::CLAIRE NOEL PHOTOGRAPHY:: Kansas City, MO: brokedown buildings, bricks, and beauties.

So our evening class was canceled and it was the first somewhat-warm day we had had in a long while. "Lets go get iced chai and sit on a patio," I said. So my roommate, Jessica, and I hopped in my car and made our way to the nearby coffee shop. In the car she said, "I saw this really cool old building by the elementary school I was at today. It looks like it's being torn down, but it would be a cool place to take pictures." [And yes, of course I had my camera with me :)]
"That's it," I said, "we are going!" Just as we pulled into the coffee shop to get some tasty beverages to-go, we saw our sweet friend, Valerie. Valerie is one of the most enjoyable people a person will ever encounter and she makes everything fun, so we begged her to come with us on our little adventure.
We ordered our drinks and booked it to the site so we could steal the last hour or so of daylight.

This shot of Valerie was an accidental shot - we had moved from shade to a sunnier open area and I forgot to change my settings, so the shot was way over-exposed and highlights totally blown out. I thought it added kind of an artistic touch though, so I decided to keep it.