Today I explain aperture in about a minute. I quickly go over aperture, what it is and how it can effect your photo. To take better photos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tm7KQC2oa0 If you know anyone who would benefit from these, share them with your friends and family who you want to educate about photography. If you would like to see more, subscribe and turn on notifications for weekly videos, hints and tips and more. Thanks Mike mike@boxheadmike.com Aperture is basically the size of the hole that lets light into your camera. A really big aperture will let lots of light in whereas a small aperture will let very little light in. It is measured in f numbers. These numbers refer to the ratio of focal length to the effective aperture diameter. So being a ratio, the larger the hole, the smaller the f number. So an aperture of f4 is bigger than f11. With any given lens, there will be a sweet spot in its aperture range. Wide open (at the biggest aperture that the lens will go) the image can sometimes be a little soft. At the smallest aperture, it can also be a little soft or chromatic aberration can be exacerbated. Different lenses have different sweet spots so you should get accustomed to your kit and find out where this is for each lens, or if you’re lazy you can just google it. When the aperture is really big, the depth of field, what is in focus front to back, is quite narrow. With a smaller aperture, the depth of focus is deep. This is really useful when you want to control where the viewer looks; when you look at photograph your eye is drawn to what is in focus. #phototutorials #photographytips #phototips Affiliate links Some of the links above are affiliate links, which means at no extra cost to you I will make a small commission, if you click them and make a qualifying purchase.