Jason Heller
Aliases: None known Role: Underwater photographer, entrepreneur First appearance: 2004 ([1]) Affiliation: DivePhotoGuide.com (founder)
Biography
Jason Heller is an underwater photographer and entrepreneur who founded DivePhotoGuide.com (DPG), which launched in beta at Beneath the Sea 2005 ([2]). DPG would go on to become a major underwater photography resource alongside Wetpixel.
Heller first appeared on Wetpixel as a guest contributor covering the Asian Dive Expo (ADEX) 2004 in Singapore, the 10th anniversary of the event ([3], [4]). He gained wider attention for his eyewitness account of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, published on Wetpixel in January 2005. Heller was on a diving trip at the Similian Islands when the tsunami struck ([5], [6]). He also served as a Beneath the Sea 2005 correspondent ([7]).
Contributions
- Founded DivePhotoGuide.com, a major underwater photography community website
- Published eyewitness account of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami from a diving perspective, an important historical document
- ADEX 2004 correspondent for Wetpixel
- Beneath the Sea 2005 reporter
Timeline
- 2004-05: Covered Asian Dive Expo (ADEX) 2004 in Singapore for Wetpixel ([8])
- 2005-01: Published eyewitness tsunami report from Similian Islands diving trip ([9])
- 2005-03: Launched DivePhotoGuide.com in beta at Beneath the Sea 2005 ([10])
- 2005-03: Reported on Beneath the Sea 2005 (25th anniversary) ([11])
- 2008-10: Wetpixel and DPG relaunched UnderwaterCompetition.com as a joint venture ([12])
- 2011-10: Sold DPG to editor Matt Weiss; remained strategic advisor. DPG had 50,000+ monthly readers ([13])
References
Sources
- Wetpixel article, May 1, 2004: Asian Dive Expo ↩
- Wetpixel article, Mar 24, 2005: Divephotoguidecom Launches Beta ↩
- Wetpixel article, May 1, 2004: Asian Dive Expo ↩
- Wetpixel article, May 2, 2004: Asian Dive Expo Report By Jason Heller ↩
- Wetpixel article, Jan 4, 2005: Jason Hellers Tsunami Report ↩
- Wetpixel article, Jan 5, 2005: Jason Hellers Tsunami Story ↩
- Wetpixel article, Mar 24, 2005: Beneath The Sea 2005 Report ↩
- Wetpixel article, May 1, 2004: Asian Dive Expo ↩
- Wetpixel article, Jan 4, 2005: Jason Hellers Tsunami Report ↩
- Wetpixel article, Mar 24, 2005: Divephotoguidecom Launches Beta ↩
- Wetpixel article, Mar 24, 2005: Beneath The Sea 2005 Report ↩
- Wetpixel article, Oct 7, 2008: Wetpixel And Divephotoguide Relaunch Underwatercompetitioncom ↩
- Wetpixel article, Oct 11, 2011: Divephotoguide Announces New Ownership ↩
- Asian Dive Expo (article) ↩
- Asian Dive Expo Report by Jason Heller (article) ↩
- Jason Heller’s Tsunami Report (article) ↩
- Jason Heller’s Tsunami Story (article) ↩
- DivePhotoGuide.com Launches Beta (article) ↩
- Beneath the Sea 2005 Report (article) ↩
- Wetpixel and DivePhotoGuide relaunch UnderwaterCompetition.com (article) ↩
- DivePhotoGuide announces new ownership (article) ↩