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Tips on taking photos at a event that’s at night..?

I am going to a halloween event that’s called scream town. (http://www.screamtown.com/) I have been there last year and its is pretty awesome. I am into photography and I was thinking that I bring my camera this year and take photos. Its at night so I need some tips. I have a Canon 30d and 1000d with a 18-55mm lens, 50 f1.8, 75-300mm, and a canon 480ex ii speed light. I was thinking that I bring a tripod, but I do not want to lug around all this stuff. so I just want to bring the 30d with 18-55mm and the speed light. I was thinking that I shoot in manual and expose it correctly in the background and just use a fill flash to keep it still so I don’t need a tripod.. I know I need a tripod for landscapes and long exposure shots. Any tips though ,I would like to use my camera with a tripod but I don’t want to lug it around. Thanks for tips!

I took pictures trick or treating with a canon 20D, 18-55mm zoom lens, and speedlite. Lugging around a tripod was out of the question as we kept on walking around.

Unless you are very comfortable using manual mode on both your camera and speelite, I recommend not relying solely on manual mode (at least not on the flash).

You won’t be able to expose the background correctly if it’s nighttime or if it’s too dark (you would need a tripod for that, since it would be a slow shutter speed). I guess you could try using the second curtain sync on your flash, but your pics still won’t come out the way you probably want them to.

What I do, when I want to use my camera in manual mode at night or in the dark, is to set the shutter speed at the flash sync speed (or faster, if you want to use high-speed sync) and just try to estimate the flash power I need. I may keep the flash power constant and just vary my aperture, or vice versa (which is harder to do, at least for me). I figure since the background will be dark anyway, I may as well use a fast shutter speed to avoid camera shake. This may or may not work for you, but that’s what I’ve done in the past (with varying results).

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