i find 3ds max is pretty good to use, since most of the things i use such as Vray, Forerspt pack pro etc are compatible with 3ds max and easy to use. Ive never actually used blender but i believe its rather similar

I'm sorry there's one behind the camera!

I made the room and textures. All of the 3d assets are things I've gathered over the years, I did a scene just like this a few years ago using vray 3 so thought I'd re do it and see how much I have improved. The whole thing took me around 2 hours mainly playing around with the lighting and camera settings

I actually forgot to put a light on the candles lol they were a last min addition

Technically its a 3d photograph lol

I was going to do it in UE5 , but decided to do it in 3ds max and Vray 5. I'll convert the scene to ue5 sometime this week and see if I ca get better results