NIGHT PHOTOS AT SAPPORO SNOW FESTIVAL

Hello everyone, I am some what new to photography and have a Canon XTi with a
28-135, 1:3.5-5.6 IS

I am at the Sapporo Snow festival in Japan wanting to take night shots, please help me!!!!
What is the best settings for night shots and what mode???

PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!

Thanks

Tripod. Manual or Bulb. ISO 100. Exposure settings depend on how much light is available. Aperture settings depend on how much depth of field you want.

Thanks Todd, but I keep reading for night that the ISO should be 800 not low as you stated 100. Any reason why you recommend that ISO?

Thanks again

Well, if you are doing hand-held, then yes, you will probably need a higher ISO in order to keep the shutter speed high enough to avoid hand shake.

However, correct night photography, using a tripod, removes hand shake out of the equation, so there is no need to have a quick shutter speed. The camera is on a tripod, so you can leave the shutter open for 30 seconds, a minute, 10 minutes, etc.. whatever is needed to get proper exposure.

The higher the ISO is, the more noise that is introduced into the image. The best night shots that you see, are generally shot with as low of an ISO setting as possible.