Thank you Mike and ingo. I'll give these a try.

MJL

ingo wrote:

> Mike Wilson wrote:
>
> >BL=Back Light
> >O=Object(s)
> >KL=Key Light
> >C=Camera
> >FL=Fill Light
> >
> >            BL
> >
> >             O
> >
> >KL        C           FL
> >
> >That's pretty basic, but it should help you get started.
> >
> >Mark James Lewin wrote:
> >
> >> Does anybody know of any tutorials or general rules concerning
> >> effective scene lighting?
>
> In general I would say "less is more".
>
> In daylight scenes, one light (the sun) and MegaPov radiosity. If you
> don't want to use radiosity try it with shadowless fill lights.
>
> In Mike's example (used in portrait and single object photoraphy), when
> the object has no hair/fur, you can leave out the backlight quite often.
> The Fill light can be replace with a reflection screen, use a white box
> and (MegaPov)radiosity.
>
> Lots of information on this subject can be found in photography books and
> sites. But keep in mind that they mostly use a diffuse light source,
> something that is not available in povray (altough it can be simulated
> with "overly bright radiosity objects"). So contrast is a bit higher.
>
> Ingo
>
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