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.

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!

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...

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!

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

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

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!

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

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.😊😊😊

Perfect explanation!! I shoot majority of the time in aperture mode, 11f. Thank you again.

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.

I bought my first camera today knowing nothing about photography and you really explained aperture really well for someone starting!

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😄

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.

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!

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

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. KZfaq 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.

Just found this tutorial on random but I have to say this has been the best explanation in aperture on KZfaq (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! 💨

I just found you shortly after getting my new camera. You sure help the 3 main parts - shutter, ISO, and Aperture make SO much more sense. THANKS

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.

You taught me more in a few minutes than years of messing with my camera, getting frustrated and putting it on auto. Thank you

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.

Mann... You are a good teacher, I was able to understand what aperture is and how it's supposed to be used. Thank you soo much... This was absolutely helpful and keep up the good work.

This was great! Super helpful and definitely something that I haven't thought about enough. I always went went with the largest f stop when doing landscapes - gotta try it with the lower number some time.

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

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!

Simple explanation, and, being practical by showing us the difference in aperture with actual photos helped me understand it quickly! Thanks!

This was great! Really helpful to know that you can shoot landscape with a small f-stop when there is minimal midground and foreground.

About time someone explained it in a real good way. Great job

Brought my 1st DSLR today, really glad i have come across your video it has simplified the tech talk

wow just answered all my questions!! kept watching videos about aperture and could not figure out my settings ! after watching this I finally get itttt yay thank you

As a visual learner, this was super helpful! Great video! Thank you! 🙌🏼😊🙏🏼

Thanks for the video - it’s certainly created some useful discussion. I’d like to make two points. First, every lens has a sweet spot, quite often around f5.6 or f8, some even at f11. The sharpness of the lens and the contrast will be at their optimum. A more open shot might be softer and stopped down further might suffer from diffraction, thereby deteriorating image quality. My second point is consideration of what you’re shooting (an extension of your point about eyes being in focus but nose being out of focus). My wife and I breed Beagles and when you shoot them, you want their head in focus. Where their muzzle to their eyes is deeper than from a person’s nose to eyes, you need to stop down to a higher f number. For most lenses I use, it’s typically between f4 and 8, depending on the focal length I’m using. If I’m using an 85mm lens, I’m closer to my subject and require a smaller aperture, relative to a 200mm lens, putting me farther away from the subject and giving me a deeper depth of field at a given f stop. There’s a lot to it! Thanks again.

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

Hey Sean! Thanks a lot for your clear explanation & examples on the aperture! Yes I agree with most comments that this video showed a clear example on the role of aperture in photography! Keep it up bro!

The aperture diagram was so helpful as a visual learner! Thank you Sean!

Thanks Sean - I love your lessons both here and on Skillshare - I'm in Melbourne currently in our second covid lockdown and these lessons are keeping me sane ... will give your tips a go with some photography around the house ! Thanks heaps !!

Good video. Definitely easy to comprehend and visually see the comparison of aperture settings. I’ll have to go back and watch more of your content. 👍🏼

This was extremely helpful!! I have a new Olympus OM10 & was so confused how to pick my aperture & just how it works. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

just watched Sean's video on Aperture settings. it made so much sense, thank you for the help.

Found you through skillshare and this is now my new favourite channel :)

Thanks for this Sean! Great video! I am currently using a 105mm f1:2.8 Macro (Nikon, with a D7100) for everything I shoot right now so I can really learn the lens inside and out. I'm using it for both actual Macro as well as regular shooting (like the raccoon that was hanging out in the tree in my backyard - the 105mm was the best lens to get a good close shot without any fuss whatsoever!). If I'm shooting macro (bees, tiny flowers, etc), I'll open the lens wide and bump up that shutter speed to stop the motion of any bees or flowers in a breeze. If I'm shooting a portrait (my son and his gf) I'll use at least an f5.6 - 11 while positioning them well in front of any background to help with the depth of field. I do play around with the aperture a lot though to get different perspectives and to see what else this lens will do...it's been a lot of fun! Thanks for all the great classes on Skillshare too! :D

Wow I've got to say this is the best and Simplist examples of aperture depth of field ever.

It’s a marvellous video enabling to understand aperture settings in a better way .

Wow. Out of all the videos I watched, this one is where I really understood aperture!

Great video, simple, clear and useful! Thank you Sean!

Your videos are always a joy to watch.

Most clear explanation I've seen yet. Brilliant thanks

its helpful to actually see the photo comparisons at different settings versus just a talk-tutorial type video! would be great to see more examples of different aperture settings at different lightings in landscape photography too

Dude that was brilliant, you're a great tutor man, love it 😀👍

Finally a video that explains it clearly. Thank you for this. I have literally 0 knowledge on photography and this is really helpful.

Thanks and video the presentation was excellent and educational and to the point. The example mentioned was just amazing and you made it easy to understand from your experience, I always used to think why my f1.8 images tended to be blurry and your video has corrected my view. Thanks for your help.

Wow! I knew there was something off with my close ups! I was using too big of an aperture. Thanks for making that click. Subscribed because you didn't waste my time. Thank you! Have a great weekend!

After years of saving up my money, I FINALLY got myself a nice camera with a set of two lens. I'm learning the basics and aperture is something I've been confused about especially playing with my Macro lens. YOU WERE SO GREAT with explaining aperture and having the labeled visuals helped immensely! Thank you

This was 1 of the best explanations of aperture that I have ever heard. I have a new understanding of how to strategically use it for a variety of different photographs after watching a video. Thank you very much.

Yay, it’s finally sunk in, thank you, I have watched so many of these videos and you made it as simple as it could be.

Huge help! I'm really trying to master my camera and begin videography and not shoot in Auto mode so I can unlock a bit of creativeness and I understand this is photography but I'm really trying to learn the ins and outs of my camera and your breakdown is super helpful man!

I just bought a 1.2 50mm lens. I’ll be taking many great photos soon.

Thanks Sean for sharing your skills❤️ I do this always when I'm in shoot

Great Tutorial & using the example pictures really helped. I am a hobbyist. just getting stated, i keep jumping between manual mode, aperture mode & shutter priority when taking pictures of moving objects/water. I think I might need to just stick with one mode until I'm a little more comfortable.

The thing is, shooting in aperture priority is great and all for quick shooting, but sometimes I like a picture to be darker or lighter than what could be considered “optimal.” Manual mode brings the art into photography, it’s lets you capture the world from your perspective, it opens up feeling and exploration. What the camera thinks is most correct is so limiting. What about what looks good to you? Also shooting on manual is such a good way to learn and grow. I don’t know, good video but I don’t think the A priority comment was necessarily helpful.

Aperture priority is my preferred method. I usually try to maximise depth of field so shoot stopped down as much as possible.

The best explanation of Aperture ive ever watched. Thank you very very much

This was super helpful thank you, especially the individual shots of each aperture number.

you explained it perfectly

I fuck with u! U have educated me on aperture😂 thank u

WOW !!!!! this hepled me so much to understand the depth of field in aperture. this was so confusing to me but I understand it now !!! thank you.

Really helpful, and excellent way to show a concept that can be a bit confusing or intimidating.

I suddenly miss the smell of fields like that

Hi - great video and certainly helps me out a lot being a newbie to photography, to shoot in Aperture priority, letting the camera sort the shutter speed and ISO. I am far from being confident to set all 3 on the spur of the moment and miss that all important shot. A question I have is I understand from your video how the depth of field changes dependent on the f stop. However, if you are using a couple of primes, eg 30mm and 56mm and they both have the same aperture range, although 1 will be closer to the subject than the other, will that affect the depth of field. Thanks, Peter.

Thank you for sharing this video. All your key points made a lot of sense to me (shooting on higher aperture with food photos vs lower aperture with portrait. It's one of those things where I have to pay attention to when taking photos.

Great explanation on the meaning of apertures

I found this chanle 2 days ago I think and i love this channel

what camera did you use here?

FINALLY!!! Clear and straight to the point. Thank you for your explanation!

Absolutely love the visuals! Thank you

How long does it take to lose the constant fear of dropping your camera?

Wow.. I need someone to teach me like this! Glad I found your channel ❤️ Great work and explained lucidly!

this was SO helpful, the way you explained it and paired it with visual examples was big help, thanks mate!

Incredible video! I'm new to photography, and this video really helped me understand clearly. Thank you!

Now I understand the logo of "Aperture Science" 1:35. It's also worth mentioning, if the blur works for you, you can have better colors. As the lens is wider open, you can decrease ISO and shutter speed to improve picture quality. I like to see it this way: A huge depth of field comes with a cost. Same as having a higher exposure in general. So it's all about the right balance.

Wow! As a seasonal hobbyist, thank you!! Giving me more reason to work on my photography skills.

Thank you sooooo much! The way you explain this kind of information is really impressive. And thanks for Showing the difference!

This is super informative! Thank you for explaining it in the simplest way possible for other to understand!

This helped me understand aperture better than any video/article I've seen yet. Thanks Sean!

I can't tell you how helpful this video was! For a novice, this was just enough. THANK YOU!

Thanks a lot Dalton Sir, till date u r that person whose explanation is crystal clear to me...❤😊

Amazing! You explained so well.

That's awesome you just might have the tutorials I've been looking for for years to help this artsy brained photographer learn the technical side. First video and I subbed. Thanks. The visual part helps it make sense in my mind.

The most helpful video i have seen so far. Cheers bro

Thank you for coming to Indonesia (especially Bali) and sharing your knowledge.

Thank you, simple and clear with actual examples make it so much easier to understand!

best explanation I've found so far. appreciate you

Your videos are really useful for learners thank you for ur information I love it

Really great explanation and examples, thanks!

Very helpful, would like to learn more from you. Good that you are explaining everything in depth.

This is what I'm looking for, easy to understand! Thank you.

Wow!!! U really helped to understand about all this.. thank you for the effort of explaining detail per detail about aperture..

One of the best straightforward videos. Thank you so much. New here and subbed now. The examples really help

Such a clear explanation with great examples! Thank you!