Midnight Walk - Advise please

[Scotto]

Looking for a little bit of advise :)

I have a friend who wants me to take some pictures of a sponsored walking event which will be happening through the night, basically from midnight to 6am.

I use a 350D can someone give me some advise please, I only have the standard 'on-board' flash, 18-55mm, 70-300 lenses, What settings should i adopt to get the best pictures etc.

[sageone]

on board flash will be tough especially in the dark situation...pray for a full moon at least. The best advice I can give is buy a mounted flash like the 580ex. If you can't buy a flash - which is a great tool to have in the bag - I'd shoot in raw so you have more post processing options. Maybe shoot in manual too.

[Gipetto]

scout some positions on the route they're gonna take and see if there will be some nice stuff to do some time exposures. Bring along a flash and you can set the camera for a long exposure and actually walk off somewhere else to pop the flash manually...

[Scotto]

thanks for the ideas guys.. really appreciate it.

[Cathpah]

focusing in the dark will also be difficult.
make sure to bring a bright flashlight in order to light up the area that you plan to shoot enough so that you can focus before the shot needs to occur