Ray Tracing Difficulties

[jeffholloway]

I know this subject pops up a lot, but there really isn't much about it on the training videos! SO, my current problem is in a bathroom that I am redesigning for a client, and now that I am trying to put together a presentation package, and need pictures, the lighting is all (as my grandmother would say) cattywompus! I do have several recessed lights in the ceiling and over shower, bathtub, toilet, etc. and I have even tried putting their intensity down to 5! Still so bright it washes everything out! Please advise, and also understand that I really don't have resources to get a new rendering software either. Thanks!