Advanced lighting

[miacreed]

Hi all, hope all is well.

I'm writing because I'd like to take lighting in my scenes to the next level and I'm unsure of how to proceed. I normally use a CoronaSun, (low intensity + large size, normally at 35/40) with a CoronaSky. I normally don't add any additional artificial lighting in a daytime scene.
There's an artist who works in Corona who has an amazing grip on lighting and I'm wondering if anyone here can advise me as to how to achieve similar lighting in an interior scene.

I'm attaching two examples of his work + 1 example of mine.

Any advice is welcome, YouTube tutorials can only get you so far!

Best,
Mia

[TomG]

TBH the secret might be in the tone mapping, rather than in the lighting.