Practice, practice, practice, it does help. Some thoughts about doing a 365 project… do it with some friendly folks and notice how you see the world differently, how taking pictures becomes a habit, how your hands get muscle memory for your camera.
The wonderful Flickr group of TWIP Family listeners who I’m doing my 365 project with:
https://www.flickr.com/groups/twipfamily365/
Jenny Stein made me do it. Her TWIP Family podcast:
http://thisweekinphoto.com/category/family/
Update! In November 2016 Jenny moved from TWIP to publish her own podcast “The Family Photographer” here:
http://thefamilyphotographer.org/