Always start HERE - How To Choose Your Aperture For Better Photography

Once you know what subject you are shooting, choosing your APERTURE, should be your very first creative decision in your photography

👉 The gear I most often use:
Here is the current version of the tripod I use:
And this is the newest version of the grip head I use:

[CoffeeandPhotographyTalk]

There is a LOT to choosing an aperture for your photography - this is just a very brief introduction!

[larryb]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge Hayward! I have subscribed and look forward to learning from you, especially like using strobes and balancing ambient light! Merry Christmas & Happy New Year 2024! 🌲

[josebrivera]

I shoot in manual mode and I set the shutter speed first. I need to stop movement on people in the street. But aperture is important because as you said in the vdeo, you want to include some things and exclude other things.

[pictureeyecandy]

@0:37 You made my point that aperture is not the first thing you set.
ISO is the first thing you set. It is the least important or is it?
Aperture does one thing controls depth of field it's a one trick pony.

[MannyScoot]

I just purchased an Eos R with a 28mm pancake RF lens and a Canon Battery Grip and also a RF 50mm 1.8 I am happy to own thi little camera, It's not a 1DX MK III, or a Canon but It's perfect to walk around and as a backup

[MannyScoot]

If you drive to a forest to shoot a wedding couple Images, most use 1.2 or 1.4 or 1.8 but the problem is the couple wants to see the location they were at to remember in the future that day I shoot mostly at F4 because DOF is fantastic and the people can remember the location because is still visible

[georgedavall]

Come on Hayward! @ 05:44. “Everything in Focus?’ You’re TOO good to be saying that. I know what You were meaning to say, but this is a pet peeve of mine, when Photographers start talking about having so much in focus. There is only one point/plane of true focus, and DOF determines how that drops off and is perceived by the eye. No offense intended; I enjoy your channel, and Your Photography. 👍