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Have Camera, Will Travel
Diving photojournalism and other swashbuckling musings from an internationally published underwater photographer, scuba diver, travel writer, shark fanatic, lecturer, book reviewer, tiger shark attack survivor, marine conservationist, oceanic nomad, song and dance man, webmaster, guitar strummer, aquatic thespian, adventurer, wife whisperer & bon vivant
Jett Britnell ~ Links
About Me
- Jett Britnell
- 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!
Dive Show Guest Speaker
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)
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)
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.
Mike Lever
Owner and Captain
Nautilus Explorer
Thank you, thank you, thank you! That (you sent me these images) pretty much made my day. You see, every Tom, Dick and Harry sends me tons of Underwater stuff (not that I can't still use your images) but topside shots are so hard to come by that I was thinking of flying down to do it myself :) It warms my heart that you got some nice ones! I’m looking forward to honoring your work in our brochure.
Henrik Rosén
Vice President
Wakatobi Dive Resort
Wow...you can write!
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
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.
Mike Lever
Owner and Captain
Nautilus Explorer
Thank you, thank you, thank you! That (you sent me these images) pretty much made my day. You see, every Tom, Dick and Harry sends me tons of Underwater stuff (not that I can't still use your images) but topside shots are so hard to come by that I was thinking of flying down to do it myself :) It warms my heart that you got some nice ones! I’m looking forward to honoring your work in our brochure.
Henrik Rosén
Vice President
Wakatobi Dive Resort
Wow...you can write!
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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Have Camera, Will Travel
With more than 30 years diving experience ~ of those 27 years specializing in underwater photography ~ Jett is available for editorial and photographic assignments, photo tours, digital slide shows, seminars and workshops. If you are seeking submissions for publication, wish to promote your diving destination through magazine editorial, have new scuba diving equipment requiring a review, or simply require professional quality underwater photography, then please contact Jett via email ( Click here ) to discuss your requirements.
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