Legendary Australian hard rockers AC/DC shook their audience all night long at BC Place last night. Last time I saw them play was back in 1979 with their original lead singer, the late Bon Scott. On that night AC/DC was an opening act, for the last time, as they absolutely blew the headlining act, a heroin-riddled Aerosmith, off the Pacific Coliseum's stage. They were supporting their hard rock classic album, "Highway to Hell". I can still picture it in my mind, Angus Young dressed in his schoolboy's uniform riding the shoulders of singer Bon Scott as he walked through the crowd.
Flash forward to last night's show at BC Place. The band can still deliver the hard rock sonic goods and could easily outperform rock bands half their age! Wow... what a show! My ears are still ringing... as are I'm sure... the ears of the other 60,000 AC/DC luvin' head bangers who attended last night's rock show.
Jett Britnell is a freelance photojournalist who specializes in underwater, travel, wildlife, editorial assignments and digital stock photography. He is a Travel Editor for Northwest Dive News and a former contributing editor to Canada’s Diver Magazine. His work appears regularly in diving publications, travel & lifestyle magazines, books, calendars, websites and commercial advertisements worldwide. DRK PHOTO and MAXX IMAGES represent his stock photo images. His editorial assignments have taken him to the Maldives, Fiji, Indonesia, Palau, Truk Lagoon, Ponape, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, The Cook Islands, Hawaii, Cozumel, Baja, Bonaire, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Puerto Rico, The Bahamas, Turks & Caicos, Alaska, British Columbia, cavern diving on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, cage diving with Great White Sharks at Isla de Guadalupe, and have provided Jett with some memorable undersea encounters with Tiger Sharks, Wolf eels and Giant Pacific Octopus! Oh My!
Northwest Dive & Travel Show May 2010 (Tacoma) Underwater Archaeological Society of British Columbia Underwater Explorations Speaker Series January 2010 (Vancouver) Northwest Dive & Travel Show April 2009 (Tacoma) Our World Underwater February 2009 (Chicago) Northwest Dive & Travel Show May 2008 (Tacoma)
Boston Sea Rovers March 2008 (Boston)
Underwater Archaeological Society of British Columbia Underwater Explorations Speaker Series June 2004 (Vancouver)
Underwater Archaeological Society of British Columbia Underwater Explorations Speaker Series March 2002 (Vancouver)
Underwater Canada April 1998 (Toronto) Divescapes March 1997 (Edmonton)
Underwater Canada April 1996 (Toronto)
Underwater Canada April 1995 (Toronto)
BC Photographers 1989 Featured Underwater Photographer February 1989 (Vancouver)
Sample Tear Sheets
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Publishing & Advertising
My images have been selected to grace the covers of magazines or books 41 times ~
Publishing Credits
Northwest Dive News Diver Magazine (Canada) Rodale’s Scuba Diving Sport Diver (USA) Sportdiver (UK) The Globe and Mail Newspaper Canadian Diver & Watersport Equinox Ranger Rick Canadian Inflight GO Magazine Fisheye View Scuba Times Pacific Diver Dive Travel Wild Isle Sportdiving in Australia Underwater Photographer (UK) Outside Scuba Press Underwater Geographic (Australia) General Motor’s Motion Magazine BC DiveGuide 2004 Boating Express British Columbia Magazine Diving & Resorts Depth Magazine Scuba Diver Australasia
Advertising Clients
Wakatobi Dive Resort Browning Pass HideAway Resort Air New Zealand Nai’a Cruises Watervisions Brooks Wetsuits Bare Wetsuits Mako Adventures BC Dive Adventures & Kayak MV Coriolis DRK Photo SilverFern Holidays Artificial Reef Society of British Columbia Marine Trades Association Clavella Adventures Sea & See Travel Air Vanuatu Whites Wetsuits Nautilus Explorer Travelchannel.du Vancouver Coast & Mountain Tourism Sport Diver UK BC Tel BC Hydro Pitt Meadows Golf Club Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS)
Testimonials
Over many years he has fine tuned photographic and lighting techniques, allowing him to capture stunning images of the underwater world, its' inhabitants, and their relationships. He is a very good writer, and the combination of his writing and images portray very well the essence of exploration and discovery that is scuba diving. This in turn is what attracts people to visit various locations of the underwater world.
Jett, and a very few others, have presented British Columbia underwater on the world stage, and have been responsible for the marine environment on British Columbia being ranked as one of the richest and most diverse ecosystems in the world. Without his fine work, much of British Columbia's excellent worldwide reputation as a diving destination would not have developed.
It has been my pleasure over the past 27 years to host Jett and his underwater models as we explored many previously unknown remote areas. Always waiting with great anticipation for the slide-nights, the magazine articles, and then the accolades that would inevitably come back to us as the world got to see what we had seen, and what Jett had captured on film and in words.
John DeBoeck Browning Pass HideAway Resort "the Best Diving in the Known Universe!" Over the years we have hosted many journalists and photographers onboard the various Nautilus vessels. Jett Britnell is definitely one of our favourites and we consider him a good friend. It's always a pleasure having him onboard. Not to mention that his various articles have been very useful in increasing the visibility of our business.
Rick Stratton Publisher, Editor NORTHWEST DIVE NEWS Magazine Hi Jett! Great stuff! (as usual). Regards, Phil
Dr. Phil Nuytten Publisher, Editor DIVER Magazine (Canada) Jett has been a regular and reliable contributor to DIVER Magazine for many years. Our readers often remark on his well written articles. Our editors look forward to receiving his well prepared and easy to work with material.
Peter Vassilopoulos Publisher, Editor DIVER Magazine (Canada) I have had the pleasure of working with Jett Britnell over the last several months, as he has been submitting editorial to Depth Magazine. His editorial is very informative, and the photo's that he sends to go along with the editorials are some of the best in the business. I consider myself very lucky to be working with Jett, and I look forward to utilizing more of his stuff in the near future. I would highly recommend Jett's work to be used in any dive magazine you may be considering. Doug Smith President / Editor DEPTH Magazine Seeing your images laid out like this and re-reading the piece made me long for both Canadian waters and good ol’ Fuji Velvia film saturation! Gorgeous. Diego Garcia Editor SCUBA DIVER AUSTRALASIA Magazine Hi Jett, I have the story and images. Looks great! I appreciate you getting them to me quickly, along with the word count, you just make it that much nicer for us. Thanks! Sarah Wilson Editor / Production Manager Northwest Dive News Hey Jett. I got the photos that time, they are fantastic! Thanks so much!!!!
IJ James Art Director Northwest Dive News
Congratulations, you can be proud of all you have done!
Love, Mom
Many thanks to Jett Britnell who not only supplied the incredible photograph featured on this issue’s cover but also the excellent feature article about diving around Vancouver Island that accompanies it.
Philip Stone Publisher, Managing Editor WILD ISLE Magazine Wow! just received a copy of the December issue of DIVER Magazine. We are all very impressed down here. It was two years ago that you were here and we all pretty much forgot about your plans for a “side bar” on caverns to be included in the Cozumel article. Well it looks like we got even better! Aquatech would have taken out advertising had we known.
I am surprised to say the least on the cavern shot that you got of me. Hell, I think you only took two or three images of me and to get a result like that. Wow! Steve Gerrard is also impressed as he has not been able to get a shot like that in the caverns after many tries. Also, the copy you wrote is right on line. A nice informative read that really says it all.
Bil Philips Cave Diving Expert New York Explorers Society Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico We received our copy of DIVER Magazine this morning, and I wanted to let you know how pleased we were with your article. I feel you really captured the spirit of our business and of Hornby in a delightful and positive manner. The pictures turned out very well! The shot of the diver with the octopus is especially good. Amanda Heath & Rob Zielinski Hornby Island Diving
When you called last week, I had not yet received my current issue of DIVER Magazine. It was waiting for me when I got home last night. I opened it up and saw myself looking out at me! Thank you very much for an excellent article and referral. It is already paying dividends. I have had three people in four days that have come out with us after reading your article. Kevin VanCleemput Shallon Diving Charters
Thank you! Your photos are so important to my book 99 DIVES, starting with the magic of Browning Wall on the front cover, and then the photos on pages 87, 157, 167, 183, 209, 221, 234 (top), 253, 279 (bottom right), 289 and the sea lions on the back cover. I am so thrilled with what all of your photos have added throughout the book from cover to cover. Thank you, Jett. I hope you are happy with it too.
Betty Pratt-Johnson Dive Book Author, 99 DIVES
We met Jett Britnell when he came to Vanuatu to do a story for FISHEYE VIEW Magazine on the MV Coriolis. We found Jett to be very professional in his approach to the story. It was obvious that what he did was important to him, as of course it was to us. Jett spent his time in search of some photos that would make the story special.
We feel that he did indeed succeed in photographing and writing a story that was special. The response from Jett’s article in FISHEYE VIEW was much greater than we had hoped for. We feel this is entirely due to the quality of the article. If as they say a picture is worth a thousand words, this was an eloquent article to say the least.
Jett’s article was largely responsible for bookings by Stephen Frink, Dr. Eugenie Clark, and Chris Newbert. We feel that the article was largely responsible for our success at DEMA. We used a photo taken by Jett for the centerpiece of our booth and a reprint of his article as our main handout. We feel that Jett and FISHEYE VIEW Magazine have contributed a great deal to our present success.
Judy Beaty & Bob Bowdy MV Coriolis, Vanuatu
We have known Jett for many years and have enjoyed seeing his spectacular slide shows. Jett's underwater photographic skills and his unique composition and attention to details all combine to produce a visual treat for divers and non-divers. Dave & Renate Christie Rendezvous Dive Ventures
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