Simple question: Planes / texture failing to show up in image render

SOLVED: I DID NOT KNOW THAT I WAS REQUIRED TO ADD LIGHTING

Dear BlenderArtists,

I’m completely new to Blender. I made a very simple animation of two checkerboards, each made up of two planes, one white one black, but when I try to render as an image, I get this:


Instead of the camera view which is this:


Thank you ever so much for your help!!

PLC