Our story “What is a nudibranch? Meet the “high fashion models” of the ocean depths” was published online at Canadian Geographic yesterday! Where we live In British Columbia, where we live, nudibranchs inhabit the emerald depths in such high concentrations, the province is considered Canada’s hotspot for the creatures. Since our work as underwater...
The Holy Trifecta of Explorer Fellowships
“Her soul was too deep to explore by those who always swam in the shallow end.” – A.J. Lawless. A shout out this post for my wife, Kathryn Britnell, who in January was named a Fellow in the world-renowned and exclusive Explorers Club. Over the past 6 months, Kathryn has been elected a Fellow...
Sport Diver Magazine Cold Water Cover First
In the April 1996 issue of Sport Diver (USA), Jett wrote the double-page spread feature article. The icing on the cake for him was one of his images of a female diver with a Giant Pacific Octopus appeared on the cover of the magazine. The editor told him it was the first cold water...
Coleman Shrimp & Toxic Fire Urchins
Coleman Shrimp Somewhat rare, Coleman shrimp are normally found in pairs on the toxic fire sea urchin. The female is the larger of the two, Coleman shrimp move among the poisonous spines with impunity. They were named after the late, great, Australian diving legend, Neville Coleman. The blue/white tips of this toxic fire urchin’s...
Gulet Odyssey: Blue Voyage of Dreams
Our latest Third Age Expeditions column for Luxe Beat Media earned us another “Editors Pick”. “Gulet Odyssey: Blue Voyage of Dreams” recounts our adventuresailing the southern Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey on a traditional wooden Turkish gulet. The weblink is here. https://luxebeatmag.com/unconventional-underwater-photography-tips
Ocean Metaphor: Unexpected Life Lessons from the Sea
Ocean Metaphor It was a distinct honour to have been tagged as a contributing photographer to this is an eloquently written and beautifully illustrated new book by Cathryn Castle & Gui Garcia of C2G2 Productions. The book includes some stunning images contributed by a distinguished group of ocean luminaries such as Marty Snyderman, Michele...
That Was Fun!
A huge shout out and thanks to all who came out for our presentation at Vancouver Diving Locker last night! After an exhausting few days leading up to the event it was gratifying to see such a large turn out. Some friends also surprised me by coming. Over the past days Kathryn had a...
Luxe Beat Magazine: Unconventional Underwater Photography Tips
Unconventional Underwater Photography Tips Our latest Third Age Expeditions column for Luxe Beat Media earned us an “Editors Pick”. This piece we titled, “Unconventional Underwater Photography Tips”. We promised to provide our column readers some photography tips and tricks from time to time so in this dispatch we share some tips to help improve...
“A Life in the Depths!” Presentation
“Overture, curtain, lights. This is it, the night of nights. No more rehearsing and nursing a part. We know every part by heart.” ~ This Is It (Bugs Bunny, Overture). Tess Hedderich over at Vancouver Diving Locker has invited Kathryn and I to give an evening presentation at the shop on Friday, January 25th,...
Luxe Beat Magazine: Feliz Navidad From Isla Cozumel
Christmas in Cozumel Our latest Third Age Expeditions column for Luxe Beat Media. This story, “Feliz Navidad From Isla Cozumel”, is about celebrating Christmas in the tropics promised to be a grand family adventure with no snow, no tree, no turkey, no stuffing and zero stress. https://luxebeatmag.com/feliz-navidad-from-isla-cozumel/