Angles
Most of us shoot pictures of people at eye level, but a good idea is to try different angles in relationship to the people you're photographing.
To photograph people, even babies and animals, from above is usually not as effective as taking pictures at eye level. Sometimes the best shots come when the photography is just a tiny bit lower than the subject of the photograph.
Fashion photographers usually take pictures looking upward at their models--except in head shots when the photography does exactly the reverse and takes the picture from sightly above (which takes care of the double-chin and other issues that the model may prefer to disguise a bit.)
So if you're taking pictures of a person, try this:
Take one shot from slightly higher than the person, one shot at eye level, and one standing or kneeling a bit, looking up at a slight angle at the person.
Then try the same with objects--a glass of wine, a piece of sculpture, a bowl, anything--just to see the difference in camera angles.
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