One thing I've learned... always carry my camera. I've lost many awesome photo ops because I didn't pay attention to the simple things: no camera, memory and battery life.
Second... keep shooting. The more photos taken, the more to choose from. I've had moments where what I thought was in focus ended up being fuzzy. It can be frustrating and avoided. When taking the "perfect" photo dont stop at one --or even five-- instead change the angle, depth of focus or subject concentration.
I relized the hard way that a bad photo cannot be fixed with Photoshop. Contrast, composition and tone can be modified with effort and experience however, if the original photo is blurred or has very high contrast, it would be easier and more practical to reshoot.
Don't hesitate to take a photo because you think it won't have enough lighting or there are too many other distractions in the frame. The photo below, a snapshot of a portion of the Alamo, was a "drive by" shot at midnight with a macro lens and no tripod. I assumed it wouldnt come out correctly and the lcd screen confirmed the image was very dark. I almost deleted it.
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