Silver Tea (Eureka Springs Photographer)

Every year in December, the ladies from Saint James Episcopal Church in Eureka Springs, AR pull together a fund raising event called the Silver Tea. Every year it benefits a different organization in the Eureka Springs community. This year's beneficiary was the the Carnagie Library. Here are some images from this year's event.

This mother and daughter pair came over from a neighboring town to participate:

This is a four generation photo of some very nice ladies who try to make it to the Silver Tea every year. They drive down from Missouri to attend. (Attention ladies, If you are in this photo, please contact me at toni@maffei-albersphotography.com)

The force behind the curtain, these are just some of the ladies that helped make the event possible:

Austin and Hailey

Take a sunny day, a little chilly but with warm hearts, a century old house, a warmer house next door, take out BBQ and an outlaw movie.... That's a fun Albers family photo session. Here's some fun photos of two of my fav people!

Annette and Robert (Eureka Springs Wedding Photographer)

Small, quiet and intimate... that's how some of my favorite weddings are, and that's just how Annette and Robert chose to exchange their vows. On November 24, the day before Thanksgiving, they held a private ceremony at Thorncrown Chapel in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. It's beautiful there any time of year, even now after all the leaves have fallen.
Enjoy this little sneak peek at your photos Annette and Robert, and the rest will be ready to view very soon.

Silver Tea

On Thursday, December 2, I was in Eureka Springs photographing the Silver Tea event being held at the Crescent Hotel. By chance I was asked to photograph a four generation group of ladies who had come all the way from Cabool, MO to attend the Tea, but I didn't get any contact info from them. If any of these ladies is visiting my blog and sees this would you please email me at toni@maffei-albersphotography.com ? Thank you. Photos from the event will appear here soon.

Toni

Family Photos

Some from my own family this time. We took a day and went to visit our son, daughter in law and granddaughter for the day. It was warm and extremely windy out, but we still managed a few family pics outside on their lovely property. Always special, always memorable.... Thanks for a wonderful day, gang! Love you always.

Katrina and Derek

I first met the Buchholz family around 4 years ago when I was hired to photograph their daughter, Kayla's wedding at Thorncrown Chapel in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. It was a memorable event and a great pleasure to photograph. Then, a year ago, I was contacted again and asked this time to photograph daughter Katrina's wedding. I was honored to be asked by the parents of multiple daughters to photograph more than one of their children's weddings. So this fall, on October 15, Katrina married her love, Derek Selsor at Thorncrown Chapel in Eureka Springs. Fall is a beautiful time of year in the Ozarks and Eureka Springs is full of that natural beauty. Thorncrown Chapel sits in the forest and is surrounded by the warm colors of fall. After the ceremony, Katrina and Derek enjoyed a reception with family and friends in the Conservatory Room at the historic Crescent Hotel. A few of my favorite photographs from their special day are below. Again, it was a great pleasure to work with this lovely family. Best wishes to Katrina and Derek.

Caldwell Family Session (Buffalo National River Photographer)

I first met Melinda at my son and daughter in law's wedding shower earlier this summer. I was taking some pictures of the shower and she and I talked about her need for some family photos and a photograph she needed for her own business website. I gave her my card and we finally got the chance to get together and shoot these images at our favorite place, the Buffalo National River, near Ponca, AR. The fall colors were a little past their peak, but it still looked beautiful that day. I had a great time visiting with Melinda, Skyler and Rufus and capturing these images of them. The popular Steel Creek access is one of my favorite places to photograph people and you can see why. The beauty of nature is boundless here and what it does for your soul cannot be described in words. Here is a sneak peek from our session. Enjoy!

Riley Wilks (Senior Portrait Photographer)

Last year I had the pleasure of taking senior portraits of Mason Wilks. Now it's his sister, Riley's turn. Fortunately, we were able to find a beautiful fall day among Riley's busy schedule and still have some warm temps for most of the afternoon. Riley and her family live on Fisherman's Haven Resort on Table Rock Lake in southwest Missouri. Their home is a great setting with beautiful grassy areas, giant trees, bluffs and of course the beautiful lake. Riley is so pretty and fun to be around. You can tell she loves the great outdoors.... oh and the Kansas City Chiefs, and volleyball, and much more!
Our afternoon session was great fun with some really nice people in a beautiful spot in the Ozarks..... I'm kinda lucky.
Here's a little sneak peek for you, Riley. The rest are on the way!