Live Portrait Lighting with Tony Gale, Part 1: Constant Light

08/19/2026

Sony 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.

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