3 things 

3 things I took away from this class is lighting, angles and timing. 

Lighting is everything, and even when you don't have the perfect golden hour light you can still take the grey lighting and make an incredible picture. When it comes to angles, you want to take the pictures at heart height to get an appropriate size of the object for your focus. If you take an object from above it becomes smaller and if from below it becomes larger. Angles can distort your photo also, like for say if your camera is croocked. Timing is also critical, in life and for photography. Split seconds can affect how a birds wing looks or how clear the photo comes out. Overall I think these three topics are the most important in photography and can either make or break your photo.