I have been fortunate enough to be one of eight people chosen to attend DO digital's academy days this term. Through the academy I will learn new techniques in 3Ds Max and Revit and eventually into more advanced techniques throughout the course days. So far the academy days have been hugely beneficial to me and my knowledge in the software is growing. 

The above images are renders from the lighting and rendering workshop. We learnt how to position the camera in the scene, create the backdrop image using maps and add ambient and main lighting.