Indoor Photography:

When shooting indoors you could use a high speed film setting such as ISO 400 or 800. This makes the camera more sensitive to light and thereby you can get a decent exposure even in low light conditions. With modern digital cameras, you can immediately see a preview of the shot and decide if the light was adequate. If your camera has an auto focus option you should use it to focus accurately on your subject. Where light is too low for this feature, some models have a built in focusing light (such as the Fuji fine professional series). In the absence of this feature it is better to focus manually if light is too low for the auto focus.

When the light is just not enough, the camera compensates for this by letting the light enter for more time, and this is done by leaving your shutter open for maybe a second or more duration. If handheld, your pictures would have an undesirable shake effect in such case. Correct this be either turning on the flash indoors, or if it is still life you are photographing, using a tripod would do the trick.

Power
When shooting indoors, it generally requires more power, whether using the flash or using tripod as may be the case. If you have a lot of low light photography planned, remember this means you run the risk of running out of battery sooner than normal. Auto focus can be very badly affected by low battery power, and this pretty much takes the joy out of your photography.

Glare
Have you ever had images with certain areas too bright? This happens when a source of light is directly in front of you, and also by reflections off the flash. The flash light can reflect a glare off something like a mirror in the room. You could correct this by shooting from a different angle.

Composition
Composition is how you frame the shot. Keep a balance in your photography frames, and work towards not cutting off parts of people's faces. And do try and concentrate on the background as well. For example a lamp post right behind the subject's head is an undesirable element in the photo. Also, make sure you are not obstructing any part of the lens with woolens etc.

Outdoor
Outdoor photography can be done with film speeds as low as ISO 50, and sometimes even less. The low film speed means the camera becomes less sensitive to light but it also increases the sharpness and quality of the grain. If you are photographing people who need to squint because of the sun, do reposition the subjects if possible. You could get the sun on the side rather than right behind you. But never in front of the camera or that would cause a glare effect.

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