Dunaway’s Studio

Dunaway’s Studio has operated in Enterprise, Alabama since 1988, making it one of the longer established photography businesses in the city. The studio is built around a full time staff of family members, photographers Tommy Dunaway and Brooke Dunaway Alford, along with creative director and production manager Shawn Dunaway, and it has built its business around the kind of milestone photography that families tend to keep for decades, backed by what the studio describes as over 30 years of experience while staying fresh and relevant to today’s bride.

The studio sums up its visual approach in three words on its own site, classic, timeless, imagery, a description that lines up with a portfolio leaning toward traditional composition and lighting rather than heavily trend driven editing. That choice tends to age better in a family photo album than filters tied to a particular year, and it shows up consistently across the studio’s wedding and portrait galleries, which prospective clients can browse in full before ever reaching out to discuss dates or pricing.

Tommy Dunaway and Brooke Dunaway Alford are described on the studio’s own materials as photographers known for their extensive experience, creativity, and knowledge in the field, and wedding coverage makes up a large share of their visible work. Wedding collections start at 3,000 dollars, and the studio promises a six day turnaround on a couple’s full wedding gallery, a fast delivery window compared to many photography studios that ask clients to wait weeks. Coverage includes an engagement session ahead of the wedding day, help with outfit selection, location scouting, and timeline planning, and day-of coordination meant to keep the schedule running smoothly for the wedding party and vendors alike.

Shawn Dunaway rounds out the team as creative director and production manager, specializing in custom design and contemporary creations built from client sessions, a role that suggests the studio’s finished products go beyond simple print delivery into more designed keepsakes, and couples ultimately receive a physical wedding album rather than only a digital gallery. Having three family members involved in the business gives the studio a continuity that is harder to find in a market where many photographers work solo or freelance between other jobs, and it means clients booking a wedding can typically expect a full team on hand rather than a single photographer managing every angle alone.

The studio’s stated mission is to capture life’s milestones, whether that is a wedding, the innocence of a child, the love within a family, senior portraits, or another special occasion, and senior portraits and family sessions round out the rest of the studio’s core business alongside weddings. Outdoor family sessions appear frequently in the studio’s galleries, often making use of natural settings around the Wiregrass region rather than relying solely on studio backdrops, which gives finished portraits a more relaxed, less staged feel than a session shot entirely against a seamless backdrop. That approach carries over into senior portrait sessions as well, where the same preference for natural light and real locations shapes the finished images families ultimately choose to display and pass down, rather than a set of poses that look identical from one senior class photo to the next.

The studio markets itself primarily through email inquiries at an address dedicated to wedding bookings, along with an Instagram account and a Facebook page kept under the Dunaway name, a workflow that fits how a lot of couples now research and book vendors, comparing portfolios online before ever making direct contact. For Enterprise families planning a wedding, senior portraits, or a family session, Dunaway’s Studio offers a long running, family run alternative to booking an out of town photographer, with nearly four decades of documented work behind it and three members of the same family still shooting, designing, and producing that work today.