The world of photography, while exciting, can be riddled with complicated terms and phrases, which can be confusing and frustrating for a beginner photography enthusiast. In this text we’ll go over a couple of the basic terms, such as aperture, depth of field, and lens types and hopefully make them easier to understand.
So what does the phrase „aperture in photography“ really mean? A great way to explain this in simple terms is to compare the aperture to the pupil of the eye. The wider the aperture is, or pupil, more light will get in. In photography light is everything, and since natural light is very susceptible to rapid changes, photographers needed some way to control the amount of light for the picture. Continue reading “Understanding Aperture in photography”