Not all cameras have an aperture-priority mode. If yours has one, you should use it. All the time. It'll give you more control over the look of your photos without having to dive into the complexities ...

In the previous lesson we covered the basic settings on your camera. Today we're jumping into the fun stuff: manual mode. We'll learn the details about shutter speed, ISO, and aperture, as well as how ...

Higher end Canon cameras, such as digital SLRs, feature an aperture setting that allows you to control the sharpness of your images. The aperture setting can be customized to make an area of a photo ...

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 ...

If you want to get creative with your photography, and out of that all-too-tempting automatic mode, you'll need to get your head around a few key settings. We've already looked at ISO, and now it's ...

Setting your aperture is one of three keys to better and creative photos. The other two are your ISO and Shutter Speed. Do you want to create better, more creative photos? But, maybe you find the ...

When photographers talk about the “depth of field” in an image, they’re referring to how much of the picture they choose to have in focus. You may think “but don’t I want all of my image to be in ...

These two photographs, taken from the same location with the same lens and the same ISO setting, demonstrate the effect of different F-stop/aperture settings in controlling depth of field. Using a ...

David is the former Editor-in-Chief of Android Police and now the EIC of Esper.io. He's been an Android user since the early days - his first smartphone was a Google Nexus One! David graduated from ...

T he halfway point of the unofficial rules of photography (Rule No. 5) is "Always have an aperture." The aperture is an adjustable opening in the lens that lets light pass through. The size of that ...