Live Portrait Lighting with Tony Gale, Part 1: Constant Light
08/19/2026Sony Artisan of Imagery Tony Gale is back in the Event Space to give a three-part series on portrait lighting. In part one, you'll learn the fundamentals of using constant light to create beautiful, well-lit portraits.
- 0:00 - Intro
- 1:30 - Different constant lights
- 6:15 - Using sunlight
- 11:54 - Using a single lightbulb
- 14:14 - Single light (with modifiers)
- 23:43 - Why continuous lighting vs flash
- 32:29 - Controlling the background
- 40:14 - Main & full lights (with modifiers)
- 55:52 - Rim light
- 57:42 - White balance & color checkers
- 1:01:50 - Rim light cont.
- 1:05:28 - Q&A
- 1:10:19 - Adding fill with rim light
- 1:12:27 - Q&A cont.
