Engadget Primed: What is aperture, and how does it affect my photos?

Primed goes in-depth on the technobabble you hear on Engadget every day -- we dig deep into each topic's history and how it benefits our lives. You can follow the series here. Looking to suggest a piece of technology for us to break down? Drop us a line at primed *at* engadget *dawt* com.

Last week I wrote a piece for Engadget Primed on image sensors, a critical device of any digital camera you own, one that affects final image quality. In a completely different way, another component that controls and changes the look of your photographs is the aperture.

To create amazing photos with impact takes much more than the will to capture them; and simply being Ashton Kutcher at a party overrun with models doesn't always work, either. It's a multifaceted process; to have the desire to work for a shot, to make the effort to put yourself into position, and to know how to utilize the equipment you have in the best way possible. None of these skills are easy to master, yet similar to a painter who knows how to use their brush, learning the photographic tool that is your camera increases the opportunities to plaster your Google+ page with shots you're proud of.

In this Primed installment, we'll define the mechanism, explain the concepts, and share ways toward conveying better messages in two-dimensional still images. Ready to dive in? It's all after the break.

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