Aaron Eakin
Off Limits
I haven't been out shooting much at all lately. So, the other evening, I set aside some time to specifically get out there. But sunset just wasn't happening, so I started driving around downtown, looking for some interesting verticals. I finally stopped at the Columbia Tower, the tallest building in Seattle. I had shot here previously, so this time I walked around it a bit looking for a new perspective, and found this one, which I liked with the corner and the light.
Unfortunately, this area had a sign up that said "Patio Closed". I figured I'd be in and out quickly so no big deal. Well, right after I took this, a security guard comes running around the corner, yelling at me about trespassing. "Closed means closed!!". I apologized and said I was just trying to photograph his pretty building, but he wasn't having any of it, and rudely escorted me out...not just out of the closed patio, but off the property entirely.
I then thanked him for keeping the building safe from dangerous criminals like me....and I may have made the universal hand signal of friendship at the security camera after he was back at his desk too, just for good measure. So, I'm pretty sure I'm not welcome in that building anymore....
Not bad for my first photo outing in over a month, huh?
Off Limits
I haven't been out shooting much at all lately. So, the other evening, I set aside some time to specifically get out there. But sunset just wasn't happening, so I started driving around downtown, looking for some interesting verticals. I finally stopped at the Columbia Tower, the tallest building in Seattle. I had shot here previously, so this time I walked around it a bit looking for a new perspective, and found this one, which I liked with the corner and the light.
Unfortunately, this area had a sign up that said "Patio Closed". I figured I'd be in and out quickly so no big deal. Well, right after I took this, a security guard comes running around the corner, yelling at me about trespassing. "Closed means closed!!". I apologized and said I was just trying to photograph his pretty building, but he wasn't having any of it, and rudely escorted me out...not just out of the closed patio, but off the property entirely.
I then thanked him for keeping the building safe from dangerous criminals like me....and I may have made the universal hand signal of friendship at the security camera after he was back at his desk too, just for good measure. So, I'm pretty sure I'm not welcome in that building anymore....
Not bad for my first photo outing in over a month, huh?