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Aperture | Basically, this allows you to control the amount of the scene that will be in focus (it does other things as well, but for now, we will stick with the basics).  It allows you to eliminate unnecessary background elements by blurring them out.  Large apertures (smaller F numbers) mean a more shallow depth of field (less in focus).  Have you ever seen a shot of a flower where only the grains of pollen are in focus and the rest is a beautiful blurred color palette?  That is aperture working its magic.  It would not have the same effect if all the imperfect green leaves and scraggly details in the background were in focus.  Large apertures f2.8, f3.5, f4, f5.6 give you a shallow depth of field that will turn unnecessary background and foreground elements into a nice dreamy color palette accentuating your subject matter.  Small apertures like f16, f22, and f32 will give you a greater depth of field and more will be in focus.  Broad landscape scenes are usually shot with apertures f16 and smaller (larger numbers mean smaller apertures).  Just think, a little f-number f2.8, f4, f5.6, etc. (larger apertures…I know it’s confusing)=little focus.  Larger f-numbers like f16, f22, etc. (smaller apertures) mean larger depth of field and more in focus.  Practice shooting scenes with a variety of aperture settings and note the subtle differences between each one.  An aperture of f5.6 might have rendered too much detail in the background elements causing you to want to open up the aperture to an f4 or f3.5 to blur out a smidgen more.  You will soon learn exactly which setting you want to achieve your desired result.

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