An image processing apparatus may include a light capturing unit to generate light environment information by photographing or capturing a light environment of an object, and an object capturing unit to generate object information by photographing or capturing the object. The image processing apparatus may further include a modeling unit to generate a 3-dimensional (3D) model by reflecting or combining the light environment information and the object information, and a rendering unit to render a resultant image with respect to at least one view using the 3D model.