Light a Still Life (Fruit on Plate)

Scene credit: 3DRender.com, Modeled by: Dan Wade

Description

In this project you will take an unlit scene of some fruit on a plate, and light it. There is a lot of freedom in how you want to approach this, some ideas:

• Try to recreate the appearance of a classic painted still life.
• Think of a mood you want to convey, and use light to transmit it to the viewer.
• Try to recreate the light from a photograph.
• Think of a film genre you would like to try and mimic through lighting.

Learning Goal

• Light a still life
• Gain a better understanding/control of Cinema 4D’s light objects.

Prerequisites

• Describing Light
• Creating Lights
• Placing Lights
• Focusing Lights

Source Materials / Files

You’ll need the following file(s) to complete this exercise.

• Fruit Bowl Scene
  • Scene credit: 3DRender.com, Modeled by: Dan Wade, provided here as a courtesy to those without the ability to UNRAR files

Instructions

1. Download the above fruit bowl scene.
2. Start by adding and placing one light, don't add additional lights until you are satisfied with the look of one - lighting problems are rarely solved by randomly adding more lights.
3. Add and place additional lights until you like the final result.
4. Render out your finished image and post it to your course projects blog.

Examples

You can find a number of completed examples on 3DRender.com.