I need information about exterior lighting

[Micheal Serta]

Hi there
I 'am working in Architectural Office.My boss does not like my exterior lighting, and he provides from another 3d architectural visualization company and it makes me crazy..My lighting is good but he is looking for perfect one..if you accept i want to send some photos from 3d visualization company.please help me about it..How can i do perfect render like this 3d visualization company or can you tell me some tips..i will share my render and company renders if you send me your email address from here or using private message, i can provide photos..Really i am sick and tried, or i am going to quite this job..
thank you..

[Eric Adams]

Are you allowed to post your image so we can see it? How are you lighting your scene? Are you using the V-Ray Sun and its environment/sky light? Are you keeping the sun relatively low in the sky, or high and bright? Low is better. Is your sun favoring one side of the building more than the other? Are you using the V-Ray physical camera? Are the renderings from the other 3D computer something they sent for marketing use? If so, I don't see any reason you can't at least link to their website so we can see their work for comparison.

[Micheal Serta]

thank you eric
if you accept please let me to send the pictures..i don t want to share company's photos..if you send me your email address i can share photos then you can see what i want to do..Actually i saw your portfolio picture i think last picture what i want to do..
2001 Greenville Avenue - 01.27.08 - Scheme 1 copy.jpg

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post some of your work
cant help without it

[Micheal Serta]

hi guys
i attached the files
i want to make my render like untitled-1 named render..otherwise ext4_01 and yeniext03 are my works..

[Tom Livings]

hi guys
i attached the files
i want to make my render like untitled-1 named render..otherwise ext4_01 and yeniext03 are my works..

The image 'untitled-1' has a slightly cooler hue than yours, otherwise yours is better work and I dont see an issue. I think you've maybe reached the point where composition and post-production are the next skills to work on rather than render settings.
Tell your boss that if he designed some attractive architecture then at least you'd stand a chance of making it look beautiful in the rendering. The you wont have to quit because you'll already be out of a job

[Ismael Orozco]

Agree with Tom on "composition and post-production".

"My lighting is good but he is looking for perfect one.."
Not bad but take ext4-01.jpg, on a bright day as you depict, there is no way that the 'ceiling' of the appartment's interior should be visible to the
camera. Because the light outside should be magnitudes larger than that of each interior appartment, the reflection of the sky on the glass panes
should be very bright (strong and clear reflection). You would only see the sky reflected, not see through glass. That alone would take the image
further ahead.

[Justin Hunt]

As a general guide I like to have my sun come in at 90 degrees to the camera rather than right behind it. This will add a balance of light and shade and help bring out the smaller details in the building facade.

Another thing that helps is to lighten the top 1/3 of the building and darken the bottom 1/5th, this helps ground the buildings and add's a bit of airiness (if that is a word???) to the tops.

Colour balance between light and shade also adds depth, ie cool lights with warm shadows or warm lights with cool shadows. Richer colours closer to the camera, fading and desaturating the further from the camera add to a since of scale.

I agree with the glass comment, bring some life into the glass as this adds in another level of detail.

jhv

[Micheal Serta]

thanks all your messages
what do you recommend about post production techniques or plugin for max.
if i buy psd manager tool,will it figure out with this?

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psd manager isn't going to save you - learning a bit of photoshop and simple compositional techniques is

practice on some simpler images and copy work you like - that reference image you posted is pretty weak - i would only aim for that if you were blind.

maybe its time to get a job elsewhere - isn't MIR in Norway?