Photography Tutorial: Aperture Made Easy!

Aperture in photography is used to control depth of field in your photos. But it's also used to control exactly what your viewers look at. Professional landscape photographer Josh Cripps explains aperture in photography and how to use it, with lots of beautiful example photos.

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[aoefeable]

I 'belibe' I finally understand aperture! Your sense of humour makes you the most enjoyable photo teacher on the net. I laugh out loud while watching you mate... (Ummm that could so be read the wrong way).

[esankie]

This is probably one of the best videos out there explaining aperture. And I've watched many trying to understand it.

[kend]

You have the most watchable tutorials!

[MillerOhanaCA]

I just found your videos today and I can't stop watching!!! I love all the visuals! Thank you so much!

[saintpj]

Thank you for the information. I have watched many videos explaining aperture and all of them get so confusing. This is how learning videos should be, fun and basic. Thank you.

[Shirliegirl]

Love your tutorials, you crack me up ~ thanks :)

[genevakeith]

You're SUCH A GOOD TEACHER. Thank you for what you do!!

[ceslestine]

i just bought my own camera yesterday and your channel is one heck of a life saver, thank you so much

[ernestogutierrez]

I take my hat off to your teewn bouncer analogy for remembering the difference between F2 and F22 :D now I finally get it!

[JoshuaCrippsPhotography]

Hey Amy Diaz, it's a ratio between the focal length and the physical size of the aperture in your lens. What I said in the video was "light emitting diaphragm." Hope you found it helpful, and thanks for watching!

[denisabenesova]

Thank you so much for your video. I have been researching a lot of this depth of field and aperture topic and I was still unsure. After watching your video I feel like I finally get it. Thanks

[SabinaWoller]

You're great! Thanks for being clear and authentic :)

[mikeboucher]

All of your videos are so much help! I just got into photography and am using your chanel as my learning hub! It's sad to see you havent put out new content recently, hopefully all is well!

[christinelesko]

FANtastic! Easy to listen to, knowledgable, funny and good looking to. A natural born teacher. Thank you for sharing.

[TheFlowMind]

Thanks for solving a big problem for me! I might be captain stupid here but I was confused with all the talk about depth of field that I heard in other tutorials while they were trying to explain aperture. I didn't understand how a photo with low depth of field wasn't completely overexposed since a big amount of light comes it. That's because we have to play around with the shutter speed to compensate! Now I need to understand how to play around with ISO (I guess most people stay under 800) and what at the rules for the combination of shutter/F!

[htoomawe]

I like your style of explanation. Never get bore.

[marcelosantana]

Great and Easy explanation! It was so clear and easy to understand. 👍Tumbs Up. That you for the video.

[surprisemf]

Thanks for your Videos you're a great help for me :D.
And one question, which camera do you use ?

[BlindlyZack]

Very much appreciate this man. Extremely detailed and easy to understand.

[thatsgottahurt]

lol, your intros are amazing... tutorials are great too!