The One Thing.

Every so often I pick up the book called The One Thing. The idea behind it is pretty simple — focus on the one thing and focus your attention on that.

Not ten things halfway, not chasing whatever everyone else is doing.

Just one thing that actually matters to you, and that’s most important.

It made me think a lot about my photography — and how easy it is to get pulled into the latest trend or “look” that everyone’s talking about.

In the wedding photography world, every season there is some new way of shooting that’s supposed to be “the best way to photograph a wedding”.

It’s tempting to chase that stuff. I’ve done it before. Most creatives do that at some point. But over time, you find your own creative voice, and your comfort zone.

For me, as a wedding photographer my “one thing” is documentary-style photography. It’s not about staging or directing or following what’s trending online.

It’s not about creating editorialized perfection for a superficial online audience, it’s about creating a body of work that will let the couple tell their own stories of their day through the photographs I make from my perspective as I experience their wedding day.

Being a documentary photographer in the truest sense is about watching, anticipating, and capturing moments as they unfold naturally.

It’s real, it’s unpredictable, and it keeps me interested — which, honestly, is the whole reason I still love doing this.

The book reminded me that focusing on one thing doesn’t limit you — it frees you up.

You start seeing the work differently.

You get better at it. You care more.

And maybe most importantly, you stop comparing yourself to everyone else. When you find your “one thing,” you can finally stop chasing others and just focus on what you love.