Dead Week

This is another picture that was directly inspired by my brother Tom, and it was actually based on a promise I made to him several months ago. We were talking about taking photos in public and I told him how I get nervous when photographing strangers because I don't want to make anyone uncomfortable. His reply was simple: "Dude, they probably won't even notice you. And if they did, they probably wouldn't care." He had a good point, and I told him I would go to the Student Union on campus and deliberately take photos of people to try to get over my public photo phobia. This, then, is a direct result of our conversation.

I took several pictures while I was walking around at the Union, some closer to people and some farther away, but Tom was right: nobody so much as batted an eye. And come to think of it, I probably wouldn't either if some dude came around snapping photos in a public place like that. This one is my favorite of the bunch because it's got a lot going on, with the two stude