Originally posted by Justin M.:
I have thought of that - one shot I need is in a department store - I don't want to risk getting there and have them say 'no'. Have you tried asking in a big department store or somewhere similar?

What line of approach do you use?
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">It's like these are my minions and they shall obey me, even though it's their store and they have the right to say no.

Before you just "show up", can't you call and work something out? And if you have people in the background, you need releases for them.