Family Thanksgiving - Suggestions Needed

[Fotografer]

Hello All </p>
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<p>Thank you ahead of time for any and all suggestions.</p>
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<p>I have down the basic use of my Camera and needed some suggestions for a large family event that I will be attending this weekend. </p>
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<p>I will be up in dreary Ohio, so unless it is a nice day outside (doubtful) most of the pictures will be indoors. The idea is to get as many great pictures of the food and people to put together a nice hardcover photo book as Christmas gifts.</p>
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<p>Should I just stick the camera on Auto to be safe? I'm semi comfortable with sticking it on manual, but also want to make it as user friendly at the same time. What lens should I be using to take most of the pictures? Should I pull out a tripod for anything?</p>
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<p>I will post pictures after the weekend <img src="http://thephotoforum.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" border="0" alt="" title="smile" smilieid="105" class="inlineimg" /></p>
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<p>Thank you!</p>
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