Taking a look at basic lighting and textures for creating a space scene in Cinema 4d, Shane Benson covers setting up the scene with the background reference image, and lights, with some basic light settings.
Part 2 deals with textures and basic lights
Shane has done another tutorial set with a great and extensive series in Sub-D Modeling in Cinema 4D, if you haven’t checked that out yet you should: Sub-D Modeling in Cinema 4D.