Sareesh Sudhakaran

Sareesh Sudhakaran is a film director and award-winning cinematographer with over 24 years of experience. His second film, "Gin Ke Dus", was released in theaters in India in March 2024. As an educator, Sareesh walks the talk. His online courses help aspiring filmmakers realize their filmmaking dreams. Sareesh is also available for hire on your film!

Comparison of Photo Styles

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Here are full-size (right click to view full resolution) images of all the Photo Styles for your comparison (Daylight WB, at about 5pm): Note: Overall a pleasing image, and a good starting point. But we can do better. Note: Hate the skin tones and crushed blacks. Note: Many like this style, but I find the … Read more

PROJECT CASE STUDY: How I exposed V-Log

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In this video I take you behind the scenes of a project I shot specifically to stress test V-Log: Download Video (1080p) | Download Video (540p) The final video is now live: Download Video (4K) The guide to grading V-Log by India’s best colorist can be found in this lesson. Enjoy! Summary To correctly expose … Read more

PROJECT CASE STUDY: How I Exposed Portrait Style

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In this video I take you behind the scenes of a project I shot specifically to stress test the Portrait Photo Style: Download Video (1080p) | Download Video (540p) Note: Ultimately I brought down the blacks selectively for each shot and rendered with Keyframes to 90 (settings below). Here is the final video, first on … Read more

PROJECT CASE STUDY: How I Exposed Cinelike D

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In this video I take you behind the scenes of a project I shot specifically to stress test the Portrait Photo Style: Download Video (1080p) | Download Video (540p) Here’s the final video: Summary To correctly expose Cinelike D, all you have to do is: Custom white balance. Keep everything important above 20 IRE. Expose … Read more

How to Expose V-Log

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In this lesson I explain how to expose V-Log correctly: Download Video (1080p) | Download Video (540p) If you haven’t already, download my cheat sheet here. What is V-Log L and how’s it different from V-Log? V-Log L is the “light” version of V-Log, the log format found in the Panasonic Varicam. Log provides you … Read more

How to use *.VLT LUTs for Exposure

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In this video I show you how to use VLT LUTs for exposure in-camera: Download Video (1080p) | Download Video (540p) Download the LUTs I created here. The LUTs are: Film look 1 (SS1) Film look 2 (SS2) Film look 3 (SS3) Matrix Green (SSMX) Warm Sepia (SSEPIA) Orange Teal Mild (SOTM) Orange Teal Strong … Read more

What Shutter Speeds to use for Video

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This is a video I published on YouTube. Everything applies to the GH5 as well: For more information, read this article that accompanies the video. As explained above, the typical rule of thumb is to have your shutter speed 1/twice the frame rate. In this next video I share with you how I used shutter … Read more

How to use Zebras

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In this video I show you how to use Zebras on the GH5 for exposure: Total time: About 6 minutes. Download Video (1080p) | Download Video (540p)