02/06/2026
After 12 years of Alaina Fitzner Photos, and after holding onto hope for the past two years, I am permanently closing this business page.
The real, honest truth is that I had to shut down my photography business in 2023 due to failing eyesight. I kept this page open because I truly believed that with time I might be able to stand behind the camera again and see clearly.
That hasn’t happened.
I’ve learned how to carefully navigate my vision day to day, but there is no future for me doing what I loved so deeply—capturing images behind a lens I can no longer truly see into.
This loss is not only professional; it is deeply personal. I rarely pick up my camera anymore. Even this past Christmas, when I tried to take a simple photo using a tripod, I couldn’t tell if the image was in focus. Moments like that quietly confirmed what my heart had already been processing.
For a long time, I tried to find a way to make photography work again. But part of my healing has been accepting the reality and fully closing this chapter. Looking back, the timing of stepping away created space for other responsibilities and priorities that needed my presence in ways I couldn’t see at the time.
What will always remain are the friendships formed, the relationships built, and the ties created along the way—through real estate photography, headshots, events, and the many incredible families and individuals I had the honor of working with.
Letting go is painful, but it is also honest and healing. Thank you to everyone who trusted me, supported me, and shared their lives with me through my work. This chapter mattered. It always will.
