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1. Lowest ISO possible, shoot in camera RAW, not jpeg if you can.
2. Use a tripod (or small beanbags work great as portable tripods if you don't have one)
3. Use a remote control (if your camera can use wireless remotes, you can buy knock-offs of the brand name version for under $10 on eBay). You can't be touching the camera when using long exposures. Cheap wired remotes work great too, and knock-offs are cheap on-line.
4. Use 10 second to 1 minute exposure times, and just keep hitting that button during a lightning storm (yeah, it's a bit of work). On some cameras you can simply set it to repeat a timed exposure. I prefer shorter times like 10 seconds, as if there are other lights they often tend to bleed and effect the apparent sharpness of the pic.
5. Don't zoom-in too much trying to get specific strikes from one area; if you're using a decent camera and low (under 200) iso, you can crop for your lightning shot later
6. Use at least f/7.1, preferably 11 or 16(you never know where it's going to hit, so you've to try to keep your depth of field [in-focus area] as big as possible)
7. "Chimp" for the background of the sky; that is, when you start, make sure you like the color of the sky in the background or objects in the foreground by checking test-shots on the back of your cam, and adjust accordingly (while trying to keep your f/stop between 7.1 and 16, your exposure time 10-20 secs, and your iso as low as possible). If you don't like how the background or anything else looks when you're chimping, add or subtract a little light. (Chimping means looking continually at the images you've just taken through your camera's display.) Don't let it be confusing: you'll usually do just fine trusting your light meter and going off that.
8. If you've a hood for your lens, use it. Chances are it'll be raining, and that will help keep the rain out. Also, bring plenty of dry cloths to keep your lens moisture-free.
...or you can CHEAT ;o) You won't get a hi-res or a very sharp pic, but you can impress your friends on facebook by using this method:
1. Set up your dSLR to take video in 1080p of the entire storm, .
2. Open the video in Final Cut Pro (or a free online video editing program) and actually take-out the specific frames with lightning in them, and BAM! You have lightning photos :0) There are lots of these on dA, you can always tell when the lightning photos look like they were taken on a cell phone.
Anyway, I hope that helps.
~Erik