I am doing an interior shot, if I were shooting with a real camera and wanted the environment lighting, I would turn off the house lights and just shoot the outside light. Now if I want more light I would just drag my shutter to let in more light. Basically speaking... My question in rendering terms, is this the equivalent of just increasing the environment power to get them same results in octane? Or is there some more technical/ maybe less technical way of approaching this result I am after?
Just a thought.
Thanks!