There is nothing like going through old photographs to show what is valuable in a photograph. We try to improve our photos but in doing we risk not taking the photos that will have value 20 to 40 years from now.
I had two grand parents who did photography, my grandmother on my father̢۪s side did landscape photography and was considered to be a good photographer by many and my grandfather on my mother̢۪s side, who took snap shots of the people around him.
When my grandmother past away I requested her photo collection, when I heard my parents were going to throw it away. Here is a photo from her collection, time taken was 1965 
My other grandmother just pasted away this year and I got a number of my grandfather̢۪s photographs, this is typical of what he took. 
This is my grandmother making homemade pizza with help from my cousin, this also would have been taking around 1965. Everything in the photo has meaning, to remove any of it would diminish the value of the photo.
In going through my grandmother̢۪s photos there are none that show her life or the life of those around her, they are sterile and have no interest. She was careful not to get people in her photos, or cars or anything else that might give a feeling of time. My grandfather̢۪s photos are snap shots but there are full of life and people.
So when you are taking photos that look good now don̢۪t forget to also capture the important parts of your life. Also be careful about what you clone out of a photo, it might be what you or your kids or your grand kids would want to see 40 years from now.
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