Aperture is perhaps the most important — and also the most confusing — photographic concept to grasp. Mastering the use of aperture opens up a range of artistic possibilities and brings your ...

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 ...

Learn the basics of aperture and shutter speed with photographer Mark Watson. THE TWO DETERMINING factors for correct exposure in any photograph are the camera’s shutter speed and lens aperture. These ...

One of the reasons to move up from a cellphone or point-and-shoot cameras to a DSLR or digital mirrorless one is the ability to exert control over your exposures with the latter. With cellphones or ...

Photography is much more than pointing a camera and pressing a button. This is something you realize soon after getting your hands on a serious shooter. Maybe you stumbled upon your smartphone’s ...

The variable aperture is “revolutionary” in that the feature has never been included on a smartphone camera before — but it’s actually an option that has been around since early film photography when ...