February 30th Stories is Irene, an Italian wedding and portrait photographer based near Venice.

She began in fashion and portraiture, which gave her a strong sense of elegance and composition, then found weddings offered the same artistry with real emotion attached. Her training in painting and art history at Brera runs right through the work: light, colour and texture are her tools, and her images often read like stills from a film. She's exhibited in Paris, London and China and been published in Vogue and Vanity Fair, but what she cares most about is making people comfortable in front of a camera.

We love February 30th Stories for couples who want photographs with a painterly, cinematic quality, and a photographer whose relaxed manner puts everyone at ease.

Good to know: Irene shoots film and Super 8 alongside digital.