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Jett Britnell Photographics
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Jett & Kathryn Britnell are professional underwater, wildlife and expedition photographers, internationally published writers, explorers, speakers, scuba divers, shark advocates, book reviewers, marine conservationists and devil may care adventurers.

Snorkeling several miles offshore with whale sharks at Isla Mujeres, Mexico

Our publishing credits include, The Globe & Mail, British Columbia Magazine, Canadian Geographic, Matador Network, Photo Comment, Alert Diver, Diver Magazine, Scuba & H2O Adventure, Sport Diver, Travel Thru History and numerous other outlets. Jett’s photography has graced the covers of magazines over 57 times. Along with travel writing, we have been speakers at trade shows and have presented on such topics as exploration, conservation, destinations, photography seminars and workshops. Through thier photography, travel, marine and wildlife conservation work they have amassed more than 32,000+ combined social media followers over Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and Linkedin.

Jett and Kathryn at Le Conte Glacier - by Mary BarrosOur work as photojournalists has taken us to England, France, Italy, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, the Maldives, Fiji, Indonesia, Palau, Truk Lagoon, Ponape, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Cook Islands, Hawaii, Cozumel, Baja, Bonaire, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Puerto Rico, The Bahamas, Turks & Caicos, The Philippines, Panama, Greece, Turkey, and Alaska to name a few.

Jett Britnell

Jett Britnell, FRCGS, FRGS, FI’16

Jett Britnell is a professional Underwater, Wildlife & Expedition Photographer, Explorer, internationally published Writer, Public Speaker and Scuba Diver whose images and editorial appears regularly in various print publications and online media worldwide.  A staunch supporter of marine conservation and environmental education, he was among the first in the British Columbia to expound the need for preservation of the province’s marine life through his images, articles and presentations. Jett is credited for putting British Columbia’s undersea realm on the world stage, and has contributed to the province’s marine environment being ranked as one of the richest and most diverse ecosystems in the world.

A Fellow of the prestigious Royal Canadian Geographical Society, a Fellow of the in the world renowned and exclusive Explorers Club, a Fellow of the famed Royal Geographical Society in London. Jett is also a member of the esteemed Ocean Artists Society, a unique alliance of the world’s top marine life artists, painters, sculptors, photographers, filmmakers, and writers. The list of members includes people such as Wyland, Bob Talbot, Ron & Valerie Taylor and Dr. Sylvia Earle. He co-authors with Kathryn a monthly adventure & exploration column for Luxe Beat Magazine under the banner Third Age Expeditions, and is a featured photographer of The Ocean Agency, an ocean conservation non-profit, and also a consultant to Elephanatics, an elephant advocacy organization based in Vancouver whose mission is to assist global elephant conservation efforts by educating Canadians about issues of ivory poaching, habitat loss, and the continued exploitation of elephants by humans, and to connect Canadians directly with elephant conservation partners in Africa and Asia. He is also a Nikon Professional Services Member and a nationally accredited past member of the Professional Photographers of Canada (Underwater, Editorial & Travel Illustration), Professional Writers of Canada, the British Columbia Association of Travel Writers and the International Food Wine and Travel Writers Association.

Certifications & Licensing

  • Highly experienced cold water diver (drysuit) with extensive tropical diving experience, PADI Rescue Diver & I.A.N.T.D. Nitrox Certified
  • Wilderness & Bear Awareness (BIS Training Solutions)
  • Sharks! Global Biodiversity, Biology, and Conservation Certificate (The University of Queensland, Australia
  • Transport Canada Pleasure Craft Operator Card (familiar with operating Zodiacs)
  • Canadian Possession and Acquisition License (PAL) for both Restricted & Unrestricted Firearms.

Kathryn Britnell

Kathryn Britnell, FRCGS, FRGS, FI’19

Kathryn is a Fellow of the prestigious Royal Canadian Geographical Society, a Fellow of the the world renowned and exclusive Explorers Club, a Fellow of the famed Royal Geographical Society in London. Kathyrn is an internationally published writer, photographer, speaker and underwater model. Among her many talents, Kathryn possesses decades of experience with respect to insurance and risk management, including the expertise to manage the risk exposures on expeditions, eco-tourism businesses and ocean-based operations. The first published photo of her working as an underwater model appeared December 22, 2010 in PhotographyBB Magazine. Certainly a notable achievement as she was only certified as a scuba diver three weeks earlier in the Philippines on November 30, 2010! Kathryn has experienced exhilarating encounters with tiger sharks, whale sharks, sea turtles, sea lions, and several species of venomous lionfish in the Philippines, splashing into zero degree centigrade iceberg infested waters in Alaska and has explored the ocean’s depths after dark. Kathryn is a former member of the British Columbia Association of Travel Writers and the International Food Wine and Travel Writers Association.

Certifications & Licensing

  • Experienced cold water diver (drysuit) with extensive tropical diving experience, PADI Nitrox Certified
  • Canadian Possession and Acquisition License (PAL) for both Restricted & Unrestricted Firearms.
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Jett & Kathryn diving with Tiger Sharks, Tiger Beach, Bahamas. Photo by our friend, Ken Kiefer. He’s also a brilliant photographer, prime-cut shark bait and blissfully married to the lovely, Kimber. Check out his work www.kenkiefer.com

We Skipped The Light Fandango…

Kathryn, Michele Westmoreland and Jett, Seattle Nov 2018
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Kathryn was thrilled with her outdoor spinning clothes hanger April 2015
Jett & Kathryn Britnell in Anilao
Surface time at Anilao, Philippines
Kathryn Britnell with Blackberry - Jett Britnell
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Jett in ROme
Jett in lower rooms of Rome's Coloseeum
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Brunch at New York's famed Russian Tea Room
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Our fave restaurant in Athens, Greece
Joanna & John Lentini & Jett & Kathryn Britnell
With friends Joanne & John Lentini at the 113th Explorers Club Annual Dinner at historic Ellis Island, New York
Jett with Jean Michel Cousteau
Jett at Ninstints, Haida Gwaii 1994
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Lighting a candle at Chapel of St. George on Lykavittos Hill in Athens, Greece
Kathryn Britnell at Pearl Harbor
Kathryn at Pearl Harbor April 2008
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Monument Valley, Utah
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Nights by the fire at stately Britnell Manor with Kathryn and Joanna Suan
Marilyn Monroe and Jett Britnell - Chicago
Jett standing beneath Monroe statue, Chicago, USA
At Vancouver's revolving restaurant
Love this woman. Without her sweet love. What would life be? June 22 2014
Kathryn Britnell-The Wonder Spouse
Hiking to top of Diamond Head, Oahu, Hawaii
Jett and Katie at New York Dolls concert
Kathryn in blue
Kathryn Britnell near Michigan Ave bridge - Chicago - Jett Britnell
Kathryn in downtown Chicago
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Jett at Nakwakto Rapids for the first time
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Selfie Jett made in his camera dome port, Churchill, Manitoba
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New Years Eve Dec 31 2008
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Explorers Club Lowell Thomas Dinner in Toronto
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Tanya Houppermans & Kathryn at English Bay, Vancouver
Kathryn outside the Explorers Club, NYC
Jett working hard shotting salmon, Adams River 2018
Jett Britnell in Cozumel by Kathryn Britnell (1)
Over the eel grass at Cozumel, Mexico
Kathryn with Blue Man - 2009 - Jett Britnell
Kathryn with Blue Man in Las Vegas at The Venetian - 2009
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Bookstore in Victoria, BC
Jett at McSorley's Old Ale House ext. 1854 NYC
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Afternoon Tea at London's famed Dorchester Hotel
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I love London!
Jett in commercial diving hard hat in Seattle 1983
Jett & Kathryn - News Year Eve - Cozumel 2012
New Year's Eve 2011, Cozumel, Mexico
Museum of Natural History
At American Museum of Natural History in New York with Kathryn & Susan
Kathryn Oct 2017
Guess, who won an office Halloween costume contest?
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1st day on a Gulet
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Enjoying Mai Tai's at the Pink Palace, Hawaii
Jett Britnell on Pont Alexandre III is a deck arch bridge in Paris
Jett Britnell Salmon Snorkel
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Leaving Paris on way to Venice.
Jett on first overseas magazine assignment, Vanuatu 1990
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Bed-in protest, New York City
Dinner with her anytime, anywhere, is paradise.
Dinner with Kathryn anytime, anywhere, is paradise.
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Afternoon Tea at White Heather Tea Room, Victoria, BC
Alex & Jett atop pyramid in Coba, Mexico
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Horseshoe Bend, Arizona
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Making friends at Isla Canas, Panama
Jett at Adams River photographing sockeye salmon in 2010
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Jett prefers shaken, not stirred. 2014
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Cat Island, Bahamas
nov 27 2008
Family visit in Oshawa, Ontario, nov 27 2008
Alimia Island, Greece
Apres snorkel at Alimia Island, Greece
Kathryn at McSorley's Old Ale House ext. 1854 NYC
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Afternoon Tea at the famed Plaza Hotel, New York City
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A 10,000 year old ice cube and Baileys, LeConte Glacier, Alaska
Kathryn near Jasper
Selfie at Mistaya Canyon, in Banff National Park, Alberta
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Kathryn at Waimanalo Beach, Hawaii
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Sedona, Arizona
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Entering Utah
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At Strawberry Fields, Central Park, New York City
Kathryn on her wedding day
Jett Britnell - Asleep at the guitar
Jett in Alaska 2003
A special dinner for Kathryn at one of Vancouver's finest French cuisine at restaurants, Le Crocodile, June 2017
Kathryn Britnell at BBQ
Kathryn brings an elegance to an outdoor BBQ
Explorer Adam Shoalts with Jett, Vancouver 2018
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Moorea, Tahiti.
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Only the best airport chauffeur ever!
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Out for dinner at La Gauloise Bistro, Paris
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Lunch in Victoria with explorer, Susan R. Eaton, Sept 24, 2015
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A red convertible!
Explorers Club Dinner
Dressed to kill at the 113th Annual Explorers Club Dinner, Ellis Island, New York
Jett & Kathryn at the Drake Hotel - Chicago Feb 15 2012
Afternoon Tea at Chicago's Drake Hotel
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It's 5 o'clock somewhere
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Jett Britnell with songwriter Jimmy Webb
Jett - circa early 90s
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At 113th Explorers Club Dinner in New York
Jett and Kathryn Baranof Lake
Baranoff Lake, Alaska
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Monument Valley, Utah
Jett and Kathryn supporting Elephanatics 2018
Kathryn photographing sockeye salmon at Adams River 2018
Jett Britnell with Dave Cousins of STRAWBS
Jett Britnell with Dave Cousins of the Strawbs
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Cooperstown (Alice Cooper's restaurant) in Phoenix
Jett interviewing Chris Newbert in Truk Lagoon 1988
Jett Britnell in Panama City
Selfie in Panama City, Panama
Jett & Grey Cup
That time in November 2011 when I touched the CFL Grey Cup
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Standing at the corner in Winslow, Arizona
Katie in NYC
Top of the Rock in New York City
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Wedding Dinner, Oahu, Hawaii
May 2015 SFU
UASBC Shipwrecks Conference March 2015
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Chichen Itza, Mexico
LeConte Glacier, Alaska
At LeConte Glacier, Alaska
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Apres shark dive at Cat Island, Bahamass
Jett in Panama
Making amigos in Panama on Canas Island
A night out with the Lentini's in NYC March 2018
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A day diving at Heber River, British Columbia
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Jun 3 2014 diving at Browning Passage, BC
Eiko, Joanna and Jett
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Cliff dwellings at Walnut Canyon National Park, Flagstaff, Arizona
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Exploring the fortress of Neratzia, Kos, Greece
Jett underwater in New Caledonia 1993
Pretty in Pink - Kathryn Britnell
Kathryn out for a shark dive, Tiger Beach, Bahamas
Jett & Jack Van Hove
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Soyhern Layte, Philippines
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Banana pancake breakfast, Oahu, Hawaii
Kathryn Britnell in Anilao
Surface interval at Anilao, Philippines
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Ken, Kimber, Kathryn & Jett. Last night in West End, Bahamas
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Sedna martinis with Susan Eaton & Kathryn at stately Britnell Manor
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Martine & Jett out for dinner in Freeport, Bahamas
Jett in Palau 1988 - by Richard Ackroyd
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Kathryn & Tim out for dinner in Freeport, Bahamas
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Wedding Day, Waimanalo, Hawaii
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Goofing around, Kos, Greece
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Out for dinner and drinks in Rome, Italy
Diving days with old friends.
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Kathryn Britnell at Bow Summit
Bow Summit, Alberta
On a fast train between Venice and Rome August 2013
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I call this one..."The Tipping Point" Out for dinner in Rome a few blocks from the Coloseeum
Inde parked on iceberg at Le Conte Glacier - by Jett Britnell
On the ice flows at LeConte Glacier, Alsaka
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Our wedding day, Waimanalo, Hawaii
Kathryn Britnell in Cozumel
Christmas Day in Cozumel, Mexico Dec 25, 2011
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At famed Caffe Reggio, New York's oldest coffee shop
Stan Waterman and Jett Britnell
Kathryn Britnell at Adams River, BC
Kathryn at HideAway
Kathryn at HideAway dive trip
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At the Roman Coloseeum
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Outside the Explorers Club clubhouse, New York City
Jett Britnell in Great White Shark cage, Mexico 2006
On Mount Vesuvius
At the top of Mount Vesuvius, Italy, overlooking Pompeii and Naples
Symi, Greece
Look at me in Symi, Greece
Jett Britnell in Wakatobi, Indonesia 2004
Kathyn and Jett Britnell
On ferry to famous Ellis Island for 113th Explorers Club Annual Dinner
Jett in Vanautu 1990
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Makeshift Halloween costume
Jett at Adams River, BC
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At the Acropolis, Athens, Greece
Afternoon tea
Enjoying Afternoon Tea at London's famed Dorchester Hotel
April 2 2008 Jett & Kathryn Britnell
Just lookin' for a kiss at famous New York Dolls photo location NYC
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Dinner with Jill Heinerth. Jill has dived deeper into underwater caves than any other woman in the world.
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Out for dinner in Sedona, Arizona
Jett at base of pyarmid at Coba, Mexico 2014
Kathryn in Greece
Daytripping at Alimia Island, Greece
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Kathryn & Martine offshore in Freeport, Bahamas
Jett in commercial diving hard hat 1983
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A special dinner for Kathryn at one of Vancouver's finest French cuisine restaurants, Le Crocodile, June 2012
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Afternoon Tea at the Peninsula Hotel, Chicago
Jett Britnell in Oahu, Hawaii
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On a boat at West End, Bahamas
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At the edge of Hudson Bay, Churchill, Manitoba
Jett & Kathryn at St Marks Square, Venice
Jett & Kathryn at St Marks Square, Venice
Kathryn at Adams River getting ready to snorkel with sockeye salmon, Adams River, BC 2018
Kathryn out for dinner at Isla Mujeres, Mexico, 2014
Jett Britnell NYC

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