For Emma McEvoy, the camera is more than simply a tool to capture images; it’s her voice.

From PhD studies in marine biology to now being named 2015 AIPP Tasmanian EPSON Professional Photographer of the Year, Suellen Saidee Cook has had a most inspiring journey.

“When I am photographing a wedding day, it is as though I am producing, writing and directing a film,” says Eric Ronald.

It wasn’t until the final year of Ella Rubeli's journalism degree where she discovered that photography was the career she wished to pursue.

“What I love most about [photography] is that it has the ability to bundle up what I can’t find the words for,” says Melbourne-based photographer, Jessica Tremp.

Western Australian photographer Sheldon Pettit began his photographic journey when his wife bought him a twin lens camera kit for Christmas six years ago. And the overall winner of Australia's Top Emerging Photographers 2015 has never looked back.

“I like the idea that a photograph can change the world,” says Melbourne-based photographer, Stuart Westmore.

Dan Bailey has been a full-time adventure, travel and location photographer since 1996. His office is some of the most remote and beautiful places imaginable.

What inspires Tom Franks is beautiful landscapes, and interesting real-life characters. Interestingly, he came to photography from a career in engineering, after nearly a decade working on mining and infrastructure projects around the world.

“I don’t think you ever ‘make it’ as a photographer. It’s a constant learning process,” says Daniel Herrmann-Zoll.

“I love it when I get into the zone and just shoot as I go, and let random ideas happen,” says Sydney-based photographer, Nicole Wells. Wells began her journey into her creative zone five years ago, when a book on photography inspired her to try it for herself.

It was Netal Lucas’ love of people and their passions for the eccentricities of life that drew her to photography. Connecting with people from unique walks of life and then capturing them in camera.

Brandon Rossen Brandon Rossen has always been drawn to photography. “There is something intrinsically intimate and romantic about capturing a moment,” he says. Lately, this is an area he has been seeking to explore, to think less about elaborate shoots and Photoshop, get closer to the moment, and shoot just because he loves it.

For Carolyn Kimber, a hobby flowered into the beginnings of a photographic career after she first met master photographer John Coxon in 2011.

English-born, Melbourne-based photographer Arrayah Loynd hasn’t always been passionate about photography.

Fred Zhang discovered that his passion lay in photography rather than business while he was completing a Bachelor of Commerce degree five years ago.