Tai Adedayo describes the photographs couples return to as the ones nobody posed for, and Lovexposed Photography, his studio in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, is built around that idea. On a wedding day he works quietly, keeps posed pictures to a few family groups and some portraits of the couple, and spends the rest of the time watching for what happens between them. Most of his work is weddings, mainly in Hertfordshire and London, with Nigerian, Asian and church weddings among those he photographs and Italy for couples who marry abroad.
From Fujifilm to a studio of his own
Before Lovexposed Photography, Tai worked for Fujifilm UK. He then set up on his own, photographs on Nikon cameras in natural light, and is a member of the Society of Wedding and Portrait Photographers. Weddings are most of the work, with family and portrait sittings alongside them.
The studio is based in Stevenage and covers the rest of Hertfordshire, including Hitchin, Letchworth, Welwyn Garden City, Hertford and St Albans. It also works across London, which includes the Asian wedding venues in Harrow, Wembley, Southall, Ilford and Croydon, and across Bedfordshire, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire.
A day photographed without a script
The documentary approach covers the fixed points of a wedding day: the arrival, the ceremony, the speeches and the first dance. Between them Tai stays out of the way. He does not run the schedule and does not hold families in line for long, and posing is limited to a handful of group photographs and some pictures of the couple together. His own summary of the method is a single sentence: “I watch, I anticipate, and I step in only when a word from me makes the photograph better.”
Tai describes the style as natural, candid and documentary: the day photographed as it happens, with a few group shots and couple portraits and everything else unposed.
In the portfolio, Joelle and Tashan’s wedding at Gilwell in Essex runs from the morning preparations, with the veil going on and the bridesmaids in matching robes, through an outdoor ceremony where the bride walks the aisle with her father, to a marquee reception with the top table, the speeches and a close up first dance. One frame brings every guest onto the lawn for the group photograph.
The morning pictures include the bride with the youngest flower girl while she gets ready, a groomsman straightening the groom’s bow tie, the bride checking her dress in the mirror. They sit alongside the planned portraits, the couple laughing against a dark timber wall, on a garden bench and in the woodland.
A second photographer is available on request. Tai recommends one when the couple get ready in different places, or when the guest list runs past two hundred, and the price is quoted on request.
The engagement session as part of the method
The Essential, Classic and Signature collections each include an engagement session of around an hour before the wedding. It is held outdoors where possible, somewhere that means something to the couple, or at the venue if the venue allows it. Tai uses it so that the couple know how he works before the day, and so that the portraits on the wedding day take about twenty minutes rather than an hour.
For couples who want the session without a wedding collection, it is offered on its own at £350 for the Standard session or £595 for the Premium session, which adds an album and a guest signing book. The Intimate Collection does not include a session, which can be added.
Nigerian, Asian and church weddings
Tai photographs Nigerian, Asian and church weddings, including Hindu, Sikh, Muslim, Indian Christian and mixed weddings that run across two or three days.
The portfolio includes an Indian family wedding with a Catholic church ceremony, where the couple wear varmala garlands. A wedding that runs over two or three days is quoted as one event.
Italy: Capri, the Cilento and a wedding in Paestum
Abroad, Tai has worked on Capri, in Milan, on Lake Como and in the Cilento in Italy, and he quotes for any country on request. The Capri photographs in his portfolio come from a styled wedding shoot organised by Say Yes In Italy, with a ceremony on the rocks between two columns of blue hydrangea and the Faraglioni behind. A second styled shoot, hosted by the Savoy Hotel & Spa in Paestum, produced a lantern lit archway and a candlelit table dressed with white roses.
The Savoy Hotel & Spa is also where one real wedding on this directory took place: Rita and Annachiara, an outdoor civil ceremony at the hotel. Dario Varsalona planned and produced the day, and the photographs and film were by Obbiettivi D’Arte Studio. Tai was invited to document parts of the wedding, and the planner’s own approach is described in a separate profile of Dario Varsalona.
The Capri set also follows the day in order: the wedding dress hanging in a window above the sea, the ceremony between the hydrangea columns, and the couple on the deck of a boat off the island, holding hands on the bow beneath the cliffs. It is a styled shoot, not a real wedding.
For a destination wedding the quote covers the whole event with travel built in. Tai also offers a session at a local landmark the day before the wedding. The Savoy Hotel & Spa has its own venue page, and Capri has a destination guide.
Films from other weddings
Four wedding films credited to Lovexposed Photography sit alongside the photographs on this directory. Two are named for their venues: Sherrie and Chris’s wedding at Stowe House in Buckinghamshire, and Ian and Nichale’s at Braxted Park. The others are Emmanual and Esther’s wedding and a showreel of the studio’s work.
Editing, albums and delivery
A full day produces between 800 and 1,000 edited images, each one edited by hand, delivered digitally at high resolution with full print rights. Previews follow within a few days. Georgina and Marvin, who married in Hertfordshire, wrote that “the photos are amazing all 1310 of them”.
The Essential, Classic and Signature collections include a handmade album, designed by hand rather than from a template. Queensberry albums are made in New Zealand, in leather, suede and silk finishes. nPhoto makes layflat books and presentation boxes that hold the album with a set of prints, which suits couples who want a second album for their parents. GraphiStudio albums are made in Italy and handcrafted by skilled artisans. Tai shows couples Queensberry and nPhoto before they choose, rather than steering them to one, and the right maker depends on the size, the finish and what the album is for.
The Lovexposed Storybook Album is a custom designed collage album that tells the story of the day, in two sizes, holding 70 to 150 photographs depending on the size chosen. Angela and John, from London, wrote that they love the album and have recommended Tai to all their friends, and Jane and Mark called Tai an “amazing photographer”. Beyond weddings, the studio offers frames and prints, with family and portrait sittings available separately.
Planning your wedding with Lovexposed Photography
A booking begins with the date and the venue. Tai confirms whether he is free, and he suggests asking nine to twelve months ahead, as soon as the venue is fixed. Summer Saturdays go first, but closer dates are worth asking about. Terms are set out in writing before any payment, a booking fee holds the date and the balance is due before the wedding. The engagement session comes first, then the wedding day, with previews a few days afterwards, then the full set of edited images and the album.
There are four collections, each priced from a starting figure and defined by the hours of coverage. The Intimate Collection starts from £1,500 for up to four hours and includes full print rights and retouching. The Essential Collection starts from £1,950 for up to six hours and adds the engagement session and a handmade album. The Classic Collection starts from £2,400 for up to eight hours, with 800 to 1,000 edited images, and the Signature Collection starts from £2,900 for up to twelve hours, with a 12 by 12 album of 40 sides. These fees were last checked in October 2026.
There is no travel charge anywhere in Hertfordshire or London, and couples marrying in the neighbouring counties can ask what travel would add. Weddings over several days and destination weddings are quoted for the whole event. Three questions are worth settling in the first conversation: which collection matches the hours the day will run, whether the wedding needs a second photographer, and which album maker and finish suits the couple.
Choosing Lovexposed Photography
Summer Saturdays are booked first, so the date is the first question to settle. Check your date with Lovexposed Photography, or read the studio’s magazine issue for more of the work.
Tai Adedayo is also chief executive of 5 Star Wedding Directory. Lovexposed Photography is profiled to the same standard as every other member.
