Anybody can take a picture. Obviously, the cornerstone of the basics of Photography is the camera. Aperture is just a term for how wide your camera lens is open to let in light. Photography is really all about light. So add to your core skills of photography a willingness to never stop learning. You can get a greater control over these basic controls of the camera such as aperture and shutter speed by learning how to switch from automatic settings to manual settings. The automatic settings of any camera are just there for the general public who are not interested in learning the basics. So they give you some basic settings like landscape, portrait and sports settings. By switching to manual, you can learn what settings work best in different situations.