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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bob Blaylock" data-source="post: 565114" data-attributes="member: 16749">With lighting, you're going to be dealing with a very wide dynamic range.  This calls for the use of HDR techniques.  Set your camera up on a tripod, and go into manual exposure mode.  Take a series of pictures at different exposure levels, ranging from one where the brightest parts of the light are properly exposed, to one where the dimmest parts of the image are properly exposed.  Then, use a program like <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=52481" target="_blank">Microsoft's Geodesic HDR</a> to make a single image from three of those shots, that include one with the brightest and dimmest parts well-exposed, and one from somewhere in the middle.</blockquote>