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>Higher aperture numbers (f-stop) reduce the amount of light coming through the lens
>Lower f-stop makes your depth of field shallower, higher makes it deeper
>Many lenses suffer in sharpness at extreme f-stops, f5.5 to f/8 is usually the sweet spot for things like landscape where you want that sharpness, by f/16 you start losing sharpness to diffraction, and shooting wide open tends to have various aberrations that you may or may not want in your image depending your vision and the constraints of the scene
>higher ISO (film sensitivity) helps compensate for lack of light in the scene, allowing you to use faster shutter speeds or greater f-stop at the cost of noise
>shooting handheld is just a game of balancing your personal tolerance of ISO noise, your chosen f-stop for the visual you want, and a shutter speed fast enough to eliminate motion blur caused by hand shake (usually 1 over the focal length of your lens is good enough)
>just shoot aperture priority, choose your f-stop and ISO as appropriate for the scene and intent behind the shot, let the camera choose shutter speed. Tweak the aforementioned 2 values if you go under 1 over focal length
>You can use exposure compensation to make the image brighter or darker if you need to
>If you use a flash, get one that is the same brand as your camera so that it works in auto, and use exposure compensation if your shots are too bright or dark with the flash
>Regarding composition, the rule of thirds can help for starters but don't get too bogged down in rules
>Everything else you just learn on the job
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