Aperture: Flying Photo School

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Let's dive right in to aperture! As we already discussed in the video, aperture controls two things: 1. Light 2. Depth of Field (DOF There are some key elements to remember about aperture. (By the way, you might know aperture as f stop! " they refer to the same idea!# First, there's one thing we have to get out of the way a little bad news, if you will. $nlike all the other settings we've talked about so far % aperture is &ontrolled by your lens, '(T your &amera body. This means that what you'll be able to do with this mode is dire&tly related to the lenses that you own. Take a look at these images, and then get out your own lenses to see what aperture range you have! This is a photo of my favorite lens % by looking at the end of my lens (near my lens &ap#, ) see some numbers. The *+mm refers to the length of the ,oom. Like ) say in the &aption, the ne-t images talk about aperture. )gnore that number before the &olon! )t will always read one. .ou're looking for the number dire&tly after the &olon. )n this &ase, /.0!
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Let's take a look at another e-ample.
The truth is, the kit lens that &ame with your &amera won't be impressive when it &omes to aperture. )n fa&t, you might find it has a range of numbers, like 1.*"*.2 % why the range3 4ell, depending on how far your lens is ,oomed in or out, will &hange the lowest aperture setting you &an use for your shot. ) would highly re&ommend that you &onsider upgrading your lens (again, we'll talk about options in 4eek 5# to upgrade what you &an do with this setting! 6onfused3 7on't worry 8 this will all make more sense as you start shooting in this mode! !ow, let"s tal# aperture nu$%ers& 9mall f stop number (f /.0, f 0.:, f 1.*, et& %# <erfe&t for portraits! 9mall 'arrow depth of field Lots of bokeh Large f stop number (f ;, f /1, f 00# =reat for lands&apes =reat Large depth of field 'ot a lot of bokeh!
Wait hold up there! What's bokeh? Bokeh is that lovely blurriness in the background of
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Let's take a look at the images we saw in the video, to see some e-amples. This image below was shot at an f stop of 0.:. 9ee how the ba&kground is really blurry3 (=reat bokeh!# That's be&ause of the low f stop.
'e-t up, let's take a look at that lands&ape shot. This was shot at f 00. >emember, we wanted a great depth of field here! Lots of detail 8 not bokeh.
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As we shoot in aperture priority $ode, we need to consider a few things: Light 8 how mu&h light do you need in your photograph3 >emember, aperture &ontrols light as well3 ?or nighttime shots, ) often shoot as low as possible (f /.:, for e-ample# so that ) &an get a lot of light in my image. 7epth of ?ield 8 how many fields need to be in fo&us3 7o you want a lot of bokeh in your ba&kground, or not any at all3 But remember % you have to keep in mind what your lens &an do! )t won't matter if you'd like your shot at f /.:, if your lens &an only go down to f 1.*. Let's dis&uss a few more details regarding aperture. Below is a pi&ture, shot on @v mode, with an f 1.*. 'oti&e how blurry the ba&kground is3 The reason the ba&kground is still Auite blurry is be&ause of my position to the &an 8 ) was very &lose to the &an, and therefore, the ba&kground has room to get blurrier! ((f &ourse, there are te&hni&al reasons for this, but ) like to think of it in terms of spa&e room % easier to understand3
>eady to see another e-ample3 Let's take a look at a shot where ) was mu&h further away from the &ans % keep in mind, my settings were e'actly the same. 'oti&e how the ba&kground is mu&h more in fo&us3 )t's be&ause of my distan&e to the &ans.
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(o that"s ta#eaway nu$%er one ) if you want to achieve greater %o#eh, %ut you don"t have the greatest lens, place yourself as close to your su%*ect as possi%le& ((f &ourse, )'d still en&ourage you to pur&hase a better lens when you &an % but this is about working with what we have!# 'e-t, let's dis&uss the idea of multiple subBe&ts in one frame. Below is a pi&ture with multiple &ans, spa&ed out in rows, shot on @v mode at f 1.*.
(f &ourse, you're not surprised to see that the ba&k row is Auite out of fo&us 8 that's the whole goal with @v mode, right3 But let's review one more image %
9ee how all three &ans are &ompletely in fo&us % that's be&ause all three &ans are on the same plane. Be&ause they are on the same plane, they &an all remain &ompletely in fo&us. )n fa&t, we &ould line up /+ &ans 8 as long as they were on the same plane, we &ould use a f /.0 setting and ea&h one would be in fo&us.
(o our second ta#eaway is that we can use a low f+stop nu$%er, even when shooting $ore than one person. As long as each person is on the sa$e plane, they will all %e in focus.

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