Unless you've already covered this part in another lecture it may be useful to establish certain qualities that all real-world lights posses
V-RAY FOR 3DS MAX: CAUSTICS This demonstration goes over the setting up of caustics with the V-Ray Sun and V-Ray Dome lights
covers some of the ways artists can use the V-Ray Material in 3ds Max to create In the folder 09 Studio open the scene named 01 VRay Mtl A max
This presentation covers the use of the V-Ray Instancer in 3ds Max Command Panel > Create tab > Geometry > VRay > VRayInstancer V-RAY INSTANCER
This presentation covers the use of the V-Ray Proxy in 3ds Max Command Panel > Create tab > Geometry > VRay >VRayProxy • Create > V-Ray > V-Ray Proxy
3ds max 2011, also how to use ies lights, setting lighting with vray sun If you want to download the ies file that i used in this scene click here