David Azurmendi is a destination wedding photographer working primarily across Italy and Spain, with more than eight years of weddings behind him.

He came from travel photography, with work published in National Geographic and Condé Nast Traveler, and that grounding shows in how he reads a place: documentary storytelling carrying an editorial elegance drawn from fashion photography. David observes and anticipates rather than directing, so emotions arrive on their own. He's photographed weddings in Spain, Italy, France, Mexico and Cyprus, and shoots film alongside digital.

We love him for couples marrying somewhere with a strong sense of place, whether a Tuscan villa, Lake Como or the Amalfi Coast.

Good to know: couples describe David as patient and reassuring with people who find cameras uncomfortable.