Celebrities? She’s shot the lot – from Wendy Petrie’s glamorous Waiheke Island wedding, to foodie Simon Gault at home, to All Blacks, to film stars, to All Blacks’ and film stars’ babies. For more than two decades Fiona Tomlinson has been entrusted to capture Kiwi celebrities’ personal events for magazine covers, and for them to treasure in their own photo collections.
Nothing, though, gives her as much pleasure as photographing dogs. She just loves them. Big, small, scruffy, naughty, natty, inquisitive, impish… they all find an adoring fan in Fiona.
What is it about watching a dog simply being a dog that fills her with joy? Fiona, who left the hustle and bustle of Auckland for Napier 18 months ago, considers this.
“Humans constantly complicate their lives,” she begins. “I…