The Piper's Alley - Minor/Major Project Pipeline: House 001

Lighting

My favorite bit really, adds shape and mood to the image. I started of with the Basic 3 Point light setup (Key, Fill, Rim) and started lighting my model with a default shader slapped on (Vray Mtl). My light setup is displayed below. I always believe in the saying "Good lighting is felt not seen."

Jeremy Birn's book on Lighting and rendering is a great Bible on Lighting and Rendering and every time you read it you will always find something new.

http://3drender.com/jbirn/

Another website I found really comprehensive was this tutorial on different lighting moods by Floze.

Link: http://www.floze.org/2008/07/six-tuts-on-light-and-shade-part-iii.html

HDRI's were downloaded from this library : http://www.hdrlabs.com/sibl/archive.html

Seen below is my lighting setup used to light the scene. Nothing too fancy just a few lights and bam!! you got yourself a decent looking scene well lit and render light.

Light Attribute Settings in Vray

Global Illumination Settings in Vray

I used the Barcelona Rooftop HDRI, it was the closest image I could find that fit my scene. I should have actually gone and shot my own HDRI image and will do so for my Major project, but for my requirement the Barcelona image worked just fine.