If you’re feeling a little rusty on camera functions and settings, or simply want to brush up on your basic knowledge then you could do a lot worse than watching this video presented by photographer Andrew Boey. It is quite literally everything you could ever possibly want to know about aperture!
Now as always, this tutorial is giving us the main rules, but rules are there to be broken, so if you disagree with any of them not to worry. There are always going to be plenty of exceptions to any rule, but this is a great place to start. So let’s dig in!
Finally, Andrew recommends if you’re unsure, to start with f/8 as it is in the middle of the range, and you can then adjust things from there.
