Practise practise practise.
Practise the rule of 3.
Practise a steady hand.
Practise focusing on a specific point and snapping the shot when the subject enters the frame. (Pre focus)
Practise taking shots without looking into view finder or screen.
Practise taking shots while moving (steady hand and smooth movements)
Practise accessories deployment such as tripods, lens hood etc.
Auto focus and ISO are huge improvements over the last few years, but IMO, they're improvements that mostly aid unskilled people take better pictures "by accident". Changing angles, waiting for subjects to enter the frame, proper "centering" of the subject in the photo, those help to take better shots too.
I am one of those fools that likes to point a camera on auto and click pictures. I sometimes wish I could sit down and tweak settings for much more killer shots, but I am too lazy for that.
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