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Snicka +1. Learn the rules, if you must, then forget them. Follow your instincts.
Train your eye to look closer at things than you would normally. Really observe what is going on around you. The closer you look, the more possibilities you see in even the most mundane objects, scenes, situations, etc. Before long you will see beauty everywhere. You don't even have to have a camera with you, just get used to looking at things inside the frame that exists in your mind - always thinking about composition.
Take chances. Don't be afraid of negative space (I don't care for that 'fill the frame' rule). And if you're looking through your viewfinder and your subject begs to be centered, then center the goddamn thing - and do it powerfully!
Same goes for perspectives, someone mentioned previously. Condition yourself to imagine what a subject will look like from different perspectives - and try them all.
Otherwise, yes, just take a lot of pictures. And trust in your own unique way of looking at things. I believe that if you have the urge to do more with a camera than take snapshots, then you have a vision trying to get out. Don't doubt yourself. And don't let anyone tell you you're not doing it right.
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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce
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