AN SMA HELI ENTERED A TEMPORARY RESTRICTED AIRSPACE ON A PHOTO MISSION WITHOUT CLRNC.

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I DEPARTED BOEING FIELD WITH 1 PHOTOGRAPHER FROM A LCL NEWSPAPER. MY OBJECTIVE WAS TO FLY TO LAKE ISABEL TO PHOTOGRAPH THE SITE OF A SMALL PLANE ACCIDENT. I WAS INFORMED BY ANOTHER PLT THAT HE HAD CONTACTED THE LCL FSDO AND THEY INFORMED HIM THAT THE AIRSPACE IN THAT AREA WAS OPEN. I HAD JUST RETURNED FROM A FLT AND OBSERVED THE WX TO BE QUITE ADEQUATE FOR THE PHOTO FLT. I CHOSE NOT TO OBTAIN A WX BRIEFING FROM THE SEATTLE FSS BECAUSE I FELT ADEQUATELY PREPARED FOR THE DEP OF THIS PHOTO MISSION. I WAS UNAWARE OF ANY PREVIOUS AIRSPACE CLOSURE AS I HAD SEEN THE ACCIDENT SITE ON THE LCL NEWS. I WAS FLYING A BLUE AND WHITE HELI; I BROUGHT THE ACFT TO AN OUT OF GND EFFECT HOVER AT 400 FT AGL; 1/4 MI TO THE E OF THE RECOVERY AREA. THE ACFT WAS IN SHALLOW WATER ALONG THE SHORE WITH 4-5 PEOPLE STANDING ON THE BEACH. I WAS OVER THE LAKE A TOTAL OF 3-4 MINS AT A SAFE ALT. AFTER APPROX 3 MINS OF FLYING IN THIS AREA; A SKIFF THAT WAS PARKED NEXT TO THE SNOHOMISH COUNTY SHERIFF HELI WAVED ME AWAY. AT THAT TIME I DEPARTED THE AREA. UPON DEP; I CALLED FLT WATCH TO FIND AN EXPLANATION FOR BEING WAVED AWAY. I HAD NOT POSED A HAZARD IN THE AREA NOR FELT I HINDERED ANY GND OP. FLT WATCH INFORMED ME THAT THERE WAS A RESTRICTION.