Saw this in NH.com:

Local Photographer Earns Silver Level Photographer of the Year Award
November 6, 2009



Madonna Lovett Repeta of Photography by Madonna in Bedford, NH has earned a Silver Level Photographer of the Year Award from Professional Photographers of America (PPA). She will be honored at PPA’s annual convention, Imaging USA, in January in Nashville, TN. She will receive her award at the Grand Ole Opry.

A PPA member earns a Photographer of the Year Award by earning a merit for each of the four images submitted in their print case – an incredible accomplishment. All merited images enter the PPA’s renowned General Collection.

The level of the award is determined by how many of those four prints receive the highest possible honor: acceptance into the PPA Loan Collection. The Loan Collection travels the world for one year and is displayed at print exhibits, conventions and other photography events.

Madonna Lovett Repeta received a Silver Level Photographer of the Year Award, meaning that one of her four merited prints entered the PPA Loan Collection. In 2009, she was one of only 67 Silver Level Photographers of the Year worldwide.

“These awards are among the most prestigious in the industry,” confirms PPA Exhibition Committee Chair Helen Yancy. “The recipients of these awards have proven the quality of their work on a consistent basis in one of the highest quality image competitions in the world, PPA’s International Print Competition.

PPA, a worldwide association, exists to assist its more than 22,000 members in achieving their professional, artistic and fraternal goals, promote public awareness of the profession and to advance the making of images in all of its disciplines as an art, a science and a visual recorder of history.

Ms. Repeta has been a professional photographer in Bedford for over 13 years. She specializes in Portraits, Fine Art and Real Estate photography.

October update

Business has been unbelievably busy! We feel very blessed to share so many special moments with our clients as we capture a newborns first image, a couple expecting their first child, a high school senior entering their last year of high school and preparing for life after high school and the families who get together for a family portrait. We have also been busy photographing Real Estate exteriors and interiors. Linda and I find this fun and sometime challenging. This month, we also photographed the Bedford Fire Department's Open House,the NH Firefighter/EMT Awards Night at the Capitol Center in Concord and the Fallen Firefighter Memorial service in Concord. These images are currently available for viewing on my website www.PhotographyByMadonna.com under the LINKS tab. Here is a short video clip from using some of the images from the 3 firefighter events we photogrpahed month.

I am just back from PPANE (Professional Photographers of New England) Conference. I attended some great courses, earned some ribbons for my images, spent time with friends and went too many days without much sleep. I also won a Scholarship for NEIPP (New England Institute of Professional Photography)!!!!

Recent 'Natural Light' Photo session.

Here are a few proofs from a recent high school senior's 'Natural Light' photo session.

BIG news!

I forgot to mention my latest and biggest ever award! I am the recipient of the Professional Photographers of America (PPA) "2009 Photographer of the Year Award." My winning images from the PPA International Competition be seen on my website www.PhotographyByMadonna.com or on my Face Book page.

Some proofs from a recent photo session

Here are some proofs from a recent photo session with one of our favorite babies. This is LT at her 9 month photo session. She is enrolled in our "baby's 1st Year" program.

Finally on FaceBook

I have joined FaceBook. Check out my FaceBook page. I am listed as Madonna Lovett Repeta and Photography By Madonna.

New Website & New E-mail Address

I have been very busy working on my new website whenever I was not working in the Studio. I am pleased to announce that the new website is up and running! The new website is www.PhotographyByMadonna.com. There is an e-mail link on the site. My new e-mail address is M_Studio@comcast.net

Firefighter Training Images

I have recently photographed the following firefighter trainings with Bedford Fire: Forest Fire Training and Swift Water Rescue Training. Some of the images are available for viewing/purchasing at http://photos.avaloneditions.com/photosonline.com Please contact your department or me to obtain the Access Codes to log onto the site. There is also a link on my website under the 'Links' page.

Photo Session for a 3 Month Old

Hi All!
Business has been VERY busy...which is a good thing!
Here are some images from a recent photo session with an adorable 3 month old.
I have a program that parents join called "Baby"s First Year." For $169 the baby has a photo session at 3, 6, 9 and 12 months of age. These are important stages in baby's first year. At 3 months they are alert and starting to smile. At 6 months of age, babies are really smiling and laughing. At 9 months of age, babies are sitting and pulling themselves up. At 12 months of age, they are often walking and have developed their personalities. This package allows the parents to choose their favorite images from each sesion. At the end of baby's first year, I create a customized 11x14 storyboard/collage with their four images and the baby's name and birth date.
Enjoy the image samples!
Madonna

1st blog post

Welcome!
I recently returned from the Bahamas International School for Professional Photographers (BISPP). I have decided to start a blog. I will update at least twice a month. For now, I have two blog sites. One is Photography by Madonna and the other is Studio Gallery M; both are on blogspot.com. I want to see which blog name will work better for better.

I am in the process of designing a new website (finally!). My old website http://www.madonnalovettrepeta.com/ is so-o out of date...by years! Here are a few of my images from the Bahamas. FYI, they are all low resolution images with a watermark.
Please visit again!
M