When I first started photography, the fact of “the smaller the number the bigger the hole” was probably the most confusing things to wrap my head around.

f/2.0 is the magic spot for me 99% of the time. I'm a sucker for shallow dof.

I'm a n00b and just wanting to get into photography as a hobby, and I have to tell you that your advice to shoot in Aperture Priority has made the most sense of any advice I've read or seen on YT.  The amount of information and advice is almost too much to go through, and I was getting frustrated trying to do very simple shots, but this single tip actually makes me excited to get back out and try to start shooting again.  Thank you, truly...

Something that helped unconfuse me was... small aperture number, small DOF ; large aperture number, large DOF.

At 30yrs old I just purchased my first quality camera to start this new hobby. After just a couple days I’ve found that I absolutely love it though I know essentially nothing. You explained aperture perfectly for me and now I have the first thing I’m going to experiment with and learn on. Thanks!

I have just landed into photography recently, have been shooting at F1.8 and I didn't know why my portraits lacked the sharpness I always see in professional photographers pictures. Like uve said, sometimes the eyes are in focus but the nose isn't or the forehead.
This has helped me a lot, thank you sir. Am making corrections asap😄

I suddenly miss the smell of fields like that

I'm a beginner and I did assume I should close the aperture as much as possible for landscape but that's a good point about the foreground not necessarily being important!

About time someone explained it in a real good way.

Great job

You taught me more in a few minutes than years of messing with my camera, getting frustrated and putting it on auto. Thank you

Those sample images of that shrine were very helpful. At times I do not want a single focal point but the entire image to be in focus and this helped.

I've spent countless hours and a fair bit of money trying to understand how aperture effected my photos and how to use it to suit my creative style.  I have even searched for photos I liked and tried to copy the settings to get desirable results with a large hit or miss factor.  This video just told me everything I needed to know in a way that I now completely understand.  Thanks!

Thanks, for an amateur like me it is actually what I needed to understand aperture better! Getting into manual shooting makes this way easier!

Found you through skillshare and this is now my new favourite channel :)

found myself a new channel to binge. The fact you're shooting on an a6000 platform is even better since that's what I have rn.

I'm one month into photography and have been teaching myself as I go. this was so helpful to me for some of the problems I've been having eith my shots. thank you.😊😊😊

Use this video to study crime scene photography. Thank you for making it super simple and easy to understand!

Hi Sean! I hope you are still reading the comments. I am a photography student and I learned more from your short video than I did from the 16 weeks I spent in my first semester. I am always looking for videos that will give me simple yet effective explanations of things without all the technical rigmarole. YouTube recommended your video and now I am a subscriber. Thank you so much for making feel I can create beautiful images with the right knowledge.

Perfect explanation!!
I shoot majority of the time in aperture mode, 11f.
Thank you again.

As a visual learner, this was super helpful! Great video! Thank you! 🙌🏼😊🙏🏼