Experimenting with lighting...

I have been on holiday in Benidorm since last weekend and only just got back (freezing here!), but before that I did some quick lighting experiments with my old DP3 work from my second year in 3ds max. I didn't get chance to post them before I went, so am doing so now! :)

Here are the renders I did - a couple for each piece of work (so far...):

Still Life Visualisation Project:

Evening time with volume light

Night time with a cool feel

Morning/midday - very bright sunlight from window - happy feel?

Silent Comedy Animation Project

Daytime with warm-feeling sunshine

Nighttime with a cooler feel, but with yellowish street lights.

'Of Mice and Men' Bunkhouse Visualisation Project

Night time with cool feel

Night time with cool feel - stove light

Morning light with warm feel and volume effects

Morning light with warm feel - subtle stove light

I feel this has helped me a lot with lighting a scene dependent on time of day and mood, and think I am improving with my overall skills using the standard lighting within 3ds max. However, I am still unsure on how to use some lighting systems and photometric lights, which I will look into more in the next few days. I am still also gradually collecting more research and articles to help with the project and examples of 3d environments that inspire me. I may also experiment with how post-production techniques can produce similar effects too. :)