Originally Posted by abmj-jr

If you are trying this with a pocket type camera that doesn't have those options, the best you can do is turn on all the lights you can and brace the camera against a wall or door, something solid to give as much steadiness as you can get. I'd still meter an interior wall, press the shutter down halfway and recompose before firing the shutter. This is much more difficult to get good results than using a full-featured camera.