Emilie first started scuba diving as a child over 10 years ago on the famous Great Barrier Reef where she fell in love with scuba, the ocean and everything in it. When Emilie was 15 years old in Vanuatu she decided she wanted to become a dive professional after seeing the laid back and adventurous lifestyle of the dive staff. When she was 16 she met an underwater photographer in Cairns and asked "how do I become an underwater photographer", in short his response was "Become a dive instructor and buy an underwater camera setup" So, she completed her advanced open water certification, then rescue diver certification at age 17. At age she 18 started her career in diving with the PADI Divemaster Course with Go Dive Brisbane. In December 2016 at age 19 she certified as a PADI Open Water Scuba Diving Instructor then in September 2017 certified as a PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer. In October 2019 she certified as an SSI Open Water Scuba Diving Instructor.

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Throughout her diving life Emilie has done over 400 dives around the world in places such as Fiji, Vanuatu, Canada, Bahamas, Solomon Islands, Philippines and many locations around Australia.

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In 2015, Emilie started a Bachelor of Photography, Majoring in Photojournalism and Documentary Practice where her passion for photography grew. Late 2016 Emilie purchased her first underwater camera setup. Since upgrading, she now uses a D7200 with a Nauticam housing as well as a YS D2 Sea & Sea strobe. 

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Scuba diving and free diving are great ways to escape. There are nooks and crannies all around the world with unique underwater adventures to be explored during a holiday or working as a dive professional. Scuba diving gives us the ability to breathe underwater to defy physics and experience the feeling of weightlessness in a three dimensional environment. It is a way to view incredible animals up close from the size of a pin to the size of a bus. While Emilie loves to photograph practically all marine life, she has a particular soft spot for photographing sharks. 

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Emilie inspires to provide awareness in issues surrounding marine life and has a strong passion for shark, whale and manta ray conservation. She hopes to spread awareness through her photography. Emilie hopes to teach people how to protect and preserve the incredible underwater world that thousands of marine species call their home. All photographs have been created using a Nikon D7000 DSLR and Ikelite housing or Nikon D7200 with Nauticam housing. Emilie now works in Coral Bay, Western Australia on the world heritage listed Ningaloo Reef as an Underwater Photographer.

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"I love diving and I truly believe that everyone should try it at least once because it may change your life like how it has changed mine."