How to Choose the Best Aperture

Ever wondered what aperture you should be using? In this video I breakdown exactly what aperture is, what it does, and how to choose the best aperture while you are out shooting.

[Nightmaredeathdealer]

When I first started photography, the fact of “the smaller the number the bigger the hole” was probably the most confusing things to wrap my head around.

[dustinwalden]

At 30yrs old I just purchased my first quality camera to start this new hobby. After just a couple days I’ve found that I absolutely love it though I know essentially nothing. You explained aperture perfectly for me and now I have the first thing I’m going to experiment with and learn on. Thanks!

[phewd]

I'm a n00b and just wanting to get into photography as a hobby, and I have to tell you that your advice to shoot in Aperture Priority has made the most sense of any advice I've read or seen on YT. The amount of information and advice is almost too much to go through, and I was getting frustrated trying to do very simple shots, but this single tip actually makes me excited to get back out and try to start shooting again. Thank you, truly...

[am-c]

I've spent countless hours and a fair bit of money trying to understand how aperture effected my photos and how to use it to suit my creative style. I have even searched for photos I liked and tried to copy the settings to get desirable results with a large hit or miss factor. This video just told me everything I needed to know in a way that I now completely understand. Thanks!

[nickkrause]

Thanks, for an amateur like me it is actually what I needed to understand aperture better! Getting into manual shooting makes this way easier!

[ThepearlofAfrica]

I have just landed into photography recently, have been shooting at F1.8 and I didn't know why my portraits lacked the sharpness I always see in professional photographers pictures. Like uve said, sometimes the eyes are in focus but the nose isn't or the forehead.
This has helped me a lot, thank you sir. Am making corrections asap😄

[James-eepk]

I'm a beginner and I did assume I should close the aperture as much as possible for landscape but that's a good point about the foreground not necessarily being important!

[joshuakersman]

I'm one month into photography and have been teaching myself as I go. this was so helpful to me for some of the problems I've been having eith my shots. thank you.😊😊😊

[marceaton]

I have only just stumbled across this video after spending months to try and figure out manually shooting with my camera!! This video has really opened my eyes and I must say that this video is probably the most well explained video I have watched so far!!! Thank you!

[vanessaifrah]

This is what I call good content. Even if I already knew what aperture was, this was extremely helpful and clear. I can now practice some more and get better. Thanks 👍 Subscribed.

[abe]

Best explanation of aperture that I came across on all of YouTube. Simple and easy to understand. Thanks!!

[dgreen]

Hi Sean! I hope you are still reading the comments. I am a photography student and I learned more from your short video than I did from the 16 weeks I spent in my first semester. I am always looking for videos that will give me simple yet effective explanations of things without all the technical rigmarole. YouTube recommended your video and now I am a subscriber. Thank you so much for making feel I can create beautiful images with the right knowledge.

[akamadmanfire]

Just found this tutorial on random but I have to say this has been the best explanation in aperture on YouTube (and I have watched many) very clear and easy to follow. Definitely gonna check out the rest of your videos. Thank you for this, it has helped a lot 🙂 New sub coming through! 💨

[ed-schramm]

f/2.0 is the magic spot for me 99% of the time. I'm a sucker for shallow dof.

[emmawilliams]

I've always had photography as a hobby but after finding you on skillshare and following your channel here I have learnt so much! Actually seeing the difference in aperture is so helpful

[mla]

Thank you!! Seeing the photos in order really helped. Aperture is something I’ve struggled with but this clarifies this well!

[shekinahhaleck]

Thank you! You explained it so well and practical that it was easy for me to follow and understand. I’m looking forward to learning more from your videos and putting them into practice

[chinmayasinghrawat]

Those sample images of that shrine were very helpful. At times I do not want a single focal point but the entire image to be in focus and this helped.

[clemonwiggins]

Great video dude, really like your way of explaining this in such a clear and practical way, I've only started learning photography this year but can definitely see myself watching more of your videos! Well done and keep doing what your doing! I've been shooting in aperture priority for a while and got away from Auto, sometimes I can lose confidence tho and switch back for situations I'm not used to but I think I just need to get out there and practice more and like you said study the differences of each aperture setting, so relieved that you think manual is a waste of time and will be looking in that further for sure!

[Fausto_moh]

found myself a new channel to binge. The fact you're shooting on an a6000 platform is even better since that's what I have rn.