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The Lens Revolution || Aperture

I am joining in with Samantha of Elah Tree’s Lens Revolution! I have never taken a photography class but I long to learn more about my camera and creating pictures for this space! Sam just started this series on weekly prompts to help you learn and grow in your photography! I am thrilled to be joining in today (and I’ll be joining in for the rest of the series so get ready!!)

I feel like a lost puppy sometimes with aperture. I just keep it the lowest it goes most days. With my 50 mm lens, I have had to bump it up a little because it was so bright outside and I already maxed out my shutter speed and lowered my ISO to 100. It wasn’t until this challenge that I learned that a low aperture is what makes the background so blurry, which may be why I never ventured off the low aperture – blurred background is my FAVORITE!

IMAGE ONE :
F-stop :1.8
Shutter Speed : 1/400
ISO : 400

IMAGE TWO :
F-stop : 5.6
Shutter Speed : 1/200
ISO : 800

IMAGE THREE :
F-stop : 7.1
Shutter Speed : 1/320
ISO : 1600

IMAGE FOUR :
F-stop : 11
Shutter Speed : 1/160
ISO : 1600

IMAGE FIVE :
F-stop : 16
Shutter Speed : 1/100
ISO : 3200

IMAGE SIX :
F-stop : 20
Shutter Speed : 1100
ISO : 3200

The photos at the end have a clearer image of my Naptime Diaries Canvas but they kinda get a little grainier also. When setting the aperture so high, I needed to bump up my ISO and lower my shutter speed to keep the image lit. When you lower the shutter speed, things get a little blurry and when you increase the ISO things get pretty grainy. That is the hard thing about higher apertures. When shooting outside and in great lighting conditions, aperture is much easier to play around with.

I see how each image tells a different story. My favorite story is blurry background. I don’t know why, but I am so drawn to it! It was my favorite thing about purchasing the 50 mm lens and it a theme of my current blog photography!

What image do you think is best? In what ways is aperture better higher or lower? What do you usually have your aperture set at? Have a DSLR and want to play with it? Join The Lens Revolution!