Lighting

setup some simple lighting to work things out quickly ... default omnis here

Working lights

default max lights

2 1.0 white omni lights

 

3 mr lights with a very low skylight [slower to render]

 

Here is the beginning of another lighting setup with photometric lights.
Target area lights, raytrace shadows, standard 3 pt lighting setup.

No ray shadows or colors yet.

standard default renderer

with skylight

 

My very fast 2 omni lite setup standard default renderer

 

My mr lights setup plus skylight standard default renderer

 

Taking that setup farther ...

 

Look for inspirations for your lighting ...