The other night I took this image, while standing on Disney property, just before security came by and said that they were called over to investigate what was going on. I told them I was out just taking some pictures, and offered to take theirs and would send them the shot if she provided an email.

This seemed to soften her up at bit, and she said that I can use my camera to take images of the Music Hall while standing on the property yada, yada, yada, but I cannot use my tripod, unless I was on the sidewalk. Oh, ok, it’s a good thing I’ve got a long lens to make up the 20 foot gap, I thought.

I have to say, she was the most courteous security guard I have ever encountered, professional, polite, and willing to offer an alternative other than the “no pictures, no trespassing, or empty your memory card” types. I don’t know if this was due to training, her personality type, or my own positive nature, but I have to hand it to the security company at the Disney Music Hall for having her on the team. If all security guards, no, most, no, even half of the security people out there had the people skills this young woman had, they would not have such a bad rap among the general populace. Anyway, that’s my two cents.

Disney Concert Hall and Dorothy Chandler Pavillion