Summer Set House

[glorybound]

Thank you! Well, I always try to get shadows on my foreground, so I turn everything off except for my ground plane and a tree. I move the tree around in plan while I have the camera view in IPR mode. I move things around until I get some nice shadows. On the house, the same thing. I try to get 2/3rds in lights and 1/3rd in shadow. I also use a vraylightselect for the sun and layer that on in post-production. For the HDRI, I get all mine from https://hdri-locations.com/

[glorybound]

how about something in the windows - curtains/sheers/blinds? always so dark, even disturbing a bit. would lighten up your houses for sure.

I agree, however, every single time I place curtains or blinds I am asked to removed them, so I stopped trying. Usually, my window frames are not so dark, so people like the contrast. These frames are dark, so it's different, which is why I boosted the reflection in post-production.

[Jiri.Matys]

I think it looks very good. Nice lighting and greenery. Well done.

[paulison]

I prefer the second front on image. very nice background, plants and other setup looks spot on. I would agree with some comments on the windows - maybe it could benefit from a reflection plane behind the camera to pick up some hint of what is there but maybe more grass hills and sky visible for the contrast. Personally I also think the red brick may be a touch saturated but these are probably more personal choices. how are you modelling these jobs up and rendering within a day? that's insane to me!