DSLRs and other advanced cameras have a ton of letters, symbols, and weird buttons on them. Every photographer must go through the quest of learning what each setting does, and today we are talking ...

The A on your camera’s mode dial is not for Amateur (and the P is not for Professional, but that’s another story). Aperture priority mode, designated by A or Av on the camera’s mode dial, blends the ...

Ever see a photograph with a dreamy, out-of-focus background? Or perhaps a landscape with pin-sharp details from the closest foreground elements all the way to distant clouds? Aperture is what allows ...

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