Photography Tutorial - Aperture and F Stops Explained

[msaha1992]

Dude, someone should take a photograph of your afro!

Yoy totaly look like a Lion!

[hunkydoryorder]

How non-Nonchalant..

But, fine straight forward rundown.

Rock-on and thanks.

Sub'd

[progressivecollaps]

oy. Cut to the chase.

[edpannewyork]

I don't know anything about f stop but I realized that it's just so easy to understand after watching this video... thanks a million for this video.....

[SHnEee1]

It's the objective that is 50mm  f1,4

[coloradothunderstorm]

I am new to this photography and enjoying it as a hobby. I just purchased the Canon EOS Rebel T3 with the starter kit and love it! Thanks for the instructions!

[killarcon]

Thanks FRO your the best

[DyeahDyeah]

Hey man, thanks for this tutorial! I wasn't too sure on what aperture does but you cleared it up for me! Shooting is gonna be more fun and interesting for me now!

[Edz0316]

hello jared..

which lens best suites for my d3000. 50mm f1.8G or 50mm f1.8D or 50mm f1.4G..thanks :-)

[belikebenj]

i like you, your very straight to the point and insightful. good job.

[4my2pitbullsluv]

thank you so much!

[4my2pitbullsluv]

thank you soooooi much!

[4my2pitbullsluv]

;) great video!

[4my2pitbullsluv]

thank you soooo much! I like how you explained each f-stop and showed the results. I needed that!

[06012108]

great video - informative and fun

[ScratchMasterWebbe]

This was very helpful, I sometimes want a picture with everything blured in the background and now I know how to do it

[nerdhoolio]

sorry for double post, but the vids are really great, so this can be said a few times..!

[nerdhoolio]

very nice tutorial, i am following on a Samsung nx100 (feelin very cheap seein your d3s :-) even my old sony r1 has better lens than the nx100 i think...

Great Videos, keep the good work up! I will have to get me a real dslr (nikon), your vids got me fixed...

[nerdhoolio]

very nice tutorial, i am following on a Samsung nx100 (feelin very cheap seein your d3s :-) even my old sony r1 has better lens than the nx100 i think...

Great Videos, keep the good work up! I will have to get me a real dslr, your vids got me fixed...

[parentalunitify]

Really informative and explained fantastically. It helped me a lot, but I've been wondering; where do you store your equipment? thanks!

[MsBmx25]

nice!

[eketelon]

I really like this video. I will pass it on to some of the new photographers I know that need a good teaching on understanding F-stops. Thanks Jared, great work.

[wombatman2000]

i did what you did and it all very clear. i love you man.really good work thank you so much.

[paulhanon]

super like

[MrBerkerk]

It would be really good if you could include in the description the kit used, as well as mentioning it in the video.

[JaredPolin]

@MrBerkerk in the video i say i am using the d3s and the 50 1.4 its also on each picture as it pops up.

[silents08]

@JaredPolin how comes the image didnt get that much darker at the higher f stops ??

[AnamorphicDreams]

@silents08 The camera wasn't in fully manual mode, so it compensated by changing the exposure.

[Mikrobitz]

I wish there was videos like this when I started shooting. Really good work even though I dont really "need" these types of tutorials anymore, these are really golden for the starter shooters out there! Once again, good work Jared and keep it up!

Btw, would be nice to see a Canon shooter to join you doing these videos since specially all the equipment stuff is really Nikon related. Example focus-modes video would be great if someones "translated" it for Canon shooters out there. ;)

[eforce1200]

Is there a way to see only the tutorial vids you have done in YouTube? Great stuff. Easy to follow.

[ACMDevils]

ty jared, nice video :-)

[nodachowski]

Can you explain what AE-L and AF-L mean on my Camera? I never really noticed the button until now

[SkikProductions]

this is the hobo i gave a dollar to. O_O

[steevyp]

how is it that 84 people do not like this? he doesnt lie... he makes it fun... he keeps it simple. im dying to know what those 84 people where looking for when they visited this video. oh well, thanks JP.

[shadow100101]

I was nodding my head as i was watching this vid from you jared...which means i fully understand aperture and f stops now, thanks to you !! Simple , to the point, and very helpful. Just wish i could lie down in the grass to take test shots like that here, cause if I did, something would bite me....Australia :)

[Bonerific0]

wtf why your pubic hair is is on your head

[TwistXUK]

Haircut Tutorial - Shavers and Scissors Used

:3

[Crodon]

"After I get up! Be right back!"

Didn't get up. :(

[stanmessi]

thanks for the very informative video! You confirmed it :)

[unap16]

With regards to DoF, isn't it also affected by the distance from the camera? When you shot Kermit, he was relatively close to the camera and hence even at F16 the background is blown out. However, I assume that if he were a handful of meters further, lower f-stops would be needed to preserve the bokeh.

[arubaforever]

@unap16 DOF is dependant on

1) Camera to subject distance. Reduce it, lowers the DOF

2) Aperture. F/1.4 less DOF than F/16

3) Focal Length. Longer focal lengths (more zoomed in) compress the backgrounds in photographs. They will give shallow DOF if you select a reasonably low F stop and do not focus at infinity.

4) Subject distance from the background which will be in the photograph. If the background is miles away you will attain more subject isolation.

I hope this helps.

[VamlienChannel]

Does anyone else only look at his hair when he talks?

[GMSamuelRhine]

jared I really like your D3S, i was looking into getting one. Is the 0.04 second shutter delay much of an issue? like say i were to shoot sports

[lolbandwidth]

I had the weird notion that this was Portal related.

Still, nifty stuff.

[VonNebulla]

For Greg video - just go to cazillo.com

[mahmoudguitarist]

dud i cann't stop saying thanks to all of your videos .. thanks a lot, i become more conident holding my camera.

[WestCoastMods]

Jared Got Guns!

[GummyTumor]

That thing on your head is quite a majestic specimen. What do you feed it? :)

[spidikupaD]

now i get it... tnx JaredPolin ! your my idol now :D

[ieon]

another helpful tips again from jared.. thanks jared!

[MAN71S]

green overdose

[Axi5]

You make frotos....

[TheBob0416]

could you do a "howto" video of car photography?

[nerwin]

For some reason Jared, you keep on reminding me of that guy that had that really boring painting show, I can't remember the name. I think it's because of your hair, so similar.

[jimijoe]

@nerwin It wasnt boring, his name is Bob Ross. He's amazing

[nerwin]

@jimijoe Yes I do agree that he was amazing, but he always put me asleep. I know he was like one of the best, because his shows till play today on TV. Too bad he isn't here with us anymore, he was an inspiration to a lot artist, as long as you didn't fall asleep like I did a lot.

[doggiepowers]

how is it that every time i hear you say kermit the frog i pretend i hear you say it in his voice lol

[JaredPolin]

@doggiepowers i am trying.

[ziggy149]

Jared - I've noticed in a few of your videos you have an intermittant nystigmus. I'm assuming you're aware of this?

[JaredPolin]

@ziggy149 yea, since I was a little kid. At 5 I had surgery to cut the muscles to re align them so that my eyes would not shake when I look straight on. When I am tired or look to the side they tend to move a lot. I dont see it and I heard on the radio that if you have eye issues like this when your much younger the brain shuts off the receptors so you dont see the shaking.

[ziggy149]

@JaredPolin I'm always amazed how the brain, and other areas of the body for that matter, can adapt. Anywho, hope to get your attention in the critique section of the forum. Just starting to go through the Lynda.com LR3 essentials course - around 13 hrs long. Just started shooting RAW a couple weeks ago doing some tulip stuff for a local contest - what-ev. Thought I'd enter for S&G's. Played around in camera RAW in Elements and was honestly blown away. I'm ziggy150 on Flickr if ur bored. Ltr

[MI6CORPORAL]

@JaredPolin Biological VR II

[KodieMacIntyre]

@JaredPolin woah...so your head has its own VR =p

[brandonbush1]

@ziggy149 Ha, I never would have noticed that.

[MCgoogles1000]

@ziggy149 intermittent*

[ziggy149]

@MCgoogles1000 Oh, ya got me . . . thank god I spelled nystigmus correctly. My life is so much more enriched and correct now that you've taken the time out of your life to point out that I've misspelled a word on a youtube comment. Thanks so much.

[MCgoogles1000]

@ziggy149 Haha sorry that offended you man but I didn't know what it was and I looked it up and Google corrected it for me. I figured a lot of people wouldn't know what the disease was either, so I would save them the trouble that I had to go through by showing the proper spelling.

[MyReggieBody]

I want to smell your hair and never stop

[ziggy149]

Jared's cool and does his thing, Greg is cool and does his thing. I'm not sure they wanted people to go all "fanboy" on each other. Maybe they are corresponding with each other about what they are going to post and coordinate accordingly. These guys did a lot of jobs/shoots together. Jared still mentions Greg in his videos with no negative intonation in his voice. People are much too quick to turn trollish with complete disregard to even a modest amount of civility. Have some class people.

[foxruns]

If you like Greg better get off of Jared's channel, dicks.

[D0SI]

Pres 6 for BOOWM !

[ragalin1]

Neighbors: Hey Honey, that wierd guy is playing with that kermit toy again

[JaredPolin]

@ragalin1 wonder what they say when im in my richard Simons costume.

[101AOK]

@JaredPolin They say "you go girl"

[barbaydian261]

THANKS FOR THIS VID!!!!

[oncommongrounds]

Were you shooting in M or A?

[JaredPolin]

@oncommongrounds I was in A.

[MrGearMo]

I think this is a good complement to the greg video, actually greg talks theory, the fro shows using examples. man how do i which you guys still worked together.

[krolltan]

@Tennishead39 Amen to that! Couldn't agree more!

[D0SI]

your arms are ripped !

[JaredPolin]

@D0SI thanks, the FroKnows Photo work out is on its way.

[WATSABI0]

yo Jared, i have the Nikkor AF-S DX 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR kit lens mounted on a D90 .. and even it the lowest f/ stops i cant get the background washed out at all .. how can you explain that?? and how can i get the bokeh effect??

[tookyourcookies]

@WATSABI0 if your lens is at 18mm, its a lil bit harder to get/see bokeh or out of focus spots. try zoom the lens to about 50mm F/4 and try that :)

[minutes2midnite]

@WATSABI0 with your current lens you would have to zoom to 60mm and up imo to get good out of focus elements. i would get a faster lens like the 50 1.8 or 35 1.8 as a next lens btw :)

[WATSABI0]

@minutes2midnite + @tookyourcookies :

i noticed this too .. and actually i have pre-ordered the new 50mm f/1.8 G lens

but what makes me wonder, what is the logic or the science behind it ??

isn't depth of field controlled by how open the lens is?? am i missing something ??

[tookyourcookies]

@WATSABI0 yeah, aperture controls the depth of field. lower the number, the stronger (shallow) the depth of field is. you'll see with your new 50mm... no science really, well... none that I know off? 0_o

[WATSABI0]

@tookyourcookies lol .. lemme rephrase it .. why do i have to zoom in to get a shallow DOF?? how zooming came in the matter??

[schumionbike]

@WATSABI0 because DOF is determine by focal length and aperture. 200mm @ f2.8 have a shallower DOF than 14mm f2.8.

[WATSABI0]

@schumionbike now that makes sense .. thanks man :)

[ErKro215]

a little tutorial before mowing the lawn?? ahaha



[hhiinnrriikk]

I clicked this because I thought it was related to portal :P

[hikinguphigh]

Kermit the frog got kicked in the gob for messing around with miss piggy he looked up her dress and said what a mess as he popped out his little green willy

[Mas7erChief117]

@JarePolin HOLY SHIT your ripped!

[usframe]

thanks

[MrRusswarez]

@Tennishead39 Who?...

[dnwphoto]

Everyone please get off jared's a** about the Greg stuff. Both Jared and Greg are both great, and who cares if they posted a video on the same topic. It's different teaching styles. Jared I love your videos as well as greg's keep up the great work!

[aleksandersandstrom]

you need to cut your lawn...

[JaredPolin]

@aleksandersandstrom funny thing is I recorded this on Sunday and the cut the lawn on Monday. I recorded a few more SSP videos and you will see the cut grass lol.

[ForSquirrel]

I'm jealous, of the grass it looks so nice.

[dahveed284]

You can get a DOF calculator for your smart phone. Also, different lens sizes (mm) have different DOF effects. Additionally the distance to the subject also effects the DOF.

[theclimbluver]

Does anyones elses computer glitch and freeze up when watching videos on 1080p?

[krolltan]

Old news! Greg explained the same thing yesterday in his own video. Stop copying Greg Jared!

[MayteRockz]

@krolltan You don't need to watch Jared's video's.. Just sayin'.

[krolltan]

@MayteRockz I stopped watching Jared's videos a couple of weeks ago. I watched this one too see if it was true that Jared was copying the Depth of field part of Greg's video...Which Jared did!

[ShorteyysProductions]

your videos should have more views :)

[iGenius101]

Hey Jared keep up what you are doing. You have helped so many of us and I'm sure you will continue to do so. God Bless you and all of your efforts

[cinexstudios]

awww its a lil muppet in the green grass........ and Kermit the frog beside him ;) hehe :D

[RoRcrashslave]

my only problem is that i find it is a bit hard to get the perfect shutter speed with the increase of f stop number in manual mode

[1rhett1]

Someone please tell me where Greg's videos can be found?

[tintoy0208]

helpful video.

[MVC7CVM]

@JaredPolin it's pretty weird that both yo and greg make a video about the same thing! competition much??

Nonetheless I love this video as much as Greg's, this really shows what Greg is showing with his drawings. He gets its more technical whilst you show some great examples.

Nice one ;)

[BigCatsWildlife]

When is this book you have mention a fews times before going to come out?

[juandacal]

excelent video jared, i though i need a 300mm lens to make a background blur...

tnk u so much

[leeaman88]

Jared version is more simple and straight to the point, Greg is more technical. Pls don't make this like Jared vs Greg = Mcdonalds vs Kentucky Fried Chicken and don't put gasoline into fire!

[chriswardg]

fro deefinitely know's photo, good video man :) , and lol i want the D5100, D7000, and the D3S, share? :D

[FranciscoPacoSniper]

dude you have a huge yard xD

[atamola]

I suggest you watch the real thing: Greg Cazillo

There you will have a decent intro to the basics of exposure.

This is just a rip-off

[JHVH1]

@atamola How is it a rip off? Jared is showing a practical example to show how one aspect affects the pictures and the other is a technical intro to exposure concepts in general.

Whats next, "Oh Greg just posted a video that has a camera in it and this has a camera in it, this is a total rip-off!"

People need to quit with the greg stuff. If you hate Jared and love Greg then go post in Greg's videos and stop watching Jared. Or you could watch both and only post constructive comments.

[SykoTheStalker]

Am I the only one who though this was about "Aperture Science" and Portal 2's first concept "F-Stop" ?

[CyberJuanito]

wtf this is almost a video response to greg´s video

[Xoskar1]

boom

[PlasmoX]

i like how you do the kermit the frog voice when saying 'kermit the frog' :P

[Meatmiester]

Should be renamed, 'Aperture for Idiots.'

[KennyBetterment]

you'll be giving us more assignments in the future?

[ImaginaryAlbot]

BOOM!

[MrRusswarez]

I wanna see more video this kind.

[photopilotjosh47]

Is there a Battle between Greg and Jared?

Greg is more technical and Jared is more visual but I like them both.

[AudioVideoLOVER]

You are forgetting something, the distance you are to you object. If you were further away, the background would be completely focused at F8

[cypriotkikos]

Thanks Jared! am watching you from Cyprus!!! nice videos you have there! you solve all my qstions about digital photography!!!!!

[kiwilotus87]

excellent video! probably the best for video to help all those getting out of kit lens :) thanks for sharing this awesome knowledge!

[Kriqer]

Nice biceps man. Do you work out a lot?

[dfdtdfdx]

all around lens around $200

for FF camera

i will buy $100 28-300 tamron used

$100 50/1.8

[KennyBetterment]

Yep. I already know how F-Stops work, thanks to your earlier vids. Honestly though, I never get tired of watching these.

Plus it's good for newer subscribers who didn't watch your older vids

[naalik]

I don't understand why people thumbs-down his videos. If you thumb it down, say why so others could see and let him improve his content in the future

[OneyNG]

Hey man, I just got a Nikon D7000, In the dark it always seems grainy no matter how I change the ISO, Aperture or shutter speeds. Any help?

[JifferRiffic]

Jarad I noticed that your not a little bitch and have advertisement all over your videos like so many other people, and for that we thank you.

[SandersV9]

Repeat at 0.11 lol

[binhetranfilms]

Jared you post videos like every other day. I think your the only person that keeps their subscribers happy!

[Punterfpc]

That's some really nice grass...

[deepsouth06]

@Punterfpc i have to agree. wish my grass was as green

[MaricMachine]

Already learned this stuff, but I like to watch the guide videos anyway :D

[ny1fanta]

you should stick with your critiques and product reviews, so many people have explained what fstop on youtube.

[habaca]

Well that went wrong. What i would't like to say was' I having a refreshcourse today '. Nice vid thanx.

[habaca]

I had à

[SGvloggerz]

Great Video, Jared :D I would love you to do this again but during the night time. Thanks <3

[orthusnet]

Great video Jared, I'm just beginning, but I'm glad I can still manage some shallow depth of field at f4, I think it is just a matter of the distance from your subject and the distance from the background. :)

[ryan776]

Great tutorial! The D7K is looking real nice but is a D300s better? I know it wasn't meant to replace it but it looks like it might have not only done that for the D90 but the D300s.

[onlineahmeds]

hi Jared

i have canon 100mm f 2.8 i was shot some pictures with it at 2.8 for 6 people together 30 ft away but they not all sharp what kind of setup you suggest to shot at 2.8 and have all of them sharp i would appreciate your help

[MrDugong78]

hi Jared..which lens is better for DX body (D3100)? AF-S NIKKOR 50mm f/1.4G or AF-S DX NIKKOR 35mm f/1.8G?,,thanks for respon..

[Mrmagor34]

@MrDugong78 I remember asking for a good all-around lens under 200$ and Jared quickly replied with 35mm f1.8

[MrDugong78]

@Mrmagor34 Thanks for info

[Mrmagor34]

@MrDugong78 I remember asking Jared for a new all-around lens under 200$. He replied quickly with 35mm f1.8.

[SuperOsse]

Hi Jared!

Thanks for an awesome video. Pleace, do more videos like this about the basics of photography. I and I´m sure more ppl out there needs to learn how to get our exposure right.

I would vere mutch appreciate videos were you show us how to do- the metering (what setting dows what etc.),- shutterspeed settings (were to use wich shutterspeed),- ISO settings (how to know what ISO setting we need to use and what happens with the picture),- how to efectively use wich focuspoint/focuspoints.

[SALVATl0N]

hmmmmmmmmmmmmm...

[fumach]

Very good exercise to understand how the F stops work.. I did it myself a few months ago with beer bottles, the first one close to me and the last one far from me.. With the lowest F stop (2.0 in that case) you can only see the first bottle.. As you increase the F stop you start to see all the bottles...

[chessfinesse]

Yes, Greg just did a very similar video. I think Jared saw that video and thought, "I can do that better". And you know what? It is better. I miss Greg, but Jared is more able right now to show us visually what he wants us to learn.

[XxXYYXxXYY]

is it normal that at wide open there is very much vignetting?

[Forkroute]

If I'm far from the subject, and I want to blow out the background?

[M3mPHiS]

@Forkroute read the second line, the first line is the lens specs

[sastine12]

@Forkroute the lens is a 50mm 1.4, read the second line with ISO, Shutter Speed, Aperture & Focal Distance

[aadiflesher]

@Forkroute Look again. That is the lens - 50mm 1.4 !

[leitens2709]

Cool!!!

[xstncd]

@ f/1.4 is SO damn sweet and buttery.

[deanmadoo]

didn't you do i video like this on your channel like 4 times already?

[M3mPHiS]

@deanmadoo next video will be about why shooting RAW -_-'

[aadiflesher]

@deanmadoo So?

[AmrMacintosh]

Hello Jared, what do you think of the canon 7D ?