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Originally Posted by uno
There wasn't much security around here before 9/11. You can still get passed security if you are either slick or talk a very good game, but its tough.
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Havin' the gift-of-the-gab is definitely an asset. And a plausible-sounding reason why you're doing the photography. I often tell security or property owners that I'm doing historical archive photos for the Niagara Region Conservation Authority (not a total lie since I did once receive an award from them years ago). But that only works in the local area, of course.
Also depends on how you're dressed sometimes. I've had security come up to me on a few occasions and simply ask, "How much longer will you be needing for the photos?" - mistakenly thinking that I was there on official assignment or something (shrug).
Of the 80-100 abandoned places I've photographed over the years, I've only ever once run in to a potentially nasty confrontation (with a building owner), and I still managed to weasel my way outta real problems just by staying calm and talking my way out. Helps to be in my 40s...and not just some kid with a spraycan and a crowbar, heh.