Nicely done. There are many good books on lighting but it can be just as much fun experimenting. You don't have to have anything special (unless you want to) you can work wonders with any lamps in your house or torches (I use a lot of torches!)
Fab composition! This is one of my challenges this week for Get Pushed...set up shot and lighting...I am not good at these but you seem to be on your way...great shot! @steampowered torches is a really cool idea...thanks!
Very nice; I did a Rosary shot a few weeks ago, it was awful! I deleted them all. It is very sentimental piece, as they belonged to my Husbands father. I may have to revisit that too.