take the risk?

It's not that we should never take risks. but they have to be calculated risks.
Spent half the day walking around the CBD area, trying to familiarize myself with the public spaces...all for the sake of Design Research.
Photography as my main artefact. Wonder if i'll actually fail the assignment by choosing this method :(

People don't like being photographed. especially when its their privacy being the focus.

HELP!