Eddie Nguyen · Bloghttps://eddieenguyen.com/blog/Notes from the desk: shooting, grading and tools.en The exposure triangle, without the mathshttps://eddieenguyen.com/blog/exposure-triangle/https://eddieenguyen.com/blog/exposure-triangle/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 01:00:00 GMTBasicsAperture, shutter speed and ISO all change how bright the picture is. Each one also changes something else, and that second thing is what you’re really choosing. One light, one window, a sethttps://eddieenguyen.com/blog/one-light-bedroom/https://eddieenguyen.com/blog/one-light-bedroom/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 01:00:00 GMTShootingMost of my videos are shot in an ordinary room. This is how one key light and a window make it look like a set. How I shoot S-Log3 on the A7C IIhttps://eddieenguyen.com/blog/shooting-slog3/https://eddieenguyen.com/blog/shooting-slog3/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 01:00:00 GMTShootingS-Log3 keeps far more highlight and shadow detail for the grade, but only if you expose it properly. These are the settings and checks I use. Grading S-Log3 in Resolve, the CST sandwichhttps://eddieenguyen.com/blog/grading-slog3-resolve/https://eddieenguyen.com/blog/grading-slog3-resolve/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 01:00:00 GMTColorTwo Color Space Transform nodes, one at each end, and everything you do in between behaves. Here’s the setup I use on every Sony clip. The node tree I start every grade withhttps://eddieenguyen.com/blog/resolve-node-tree/https://eddieenguyen.com/blog/resolve-node-tree/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 01:00:00 GMTResolveSix serial nodes between two CSTs, each with one job and a label. It keeps a grade readable when I come back to it a week later.