Alex Gaidashev is a Milan-based wedding photographer working right across Italy, from the northern lakes down to the Amalfi Coast and Puglia.

He blends fashion sensibility with real emotion, and he's equally comfortable with a classical portrait and with fast live reportage, which means the formal frames and the unguarded ones sit together in one gallery. Couples who dread being photographed mention how natural and fun he made it, and how he picked up on what mattered to them without being told.

We love him for couples who want a modern, fashion-inspired gallery and a photographer who'll put the camera-shy at ease.

Good to know: Alex shoots film alongside digital, and covers venues across the whole country.