Tips for making cinematic lighting for portrait/small scene stills?

[Ditso]

Does anyone experienced have any tips for making photorealistic/cinematic lighting for still scenes and portraits?

 

[SlimerJSpud]

You might try these:

Simple photo scenes - Scenes -

Simple scenes that I used for my previous screenshots. Requested by @meamaskinke Only include default female character with some necessary assets, plugins, etc., as well as my customized LUTs for post-magic. Let me know if you like them. I will...

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ReShade profile & Scene to recreate the screenshot - Lighting + HDRI -

** update: fixed missing ini config file in the download ** With this scene you can recreate the screenshot below exactly as it is. Its intended for desktop users interested in the kind of aesthetic you get with this type of lighting setup and...

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This might be the best:

SuperShot Studio - Scenes -

*REQUIRES VAM 1.22.x* **NOTE: the walls are configured so that no character shadows show up on them to ensure you get a nice clean crisp image straight on. This won't affect the visibility of any nodes, however if you take manual shots with...

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[DJ]

If you're unfamiliar with the basics of 3 point lighting, check out this short tutorial. Or any of the dozens of tutorials you can find out there. Even if you use one of the lighting packs linked above, understanding the basic principles will make everything easer.