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ABOVE. LAST MAN STANDING. Shot with 23mm lens at f2, 1/1600s, ISO 2000.
ABOVE. Shot on the day it was publicly announced that the store was closing. BELOW. Taken on the last day of store operation.
ONE LAST TIME. Shot with 18-55mm lens at 18mm and f5.6, 1/240s, ISO 1600.
EMPTY. View of the store on the final day of operation. Shot with 18-55mm lens at 20mm and f5, 1/140s, ISO 1600.
NOT SO DANGEROUS ANYMORE. Our stock room after it had been emptied. The room was quite messy until Leann organized it. Once everything was put in order she dubbed it the Danger Room. The name just stuck and it continued to be called that even after she left.
THE END IS NEAR. Taken the night after our farewell dinner party. The last shot of the outside of the store before it was papered up. Shot with 23mm lens at f2, 1/100s, ISO 1600.
WATCHING THE WATCHERS. Jasmine and Blanca inside the store looking out after the windows had been papered. Shot with 35mm at f2, 1/200s, ISO 1600.
TOP AND BOTTOM LEFT. Store viewed from the outside after the final day of operation. BOTTOM RIGHT. Sorry, we're closed. This customer pulled up right as I was about to leave and ended being the final shot of the day.
THE LAST OF US. The store was blessed with always having good, hard working people, and this crew was no exception. Farewell dinner at P.F. Chang's. Blanca (and her son), Jasmine, Nohemy, Destiny, Steve, and Tom; the last Aaron Brother's team to work at Aaron Brothers.
LEAVE THE LIGHTS ON. Taken on the evening it was first announced to the public that the store was closing. Shot with 35mm lens at f5.6, 1/100s, ISO 2500.
FOR REX. The Golden Age. The longest running manager during my time at Aaron Brothers. A time full of birthday cakes, turkey for Thanksgiving, and Christmas dinner parties and Secret Santas.