Breastfeeding Mini Sessions | St. Augustine Florida Family Photographer

If you follow Megan Soto Photography - you're likely familiar with the Public Breastfeeding Awareness Project by now. If you're not - head over to social media and find out what it's all about + follow along!

Since launching the campaign this year I have had several moms reach out to me asking if I was offering Breastfeeding sessions. You asked - I answered! To celebrate World Breastfeeding Week and Month I will be offering breastfeeding mini sessions. 

Sessions will available in St. Augustine at one of the following locations:

-St. Augustine Beach

- Vilano Beach 

- Downtown St. Augustine

-Mission Grounds

Session must be paid in full to reserve your session. Retainer is non-refundable. 

Year in review

It's been a full year since Megan Soto Photography was officially launched. In the same way it feels with children - I can't believe it's already been a full year and at the same time it has ONLY been one year!

This year was certainly one for growth. I had no idea how much I had to learn when I started this journey. And while I've learned so so so much - I haven't even scraped the surface.  There have been plenty of bumps in the road a long the way - but there have also been several opportunities I would have never even dreamed of. I've met some awesome people and had the pleasure of photographing friends and family. Here are my top 5 memories of my first year in business - in random order - because they are all unique and special in their own right!

1.) Having my image selected by Evoking You for their image of the week challenge  - see it here

2.) Booking a session with a family traveling from out of state. You can see their session here

3.) Traveling to California to photograph the Sacred Beginnings retreat. See more from the retreat here

4.) Joining the Public Breastfeeding awareness project and watching the project go completely viral from Huffington Post, to midwifery today and more . See my images from the project here.

See the work of all the talented photographers who participated in 2014 here. 
Keep an eye out for even bigger and better things with the project coming in 2015!

5.) Watching my St. Patty's day session from 2014 - my first ever official mini session series - go Pintrest crazy! With over 800 pins and this picture even making it to the first image in the search of St. Patrick's day pictures it was awesome to watch! You can pin the session here

To everyone who has made this past year what it has been - I cannot thank you enough! You're all amazing and I am so excited to continue to grow in this journey and be trusted with your memories!

CHEERS!

Sacred Beginnings Retreat - San Diego

I first met Danielle - creator of Sacred Beginnings- in an Itsy Bitsy yoga class she was leading back in 2010. The yoga was fun- my daughter and I both enjoyed it and learned a handful of useful tricks- but what I remember more than anything from those days was getting to be with other moms, and their babies, all different yet the same - and for an hour or more each week we would just sit and talk. About motherhood. About relationships. About life. I looked forward to class every week. 4+ years later and the majority of us moms are still in contact.

I didn't really know what to expect going into the Sacred Beginnings retreat - but I was not going to turn down the opportunity to photograph a retreat in California - so off I went.

As I've mentioned before - it takes me a while to unwind and remember how to relax; especially in new environments, where I tend to get sensory overload and turn into an even more yappy sarcastic version of regular myself. But as the retreat progressed I was able to find my little sliver of calm.

The moms there were all in different stages of life - and had come to the retreat for various reasons. But one thing that stood out to me above all else was the longing for, and consequently the building of, a community.  I witnessed these women excited to go home and expand on that community in their home towns.

As a society we are so hyper-focused on independence and individuality that we have - intentionally or not - abandoned the ideas of community and solidarity. So seeing this community form, and seeds planted for it to continue to grow, truly makes my heart happy.

Danielle has always had a gift for bringing people together and fostering communities. I couldn't think of a more perfect roll for her than to pass on her light to other women and have them share in her gifts of oneness. I am forever thankful for her passion and dedication to bringing moms together and am SO excited to see what the future holds for Sacred Beginnings - and for the unity it will bring to mothers across the world.