Stewart CohenDirector/DP/Photographer, Stewart Cohen Pictures · Director/DP/Photographer @ Stewart Cohen Pictures | Film Production

How to Light a Concert Like a Cinematographer

10 Jun 2026 · 1 min

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In this brief excerpt from Stewart Cohen’s YouTube tutorial, Stewart introduces a lighting tip contributed by gaffer Jason Penzak. The discussion focuses on creating atmospheric stage lighting using flare, fog, and texture, and highlights a specific technique: taping the middle of multiple Titan Tubes to produce a fun, non‑edge light source on stage. Both speakers affirm the visual effectiveness of the method, emphasizing its surprising quality and practical appeal for concert lighting setups.

Hey, this is Stewart. Here's a little lighting tip from gaffer Jason Penzak. Why don't you talk about how you attack this?
The flare is the name of the game for this. It hides, it hides so much. A little bit of fog, a little bit of texture in there. The one thing I really like to do when you have a stage is to add some kind of fun light to it that is not just like an edge. So my, one of my tricks is you take a bunch of Titan Tubes and you tape the middle. I actually kind of surprised how good they did come out. You know what, now that you say that, you're right.
You're absolutely right. I do see the seam, but they look so good there.