I usually take pictures of people and situations with people in them, as those are memories I want to hang on to.

You are recording images that trigger your memories. We call these snapshots. They are great for YOU and the people who shared these memories.

But unless they are well composed and objectively tell an interesting story, they likely hold no interest for anyone else.

When I see a lot of street photographers on YouTube etc, I feel like they take some well framed and pretty…also irrelevant images. Would they ever go back to an image of a busdriver they snapped at an intersection?

If it’s a good photograph, then it’s a good photograph. I’d be intersted in viewing it, maybe multiple times. And it’d be of intereste to people other than the photographer. That’s because the image stands alone and separate from the subjective experience of the person recording the image.

But if you don’t see value in that, that’s OK. Maybe you aren’t a fan of street photography.

I can appreciate the artistry and skill it takes in all genres of music, but I only enjoy less than 1 percent of that.

You take pictures of people also irrelevant images. Would they ever go back to an image of a busdriver they snapped at an intersection?

What should I do?

Include the pics in your portfolio to uni. Simple as that.

Your friend believing it’s creepy is their problem, not yours. If what you do is legal and hurts no one, just do it. Life is too short.

If all your friends and the rest of society believes it’s creepy (e.g. photographing kids at the swimming pool), then maybe you need to re-evaluate, even if it’s legal. But this is not that situation.