To ask to take a picture of someone or to just sneakly do it anyway...?

I've had a productive morning today! I popped into Newcastle to take some photographs of people  with the intention of flashing my MMU id card and asking for a photo but instead didn't bother asking and just took photos anyway! It sounds weird but it wasn't as if I was making it obvious that I was taking a picture of the people. Instead, I stood at the side of the shops, pretending to take pictures of the hustle and bustle of the street, when I actually I was trying so hard to get a good photograph of people passing by. The reason I decided not to ask people to take a photo was because I wanted to capture they're natural expressions. If I did ask, they would probably have a massive grin on their face when really they probably didn't want to smile (after all, it was very cold). I wanted to capture their feelings in that second, not mask it with fake smiles.

 

 

 

Here are a selection of most of the photographs I took today. I'm really pleased with them as there are a variety of ages and genders, so I'll be able to experiment with them in different ways. Tomorrow, I'm going to start drawing from some of them...lets hope I get some interesting results!