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Hey everyone! In today’s video I’m sharing a rundown of everything you need to know about aperture in photography. After covering the basics of what is aperture, I also share 6 tips to keep in mind when it comes to knowing what aperture to choose for your photography. Let me know if you have any questions in the comments!
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34 responses to “How to Choose the BEST Aperture”
Thank you for watching! If you enjoyed this, I also uploaded a composition tips video to help improve your photography: https://youtu.be/6imy5vfxA1U?si=dqP7McM49u0GLxzc
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aparture example with the pens is so great 🤩
Total amateur here. what I do is use aperture priority. I chose an aperture for the depth of field I want I like low DOF but aware that its nice to have the background recognizable but blurry more than wholly blurry.
then choose a shutter speed faster than 1 / focal length, eg at 100mm chose 1/125 or faster to avoid camera shake. Then, if not enough light
i put up the ISO, so aperture first, then avoid camera shake with shutter speed, then if really have to, put up ISO because camera shake is worse than noise.
I’m struggling with low light situation with no flash. Even with wide open 1.4 and between 1/80 and 1/100 on a 35mm and 50mm GM the photos in low light tend to be grainy and fuzzy. I’m more of a flash photographer and I’m trying to nail exposure in natural light.
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Thanks got huge information ,you are greate. Wish all the best
How do you choose the right aperture while taking photos given that you know what you want to be in focus? Does the camera provide a live preview of what the output will look like?
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Nice Spech About Aperture,Thanku
Omg I’m glad I found you my husband just gifted me a camera and I love taking pics but I have no idea how to used it thanks for ur knowledge I’m getting the hang of it
i shoot at 5.6 and 6
Why do you use ISO 640 instead of ISO 100?
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I love f5.6 plus plus plus, i hate 1. Something maam hihi im using fujinon 150-600 for my all season portrait because its weather sealed, im stock in 150mm f5.6
Why the 1/5000 F5 w/ ISO 1600 on the iceberg? Were the lighting conditions bad or were you moving fast and didn't wanna miss the shot?
I love how you say "Bokeh". We pronounce it like Boh-kah here in the US.
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Julia can you please make a video for shooting pictures of couples or more people. I want you to start photographing parties but the fact of not having them all in focus scares me
I have just bought the Sigma 50mm ART 1.4 for my Canon camera. I do a lot of portrait photography, most of the times indoors (conventions, celebrations) and it is sooo frustraring when using a zoom lens (I avoid using flash) as I have to go high on the ISO, and thus getting a lot of noise (cleaning that is rarely satisfying). Now I will start a new era in my photography hobby!!
hello Julia , may i know what lens do you use? and is it applicable for any camera?
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This answers a lot for me!! I do have a question, if you have a subject and want that blurry background with a large f-stop does it affect how far the subject is to you? Say I want to use an fstop of 2.5 so it’s slightly blurry, but you can make out the background a little but I want my subject far to get all of the trees or background will this affect the focus of the subject or maybe a couple in like engagement photos? Ty!
I have been watching your videos for years and your content has been so incredibly helpful! I struggle to pick things up sometimes but your visual examples and side by side comparisons are fantastic. Thank you so so so much!
The fact remains that there are no shortage of stand out images out there (especially in the fashion industry) that have been shot with a deep depth of field (take Mattia Holm's work to highlight but one shooter as an example). F2.8 primes and F4 zooms are also SO much more pleasing to carry and walk around with and are they are WAY cheaper too. And on the topic of value? To cite an example, a Sony GM 85mm 1.4 ii and a GM 24-70mm 2.8 ii, or, a 20-70mm f4, Sigma 90mm 2.8, 2x AD200pro strobes with various head attachments, an AD200 ring flash, an AD200 stick flash, an AD600pro, a couple of stands a couple of umbrellas and a couple of hard light modifiers all for the same price as the two GM lenses? Because that's an example of how one can spend their money. Hands down, any decent pro will be able to do a heck of a lot more with the latter choice than they could with the first. To all the newbies out there, milk your money for all it's worth and rely on good subject matter over blurry backgrounds to get "great" images. The broader the shoot kit, the harder one can play. Go get em peeps, happy shooting.
Hii mam
Love your videos, plenty of info no fluff. If I may, after 50 years of photography, I still watch videos and I notice the main issue is with aperture and the inverse nature behind it. It’s confusing to novices when you say “increase the aperture” when you intend to say”decrease”. As in “increase the aperture to 8-11” or “decrease aperture from 8 to 1.8”. If you increase the aperture you’re making the lens opening bigger to allow more light in, therefore going from 8 to 1.4, not the other way! And so vice versa. In photography I always use the pizza analogy. Would you prefer 1/2 a pizza or 1/16 of a pizza. In this case 2 is bigger than 16. Please be careful with “increase or decrease”. In photography they’re opposite of each other.
I was shooting a wedding early after noon. And I was getting ISO 200 f2.8 and a shutter of 4000th if I remember correct it was a beach wedding. If you want to shoot a lower ISO then you'll need a camera that can go to ISO 100 and even better even lower and a camera that can go to 8000th mechanical shutter and if you need faster then there is electronic shutter on todays mirrorless cameras.
one thing to point out that faster lens are generally better because of faster shutter chance of shaky image is rare
so if you are not professional and dont have stable hand going for 1.2 or 1.4 means you will have sharper image because image will be taken faster
thank you
Thats all lens dependant ! a 200mm at f8 will look like your 50mm 1.4 , subject distance taken into account . I havnt seen my primes for 20 years , theyre dumped in a bag
I really enjoy your videos. My only comment is you use beautiful, young, smooth skin models. I would like to see what you do with an older model, male or female. I usually photograph older people and I would like to see how to deal with those with poses to minimize the flaws without going crazy in post. Almost all YouTube videos dealing with models always use, young, beautiful, flawless skin models. I would love to see what it's like to photograph people with winkles.
Hi Julia, sorry this is a bit off-topic, but I was wondering if you could help me with something. I'm a beginner at photography, and I've noticed in many videos that people set their ISO to 100 when shooting in sunlight. However, when I set mine to 100, my photos come out all black. If I try adjusting my shutter speed to fix it, it causes motion blur. Do you have any tips for this? Thanks in advance!
I really don't understand how do you like this Z 85 1.2 (same with the Z 135 1.8 Plena) . I am fully Nikon shooter for 14 years and 4 years in Z mount but the newest fast NIkon lenses produce extremely flat and lifeless photos that even you can't make it breathe like with your old lenses Julia. The digital photography just went off the charts…
Will you ever review the pixel 9/9 pro/9 pro XL?