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Find out why you need to know your f-numbers
and how they can change the look of your shots
Without getting too technical, tend to use small apertures to give
the aperture is the hole through a large depth of field, so that
which your camera allows light to everything from foreground back to
pass and reach the sensor. It is made infinity stays in focus. But with this
by a series of blades that move to smaller opening only a little light
make the opening larger or smaller. can pass and therefore longer
The varying degrees in size are shutter speeds are needed.
known as the apertures, and their
size can have huge effect on the
look of your image.
Depth of field is a term used to
describe the area in focus – a
shallow depth of field being only a
small area in focus. The larger your
aperture’s opening, the shallower
your depth of field will appear. This
larger opening also lets more light
in, so a faster shutter speed can be
used. Landscape photographers

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