Here is a great article on how to light like the pros. These techniques may be used for photography, video, painting and 3d animation. Included in this article is a FREE blender file of a proper 3 point lighting setup.
I am very proud of how far Blender has gone. At this speed I can only imagine how much further they can go.
Now Blender will allow you to render on the global render farm to speed up your render process.
Blender 3D is a free 3D app to create animations, compositing, games and modeling. It is an amazing tool! And it is FREE! 🙂