. He is also an avid equestrian.

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