Shooting below f/2.8 is illegal.

Why do photography YouTubers act like anything above f/2.8 is illegal? Every beginner gets fed the same formula: get a prime ASAP and shoot everything wide open.

Wide apertures are great, but not every photo needs super shallow depth of field and a background melted into oblivion. Try shooting at f/8 once in a while. You start noticing more of the scene, the environment, the lines, the light, and the relationship between the subject and the space around them. It gives the photo a different kind of character instead of relying only on blur to make it look interesting.

Photography isn’t just a competition to see who can blur the background the most.