yeah, my technique for lightning photography is to get your camera setup on a tripod with a remote trigger in bulb mode, i even turn on MLU for good measure, choose some ridiculous aperture so that you can get 30+ second exposure without over exposing. then leaving your shutter open until just after a strike. and like sheeny said, focus on something that's reasonably far away, but bright enough to get autofocus to work. being in suburbia myself, there's no shortage of street lamps and signs.
good luck and keep shooting!
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