Is it just me, or do you start to look at everything differently once you start taking more pictures? Like, I was walking around yesterday and saw random things that I just thought “Wow, that’s really cool, I need to get a picture of that!”

Also, on the photography thing, I’m curious. How do you go about taking pictures of random people or pets? Like… I never do it because I’m afraid to, but what do you do if you see someone walking a cute dog, or if you see someone with, say, an interesting hat? Would you ask them to take their picture? Is that rude? Insulting? Flattering?