Learn the following:

Record the details of your subject's face when the sun or light is behind them. 

Learn the camera setting that makes gray snow look white and captures details in the shadows.

Use the video function on your smartphone or point-and-shoot camera to make sound videos.

Use the macro feature to fill your photos with the closeup, in-focus bloom of a flower.

Photograph sports or a running toddler that doesn't look blurry.

Blur the background but leave the subject in focus in a photo.

Learn to use the many available features on your smartphone, point-and-shoot, tablet and DSLR camera. 

Find free or low-cost apps to make your smartphone smarter?