Hi!
I am new here, this is my first post… and I post my work. I tried to recreate room based upon photo. All modeling, lightning by me, textures from internet. Some textures i have replaced with other, similar.Render: cycles.Oh yes…
left is Photo(autor : Scott Hargis), right is my work…
Love people who learn by copying a photo. Thumbs up for you.
Told this, You have to look at shadows and reflections in the original photo to understand where the light comes from.
For example there is a big indicative shadow in the ceiling with a certain inclination degree that tells you that there is a light source positioned above the ceiling and right up the stairs.
But this is just one example, you’ll have to figure out more by yourself. :evilgrin:
Also take care of materials, and fresnel reflections.