How?

Off camera lighting is definitely used.

>>3114732
This. Basically whole lots of soft lighting to just brighten the whole place up. You can see near the bottom of the columns where it gets darker because of the lack of lighting

They either used off camera lighting

Or took advantage of some large windows, and placed parchman or some paper over them to diffuse the light a bit

>>3114732
>>3114733
>>3114750


Gotcha. So basically bounce light around the scene in order to bring up specific areas? Could the same thing be achieved without the off camera lighting, by using a tripod then taking multiple images to bring up certain areas, then masking and merging in post?

Do most prefer continuous lighting rather than flashes/strobes?

>>3114756
I guess you could do that, but it would certainly be more work than moving lights and diffusing them. like, youll be able to see the end result in a single exposure as you're adjusting the lights rather than hoping your post production skills are any good

>>3114756
Get it right in camera first, then touch up later.

Looks like they used some decently powerful lights in the two rooms back there (or natural light). The light in this room emulates a skylight, so it could either be bounced off a ceiling (easiest) or a big softbox was brought in (more work). I can't decide if the bounce was straight up, or up and back a bit.