Every year I choose a word.

Not as a marketing exercise. Not as a resolution. But as a way of paying attention.

A word becomes a filter. It shapes what I say yes to, what I say no to, how I shoot, how I edit, and how I move through the work.

For 2026, that word is Reverence.

Not reverence in the religious sense. Reverence in the human sense.

A deep respect for what’s already there.

For people as they are, not as they perform.
For light as it moves across limestone and water and skin.
For moments that are fleeting, imperfect, and completely unrepeatable.

Paris invites spectacle. It is easy to turn this city into a backdrop, a prop, a fantasy. But the real beauty here is quieter than that.

It lives in the way the morning light enters an apartment on the Left Bank.
In the way a veil catches the wind on a bridge.
In the way two people slow down when they stop trying to perform Paris and simply inhabit it.

That is where my work lives.

Reverence is the opposite of forcing something to be meaningful.
It is noticing that it already is.

Over the years, wedding photography has become louder. Faster. More optimized. More styled. More trend driven. More designed for content than for memory.

There is nothing inherently wrong with that. But it is not where I do my best work.

My best work happens when I slow down enough to see.
When I stop chasing and start witnessing.
When I allow moments to unfold instead of directing them into something legible.

Reverence changes the posture of the photographer.

Instead of extracting images from a day, I am present inside it.
Instead of hunting moments, I am making space for them.
Instead of performing creativity, I am practicing attention.

That shift changes everything.

It changes how I approach destination weddings in Paris. Not as productions, but as gatherings. As days that belong first to the people living them, not to the images being made.

It changes how I see fashion here. Not as spectacle, but as form, movement, texture, and personal expression in a city that already has enough beauty.

It changes how I edit. Not toward perfection, but toward clarity.

Reverence is what keeps the work honest.

Not raw for the sake of raw.
Not polished for the sake of polish.
Just intentional. Considered. Alive.

It is what keeps the images from becoming empty aesthetics.

Because beautiful things without meaning are decoration.
And meaningful things without care are chaos.

Reverence is the bridge between the two.

So in 2026, this is what I am choosing.

Less noise.
Less rushing.
Less chasing what is new.

More presence.
More restraint.
More trust in what is already happening.

For couples coming to Paris to celebrate something deeply personal in a place that is anything but ordinary, this feels like the right posture.

To witness with care.
To create with intention.
To work with Reverence.

That is the direction this year.

Quietly. Intentionally. With Reverence.