Marta Ilardo is an editorial, fashion-forward wedding photographer based in London and travelling worldwide, though Italy is where she most likes to shoot.

Her background in fine art and fashion gives the work an artistic flare, but her manner on the day is relaxed and warm. She doesn't choreograph: she collects the small stories as they happen, the glances and the in-between moments, then filters them through an editorial sensibility into something curated. The emphasis stays on emotion and human connection. She shoots film and Super 8 alongside digital.

We love her for couples who want a fashion-led gallery without a directed shoot, and a photographer who'll travel out from the UK.

Good to know: Marta shoots across the UK as well, so an engagement session at home is easy to arrange.